H165--cap linearity survey

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 has published a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source for a linearity and calibration verification program contract. The solicitation (36C24526Q0189) is seeking a qualified contractor to support the Washington DC VA Medical Center's Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. This is a one-year Firm Fixed Price contract with no small business set-aside. The contracting office anticipates awarding to a single source based on the specialized nature of the requirements. The notice was posted on December 17, 2025, and represents the VA's intent to conduct market research before making a sole source award determination.

The contract's primary objective is to ensure the VA laboratory maintains compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) requirements and sustains laboratory accreditation standards through specialized calibration and linearity testing. Interested contractors must submit detailed responses by 3:00 PM EDT on December 24, 2025, including business information, socio-economic status documentation, SAM UEI number, GSA Contract number if applicable, capability statements, and authorized distributor letters. The contractor must demonstrate the capability to provide specimen kits across 25 different test types spanning multiple categories including TDM, Ligand Assays, Urine Chemistry, Immunology, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Hematology. Key requirements include maintaining an established event calendar for specimen shipment scheduling, delivering high-quality specimen kits according to specifications, and generating formal evaluation reports for laboratory records. Eligible contractors should be established vendors in the medical laboratory testing and quality control space with experience supplying calibration materials and linearity survey programs to clinical laboratories.