Virginia State Department Of Health

The Virginia State Department of Health is a state government agency responsible for protecting and promoting public health across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Through its Virginia State Anatomical Program Division, operating as the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the organization has established itself as a critical provider of specialized anatomical specimens and services to federal agencies, particularly within the defense medical training and research sectors. The agency has been registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since September 2001 and maintains an active registration valid through November 2025, demonstrating its long-standing capability to work with federal government entities.

The agency has consistently provided the Defense Health Agency with specialized human cadaver products and services, including fresh, flushed, embalmed, and soft-cured embalmed cadavers for medical training and research purposes. Its federal contract awards, ranging from $19,500 to $195,630, have been exclusively purchase order contracts without set-aside designations. The contracts specifically cover the procurement of various cadaver types, such as fresh donors, training cadavers, soft-cure embalmed female cadavers, and cadavers prepared for drop shipment. These contracts, awarded between 2021 and 2024, consistently support medical education and simulation programs, particularly for defense agencies like the Defense Health Agency and potentially the Department of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has proven to be a specialized, sole-source provider of these critical anatomical research and training resources.