Molecular HIV/PCR Cost-Per-Test

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 7 (NCO 7)
Description: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR A REQUEST FOR QUOTES (RFQ)
The Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, GA requires the services of a commercial contractor to enter into a cost per test agreement for a new base + 4-year period of performance award for a single analyzer capable of running FDA-approved real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests: a) qualitative Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CT/NG) on male urine specimens, female urine specimens, and female vaginal swabs, and b) quantitative viral load for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) on human plasma (Plasma Preparation Tube [PPT] and Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid [EDTA] anticoagulated blood specimens). All component(s) are to be managed thru one platform middleware (touching the Laboratory Information System (LIS) intermediary hardware/software linking with VistA) before patient results are transmitted thru the intermediary hardware/software across an interface to VISTA. This request is for use of/replacement of existing components, several of which are aged and nearing the end of their performance lifespan.
Solicitation number 36C24720Q0003 for this requirement will be posted to FBO on or about Monday, September 9, 2019. The solicitation will contain all necessary specifications and information to provide a proposal for this requirement.
ESTIMATED SOLICITATION TIMEFRAME:
PRE-SOLICITATION ISSUED Thursday, August 22, 2019
PRE-SOLICITATION CLOSES Friday, September 6, 2019 @ 12:00 pm EST
POST RFQ TO FBO (On or about) Monday, September 9, 2019
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DUE Friday, September 20, 2019 NLT 12:00 PM EST
POST QUESTIONS/ANSWERS (On or about) Friday, September 27, 2019
RFQ CLOSES Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 12:00 pm EST
EVALUATION TEAM S REVIEW October 11 25, 2019
AWARD CONTRACT (On or about) Friday, November 1, 2019
Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via e-mail to the following Point of Contact:
Donald L. Battle, Contract Specialist, donald.battle@va.gov..