Blood and Blood Products/Services

This procurement will be issued unrestricted through commercial acquisition procedures. The VA Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System (VAGCVHCS) is issuing a solicitation for blood and blood products/services for the Biloxi Mississippi VA Medical Center for the period of June 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012 with four (4) each 12-month option periods. The contractor shall provide all management, tools, supplies, equipment, facilities, labor, transportation and applicable licenses and permits necessary to provide blood and blood products/services in accordance with Government requirements and in accordance with the current editions of the Standard for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services and the Technical Manual of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). The contractor's blood bank must be registered and/or licensed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health, Education and Welfare, pursuant to Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 260. The contractor must be capable of performing as a reference lab 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, to the VACGVHCS Blood Bank. The contractor will provide two deliveries per day to the VAGCVHCS Blood Bank with the first delivery to arrive no-later-than 1:00pm (local) and the second to arrive no-later-than 7:00pm (local). Emergency blood and/or blood products requested are to be delivered to the VAGCVHCS within 45 minutes of request. The NAICS code is 621991 and the Small Business Size Standard is $10.0 million. The solicitation will be issued on or around June 1, 2012. Potential offerors may obtain a copy of the solicitation VA256-12-R-0071 documents on-line at www.fedbizopps.gov or at https://www.fbo.gov/ . Interested offerors are encouraged to please read over the entire solicitation and solicitation documents before referring questions to the Contracting Officer, Bill Geary. Questions may be forwarded by mail at VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Purchasing & Contracts, Attn: Bill Geary, 400 Veterans Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39531, by email at bill.geary@va.gov, or by facsimile at (228) 523-4324. Please ensure that Solicitation No. VA256-12-R-0071 is on all correspondence forwarded to Purchasing & Contracts. All responsible offerors are invited to submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. It is the responsibility of the offerors to check the Federal Business Opportunities website periodically, include the day the offers are due, for any amendments/notices to the solicitation. SOURCE: www.fedbizopps.gov or at https://www.fbo.gov/. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration database to be eligible for a government contract award. Information on Central Contractor Registration can be found at http://www.ccr.gov.