Providence Health & Services - Washington

Providence Health & Services - Washington, doing business as Providence Alaska Medical Center, is a non-profit hospital organization and subsidiary of the larger Providence St. Joseph Health system. It operates healthcare facilities in Anchorage, Alaska and provides a range of medical services to the federal government through contract and grant awards.

The recent federal contract award history for Providence Alaska Medical Center shows the entity has provided pediatric consultation services and contracting consultation services to the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy through firm-fixed price purchase orders ranging from $4,800 to $6,000 in value. The vendor holds a single award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces worth up to $650,000 to provide COVID-19 medical laboratory testing services, including polymerase chain reaction clinical testing of specimens from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital on a 365 day a year basis with 48 hour turnaround times.

As a prime recipient of federal grant funding, Providence Alaska Medical Center has received major awards from the Department of Health and Human Services to support healthcare facility construction ($3.75 million) and expand services to victims of sexual assault in Alaska ($596,887 cooperative agreement). Additionally, the organization has participated as a sub-awardee on grants from agencies like the Department of Justice to deliver victim services through child advocacy centers, as well as from FEMA public assistance programs related to COVID-19 and natural disasters for activities like entry point screening, personal protective equipment storage, and facility repairs.

Under a single award COVID-19 Blanket Purchase Agreement held with the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces, Providence Health & Services - Washington provides medical laboratory testing services up to a $650,000 ceiling value. The agreement requires the prime contractor to deliver year-round polymerase chain reaction clinical testing of COVID-19 specimens from the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson hospital with a 48 hour turnaround, including supplying test collection materials and reporting results. This represents one of Providence's key contractual vehicles to furnish medical testing services during the coronavirus pandemic in support of a major military healthcare facility.