VISN 23 Laboratory Referral Testing Services

Closed Solicitation Posted

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Solicitation number
36C26324R0072
Agency
Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Responses due
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
621511 Medical Laboratories
PSC
Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing
Place of performance
United States
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 23 is seeking to procure medical laboratory and testing analysis services for the VISN 23 Midwest Healthcare System. The contractor will be responsible for performing pre-analytical processing, analysis, and reporting of analytical results for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens requested by eleven participating VA facilities. The solicitation will be evaluated using tiered evaluations, with priority given to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs), and other small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 621511 for Medical Laboratories, with a size standard of $41.5 million. Questions are due by May 24, 2024, and proposals are due by June 21, 2024. The resulting contract will be a single-award, five-year, fixed-price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with an ordering period of November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029.

This procurement is set-aside for SDVOSB concerns, with VOSB and other small business concerns having priority over large businesses in the tiered evaluation process. The incumbent contractor is Quest Diagnostics. The place of performance is the United States, and the estimated budget or award value is not explicitly stated in the solicitation documents.

Notice text

NOTICE: This procurement will be evaluated using TIERED EVALUATIONS INCLUDING LARGE BUSINESS CONCERNS with the following tiers: (1) SDVOSB concerns, (2) VOSB concerns, (3) all other small business concerns with 8(a) and HubZone businesses having priority, and (4) Large Business concerns.  If award cannot be made at one Tier, the participants of the Tier will be notified of their unsuccessful offer and the next Tier will be evaluated, until award can be made.  All interested businesses, including Large businesses shall submit their proposal during the open solicitation period for consideration.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 23, Saint Cloud, MN intends to procure medical laboratory and testing analysis services for the VISN 23 Midwest Healthcare System.  The Contractor shall be responsible for performing pre-analytic processing as defined in its laboratory manual, analysis, and reporting of analytical results and interpretation for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens as requested by participating facilities (listed below) during the contract period. Services shall include the transportation of clinical laboratory specimens to the Contractor’s laboratory/laboratories, performance of pre-analytical specimen processing support services, the performance of analytical testing as defined by the Contractor’s reference test manual, the reporting of analytical test results, and consultative services as required to provide the full scope of its laboratory services to the ordering facility.  This procurement shall be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, “Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services”, FAR Part 15, “Contracting by Negotiation”.

Services in accordance with the solicitation and resultant contract be furnished to eleven (11) participating facilities within the VISN 23 Midwest Healthcare System.

Participating Facilities:

  • VA Black Hills Health Care System, Hot Springs, SD
  • VA Black Hills Health Care System, Ft. Meade, SD
  • Fargo VA Health Care System, Fargo, ND
  • VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE
  • VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Lincoln, NE
  • VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Grand Island, NE
  • St. Cloud VA Healthcare System, St. Cloud, MN
  • Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, Sioux Falls, SD 
  • Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA
  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
  • VA Central Iowa Health Care System, Des Moines, IA

 The NAICS code is 621511, for Medical Laboratories (Size Standard is $41.5 Million).

 The PSC is Q301 (Medical – Laboratory) and/or Q515 (Medical – Pathology)

The resulting contract shall be a single-award, Five-year, fixed-price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.  The Ordering Period shall be November 1, 2024 – October 31, 2029. The anticipated solicitation will be posted to System for Award Management  on or about May 21, 2024.

Prospective offerors are advised, in order to be eligible for award they must be registered and have an active profile in the System for Award Management at System for Award Management, with no exclusions.

All questions regarding this solicitation shall be emailed to Shanna Comparato at Shanna.Comparato@va.gov, no later than May 24, 2024 by 10:00am CST.  Telephone responses will not be accepted. Additional questions will not be answered after 10:00 am on May 24, 2024.

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Notice history

Notices posted for this opportunity, newest first
Notice Type Posted
VISN 23 Laboratory Referral Testing Services Award Award Notice
VISN 23 Laboratory Referral Testing Services This notice · Latest solicitation Solicitation
VISN 23 Lab Referral Testing Services Original Pre-Solicitation

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