Justification of Award for Low Titer Whole Blood
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- HT940626PE162
- Agency
-
Defense Health Agency
Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- HT9490626PE162
- NAICS code
- 621991 Blood and Organ Banks
- PSC
- 6506 Blood And Blood Products
- Place of performance
- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 28547, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Health Agency intends to award a sole-source contract to Blood Connection, Inc. for Low Titer O Whole Blood in support of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, with an estimated total value of $521,250 across a base period and four option periods.
The justification rests on geographic proximity and delivery capability. Market research identified only two vendors capable of meeting the medical center's requirements: Blood Connection and American Red Cross. American Red Cross requires standing drop shipment delivery, which the facility determined impractical and cost-inefficient due to waste. Blood Connection is the sole source capable of providing the required minimum of 120 units per year with flexible, as-needed deliveries and the critical ability to deliver STAT orders within 3.5 hours to support emergent trauma and life-saving treatment. A sources sought notice posted on SAM.gov on June 17, 2026, yielded only one response lacking sufficient capability documentation. An intent to sole source notice will be posted for three days to provide additional opportunity for competition. The authority cited is 41 USC 3304(a)(1) and FAR 6.103-1(b). The contract runs from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031, with all periods funded through Operations and Maintenance. Blood products must comply with Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and 21 CFR 600-640. The Contracting Officer, Felicia W. Smith, has certified pricing as fair and reasonable based on comparative vendor pricing analysis. Place of performance is Piedmont, SC (Blood Connection's location), with delivery to Camp Lejeune, NC.
Notice text
The contractor will provide Low Titer O Whole Blood in support of patients at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL), NC. The Government is seeking sources that can meet all the following requirements:
- Must be able to provide a minimum of 120 units per year that have been constituted and validated for use in the NMCCL refrigerators.
- All blood products must comply with all pertinent local, state, and federal laws, regulations, rules, and guidelines, including but limited to those set forth in Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C., 301, et seq.), U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 21 CFR, 600-640.
- Can provide the required blood products 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to include all Federal Holidays.
- Can deliver the Low Titer O Whole Blood within 3.5 hours upon receipt of request in certain instances.
Awarded contract HT9490626PE162 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2026-09-29.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Justification and Approval Low Titer Whole Blood_Redacted.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source Low Titer Whole Blood | Special Notice | |
| Low Titer Whole Blood | Pre-Solicitation |
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