RFI for Blood Bank Validation Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- VA-25-00023242
- Agency
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VA Technology Acquisition Center
Headquarters, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 621991 Blood and Organ Banks
- Place of performance
- Eatontown, New Jersey 07724, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center is seeking Blood Bank Validation Services to support the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) initiative, which involves migrating 170 VA Medical Centers from VistA to Oracle Health Millennium EHR. The contractor will provide comprehensive validation services for 129 blood bank sites with either full Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Services or transfusion-only services, including validation of system builds, configuration, orderables, interpretation patterns, blood products, instrumentation connectivity, and patient product compatibility. Key requirements include demonstrating the ability to perform installation, operational, and performance qualifications, computer system validation, and risk assessments across multiple sites. The RFI is issued for market research purposes only and requests that interested companies submit their business type classification (with preference for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business or Veteran-Owned Small Business status), a five-page capability statement, and any questions or comments on the Draft Performance Work Statement. Responses to the RFI were initially due December 11, 2025, but Amendment 1 extended the deadline to 5 p.m. ET on December 18, 2025, and all submissions should be directed to Contract Specialist Steven Baum with a copy to Contracting Officer Wendella Baptiste.
The procurement carries no set-aside designation, and no incumbent contractor or award value information has been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. The validation services are anticipated to commence no later than August 1, 2026, and will extend across 28 go-live events scheduled between January 2027 and November 2031, with each event involving between 2 and 14 sites. The contract structure includes a 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods, allowing for up to five years of potential performance. Each site's validation work is expected to last up to 12 weeks and must be completed no later than one month before that site's go-live deployment. Work may be performed at the contractor's facilities or via telework with prior approval, providing flexibility in service delivery across the geographically dispersed VA Medical Centers.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
RFI Amendment 1 is issued to extend the deadline for responses from 12/11/2025 to 12/18/2025. No other revisions are being made. Please have questions and responses submitted IAW the below by 5pm ET on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued for the sole purpose of conducting market research; do not submit a proposal/quote.
VA Medical Centers operate a blood bank and/or perform transfusion services and will be using the Oracle Health Pathnet Blood Bank system after go-live. Validation Services are required by regulatory and accreditation organizations to ensure patient and blood products safety. Compliance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulations requires that these environments are validated prior to go-live. EHRM-IO seeks a contractor to provide blood bank validation services at each site with Full Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Services and those with transfusion only services to validate the build and configuration of the system, both for the local site build and enterprise review of all orderables, interpretation patterns, blood products, instrumentation connectivity and patient product compatibility.
Please see the attached Draft PWS and RFI body for full information and response instructions.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) RFI - Blood Bank Validation Services;
2) Draft PWS - Blood Bank Validation Services
*PLEASE NOTE REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE LOCATION: NJ is the location of the contracting agency and was only input as the field is required.
RESPONSES (to include questions) ARE DUE BY COB (5pm ET) on December 11, 2025. Multiple attachments are acceptable, however please submit only one email response (i.e. one email response including a word document of questions, a PDF of your capability statement, and email body indicating your response). Please include any questions/comments you may have on the PWS, or effort in general in your one response.
The VA Technology Acquisition Center POCs for this RFI are Contract Specialist Steven Baum and Contracting Officer Wendella Baptiste. Submit questions directly to steven.baum@va.gov, with a CC to wendella.baptiste@va.gov.
Update #1 ·
This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued for the sole purpose of conducting market research; do not submit a proposal/quote.
VA Medical Centers operate a blood bank and/or perform transfusion services and will be using the Oracle Health Pathnet Blood Bank system after go-live. Validation Services are required by regulatory and accreditation organizations to ensure patient and blood products safety. Compliance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Regulations requires that these environments are validated prior to go-live. EHRM-IO seeks a contractor to provide blood bank validation services at each site with Full Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Services and those with transfusion only services to validate the build and configuration of the system, both for the local site build and enterprise review of all orderables, interpretation patterns, blood products, instrumentation connectivity and patient product compatibility.
Please see the attached Draft PWS and RFI body for full information and response instructions.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) RFI - Blood Bank Validation Services;
2) Draft PWS - Blood Bank Validation Services
*PLEASE NOTE REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE LOCATION: NJ is the location of the contracting agency and was only input as the field is required.
RESPONSES (to include questions) ARE DUE BY COB (5pm ET) on December 11, 2025. Multiple attachments are acceptable, however please submit only one email response (i.e. one email response including a word document of questions, a PDF of your capability statement, and email body indicating your response). Please include any questions/comments you may have on the PWS, or effort in general in your one response.
The VA Technology Acquisition Center POCs for this RFI are Contract Specialist Steven Baum and Contracting Officer Wendella Baptiste. Submit questions directly to steven.baum@va.gov, with a CC to wendella.baptiste@va.gov.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFI Body.pdf | ||
| Draft PWS - RFI.pdf |
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