Blood and Specimen Courier Service

The Department of Veterans Affairs Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio requires a contractor to provide blood and specimen courier services. These services will be provided to 13 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) and two medical centers. Services will require both scheduled and unscheduled "emergency 24/7" pick-ups and deliveries. The Contracting Officer anticipates making a single award which shall cover areas in the northeast Ohio geographic area. The facilities included in the northeast Ohio geographic area are as follows: The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Centers (the Wade Park and the Brecksville units), the Sandusky CBOC, the Lorain CBOC, the McCafferty CBOC, the Painesville CBOC, the Painesville Mental Health Clinic, the Mansfield CBOC, the Akron CBOC, the Canton CBOC, the Ravenna CBOC, the Warren CBOC, the Youngstown CBOC, the New Philadelphia CBOC, and the Calcutta CBOC. The period of performance shall be a base period from the date of award through September 30, 2008 plus 4 option years to be exercised at the discretion of the government. This solicitation is being issued as a 100% percent small business set-aside. The NAICS code for this procurement is 492110 and the size standard is $6.5M. All offerors shall be registered in the CCR database at www.ccr.gov prior to award of any contract. Solicitation packages will be available for download on or about March 21, 2008. Questions may be directed to Jonathan Jewel, Contract Specialist Intern at jonathan.jewel@.va.gov with "Blood Courier Solicitation VA-250-08-RP-0136" in the subject line. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. The Contracting Officer for this procurement is Sabrina Somerville.