Blood and Blood Products Puget Sound VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, is soliciting offers for blood products and laboratory testing services to support the Seattle Division of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. The contractor must provide comprehensive blood bank products, including red blood cells, platelets, plasma products, and cryoprecipitate, along with all associated testing services such as hepatitis screening, HIV/HTLV antibody testing, blood typing, crossmatching, HLA typing, coagulation studies, and specialized procedures. Key requirements include maintaining current FDA registration and licensure under Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, providing 24/7 availability with STAT response times of one to two hours depending on testing requirements and ASAP delivery within four hours, and delivering comprehensive consultative services with transfusion medicine expertise. Bidders must demonstrate capability and resources to meet these service level requirements, provide required equipment and training across multiple testing disciplines, and comply with all regulatory and reporting obligations. The solicitation was posted on April 23, 2026, with proposals due by May 22, 2026, at 12:00 PDT.

This is an unrestricted acquisition with no small business set-aside designation. The contract is anticipated to be a five-year firm-fixed-price Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a minimum value of $10,000 and a maximum value of $9,000,000, covering the period from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. The price schedule itemizes 229 line items across multiple contract years with standardized unit pricing for blood products and services, and includes monthly service fees for software licensing, site monitoring, support, and transportation. The contractor must maintain monthly inventory of stocked products including Red Blood Cell units and Fresh Frozen Plasma through a Haemobank system with credits issued for unused products, and provide platelets with rotation management for the five-day expiration cycle. The place of performance is Seattle, WA 98108, with all services delivered to the laboratory for veteran patients at the Seattle VA Medical Center.