Q301--NEW - Oncotype DX Testing 671-23-2-121-0088

Special Notice

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Special Notice

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Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to Genomic Health, Inc. (GHI) for Laboratory Fee Basis Testing for Oncotype DX Genomic Oncology Testing for South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), at 7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78229. Contractor is to provide healthcare resources in accordance with Public Law 104.262 and 38 U.S.C. 8153.

SPECIMEN TESTING

The Contractor and/or subcontractor shall provide the full range of clinical and anatomic pathology diagnostic testing capabilities to execute all required tests as annotated in the Scope of Work. Contractor shall make available the following test information:

Requisition form requirements

Alphabetized test name list

Test order code

Specimen collection and preservation requirements

Test method employed (indicate if testing performed in duplicate) and interpretations

Test reference intervals adjusted for age, sex, or race, when required

Test specific sensitivity, specificity, and interferences, when required

Result code

Test critical values if any

Policy for critical value notification

CPT coding

Period of Performance for one year plus (4) one-year ordering periods.

This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 10 days from the publication of this notice, a contract will be issued to GHI.

The anticipated statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for the requirement is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

Notice: the POC for this notice does not have a Federal Business Opportunities registration account. Do NOT respond in the Interested Vendors List . The POC does not have any visibility to the Interested Vendors List tab within the notice. Interested firms must respond directly to the POC email address listed in the notice for consideration.