Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing Boise VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, is soliciting offers for comprehensive reference laboratory testing services to support the Boise VA Medical Center. The reference laboratory must provide preanalytic processing, analysis, reporting of analytic results, and clinical interpretation of patient specimens across a range of referral testing capabilities, including drug monitoring, infectious disease screening, immunology, genetic analyses, toxicology screens, and specialized molecular diagnostics. The laboratory must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and maintain appropriate accreditation certification standards. Evaluation will be based on price, technical factors (including analytical testing capabilities, licensure, turnaround time, electronic interface compatibility, STAT testing capability, and on-site training), and past performance, with technical and past performance factors weighted more heavily than price. Offers are due by February 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM Pacific Time, and the contracting specialist is Eric Lingenfelter, reachable at eric.lingenfelter@va.gov or 360-852-9891.

This is an unrestricted solicitation with no set-aside designation, though it is open to all businesses including small businesses under NAICS code 621511 with a size standard of $41.5 million. The contract is structured as a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award with a minimum guarantee of $1,000 and a total contract capacity of $9,000,000, divided into five one-year ordering periods from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2031. The reference laboratory test menu includes over 400 individual tests with corresponding CPT codes across multiple categories of clinical laboratory services. Performance will be monitored by a Contracting Officer Representative who will evaluate quality of service, turnaround times, billing accuracy, and customer service, with potential contract termination for repeated performance failures. The place of performance is Boise, Idaho 83702, and the reference laboratory must maintain a fully functioning electronic data interface with the VA's VISTA and Cerner computer systems with HIPAA-compliant encryption and provide courier services for specimen transport.