Q515--Referral Laboratory Testing Services

This is COMBINED PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE The US Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, hereinafter referred to as MVAHCS located at One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417. The NAICS code assigned to this procurement will be 621511 with a size standard of $32.5 million. The VA will award a single Firm, Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, commercial services contract for all items listed in the Schedule of Items. Contract use will be limited to Minneapolis VA Health Care System only. The solicitation will contain requirements for a 12 month base year with four (4) 12 month options to renew. Service will begin on January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 for the base year. The solicitation is scheduled to be issued on September 11, 2020 and will be issued via FedBizOpps Electronic Posting System at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.

Proposals are due to the Contracting Office by Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Proposals are required to be emailed to Steven Porwoll at steven.porwoll@va.gov prior to the solicitation closing date and time. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their proposal is received in full by the Contracting Officer before solicitation closing.

Services Provided: The MVAHCS, requires the services of a contractor to provide highly specialized and specific diagnostic testing needs not provided by the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.

Testing needs consist of stat laboratory tests for drugs and toxins; comprehensive conventional and molecular cytogenetic (FISH) testing on blood, bone marrow, and solid tissue; histochemical testing, special stains, electron microscopy and interpretive reports on muscle biopsies; special stains, electron microscopy and interpretative reports on nerve biopsies; immunofluorescent testing, special stains, electron microscopy and interpretative reports on renal biopsies; immunofluorescent testing and interpretative reports on skin specimens; immunohistochemical breast markers including estrogen and progesterone receptor and electron microscopy and interpretive reports on diagnostic tissue specimens. A comprehensive list of tests with CPT codes can be found in the schedule of items.

To ensure proper oversight on the contract, quality of the testing and monitoring of the turnaround times, it is most advantageous the testing be consolidated into one source (laboratory).

These services require a Comprehensive Cytogenetics Laboratory with both conventional and molecular cytogenetic (FISH) testing. The contractor s laboratory must be able to provide services Monday through Saturday.

Scope of Services Provided: Contractor shall provide stat laboratory testing services for drugs and toxins to include: List of tests with reference ranges, specimen requirements, processing and analysis of the specimen; and reporting of specimen results through a phone call within 2 hours of carrier pickup (carrier pick up is expected with 30 minutes of requesting) and hard copy within 2 days to the MVAHCS. Consultation regarding selection, collection, transportation and result interpretation shall also be provided when required.

Questions may be sent via email to: steven.porwoll@va.gov.