Blood and Blood Products VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS)

The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential offerors of the following:



1. Attachment 1 - Price-Cost Schedule for Estimated Usage, Item 14 clarification: Special Request refers to additional blood products not identified/listed within Attachment 1 needed to treat patients with rare or exotic needs.

2. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

3. Please direct any questions to gary.basile@va.gov.

The purpose of this amendment is to notify potential offerors of the following:



1. VA261-15-R-1027 Attachment 2 - Small Business Participation Plan was uploaded to fbo.gov in error and does not apply nor does it need to be completed and submitted with the proposal.

2. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

3. Please direct any questions to gary.basile@va.gov.

Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for blood and blood products for the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS).

The solicitation number for this RFP is VA261-15-R-1027. The solicitation will be issued on or about August 26, 2015, with an anticipated proposal due date of September 15, 2015.

The Period of Performance of the Base Year begins on or about October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016 with four (4) one-year option periods.

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 621991, size standard $32.5 million.

Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.



Please send any questions or inquiries to gary.basile@va.gov.