Q515--614-26-3-025-0040 - 'Base + 4' - Temp Staffing Contract (Path. Lab)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration is seeking qualified contractors to provide comprehensive pathology and laboratory services at the Lt Col Luke Weathers, Jr VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. This sources sought notice is issued for market research purposes to identify capable vendors and is not a formal solicitation for proposals; interested parties must complete an attached questionnaire and submit a capability statement by the March 13, 2026 deadline at 11:00 AM Central Time. The contractor will be responsible for staffing and delivering various clinical laboratory services including specimen preparation, analysis, and phlebotomy support, with personnel required to maintain ASCP or AMT certification, current TB testing and hepatitis B vaccination documentation, and appropriate background clearance. Key qualifications for contractor staff include completion of facility-specific orientation covering infection control, laboratory safety, blood-borne pathogen protocols, and HIPAA compliance. The government estimates it will take approximately six months from the sources sought phase to award a new contract, as services are currently being provided under an existing agreement.

This procurement is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), requiring all respondents to be registered and verified through the Small Business Administration and maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of proposal submission. The contract will require staffing of one cytopreparation technician, four ASCP/AMT certified medical technologists, one pathologist's assistant, eleven phlebotomists and medical technicians, and one medical transcriptionist to provide coverage during daytime, evening, weekend, and federal holiday shifts on an as-needed basis with 30-day advance notice. The anticipated period of performance is October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods available, and the contract will be awarded on a firm-fixed-price basis subject to VA fund availability. The NAICS code is 621511 (outpatient care centers) with a small business size standard of $40 million. Robert Pritchard, Contract Specialist at the VA Network Contracting Office in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, serves as the primary point of contact for this opportunity.