Q515--MO - HLA Testing - 626 Tennessee Valley Healthcare System HLA Transplant Testing Services POP: 10/1/2026-9/30/2032

The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 9 seeks offsite reference laboratory and transplant immunology testing services for Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, with proposals due August 24, 2026. This is a fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated value of $41.5 million, covering five one-year ordering periods from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031, plus one option to extend for up to six months. The procurement is unrestricted and not set aside for any small business category.

Place of performance is Nashville, Tennessee, with the laboratory required to be located within 50 miles of the TVHS campus. The contractor must provide comprehensive Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and histocompatibility testing services, including HLA typing, antibody testing, and crossmatching, and maintain 24/7/365 availability with turnaround times ranging from five hours for STAT testing to two to three days for routine testing. The laboratory must be American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenics (ASHI) accredited and perform all testing in-house without splitting specimens between multiple labs. Contractor personnel require Tier 1/Low Risk background investigations, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards for facility access, and HIPAA compliance. The contract includes a minimum guarantee of $50,000.

The NAICS code is 621511, Medical Laboratories; PSC is Q515, Medical–Pathology. Evaluation weighs past performance (three references required), technical capabilities addressing comprehensive testing capability, rapid local operations, and patient support infrastructure, and price. Pricing is submitted per-unit for individual tests using a provided Excel spreadsheet. Invoices are submitted monthly in arrears and must reference patient names, specimen collection dates, specific tests performed, unit prices, and total amounts. The contract requires compliance with service contract labor standards, employment eligibility verification, organizational conflict of interest certifications, contractor rules of behavior governing information security and VA system access, and quality assurance surveillance metrics including 100 percent specimen integrity, 90 percent acceptable quality level for turnaround time compliance, and 100 percent emergency response time compliance within four hours.