Blood and Blood Products

1. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland VA Medical Center (PVMC), Portland, Oregon, intends to solicit proposals for Blood and Blood Products for the Portland VAMC. A Statement of Work (SOW) will be included in the solicitation. The Request for Quotations number is VA-260-13-R-0365.



2. The solicitation will result in the award of a single contract. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed-price contract. The applicable NAICS code is 621991, Blood & Organ Banks and the small business size standard is $30.0 Million. This procurement is Unrestricted (both large and small businesses may provide quotations.)



3. The intended contract period is a base year plus two (2) one-year option years.



4. Telephonic requests for the solicitation will not be honored. When issued, the solicitation will be available via the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fbo.gov/. The tentative solicitation issue date is 26 April 2013, and the anticipated closing date is 13 May 2013. Interested offerors are advised to consult the actual solicitation for final dates and times.



5. Offers from all capable and responsible sources will be considered. Firms offering a response to this notice should ensure that their registration in the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ is current and should ensure that the applicable NAICS code (621991) is included in the SAM profile prior to submission of quotations.