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Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, IL. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621511   Medical Laboratories. \nTHERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.  \nRequirements:  \nProvide blood donor panel testing services to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). See Statement of Work on the following page for details. \nIf your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. \nThe government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.\nBASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.  Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.\nSubmission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00am Local (Central) Time on November 3, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to joni.dorr@va.gov.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStatement of Work\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\n\nCaptain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), located at 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL requires blood donor panel testing services, as detailed in the Blood Donor Panel Testing section, to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). The Contract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods to be tasked off of at the discretion of the Government. \n\nSCOPE\nContractor shall provide all labor, expenses, materials, tools, test equipment, analytical testing, supervision, expertise, and travel necessary to provide blood donor panel testing services. Any and all travel required by the Contractor to complete blood donor panel testing shall be covered by this Contract and shall not be separately charged to the Government.\n\nCONTRACT ORDER PERIOD\nContract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods.\n\nPriced Period 1:  03/01/2027-02/29/2028\nPriced Period 2:  03/01/2028-02/28/2029\nPriced Period 3:  03/01/2029-02/28/2030\nPriced Period 4:  03/01/2030-02/28/2031\nPriced Period 5:  03/01/2031-02/29/2032 \n\nCONFORMANCE STANDARDS AND LICENSURE\nContractor shall continuously hold current and valid Government licenses, permits, and approvals as required by FDA, CAP, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), AABB, and/or other State regulatory agencies as it pertains to transporting/testing samples, and the reporting of specified tests to include infectious diseases, as appropriate, and as mandated by federal and state statutes. Contractor shall maintain valid certifications during the performance period of this Contract. All current permits, licenses, and certifications copies of the Contractor and if applicable, subcontractor shall be provided via email to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or designee(s) upon award and upon recertification, if applicable. \n\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) in writing within twenty-four (24) hours, upon its loss of any required certification, accreditation or licensure. \n\nContractor shall ensure its employees have the ability to perform the applicable duties consistent with their license and certification and ensure all laboratory testing staff comply with minimum Federal, State, and local law qualifications and requirements. \n\nContractor shall ensure all testing and supervisory personnel at all Contractor-owned, affiliate, or subcontracted laboratories assigned to work under this contract meet and maintain the applicable personnel qualifications set forth under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 regulations, the College of American Pathology (CAP) accreditation standards, or other accrediting organizations  and State standards.    \n\n\nBLOOD DONOR PANEL TESTING AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES\n\nLine Item\nPanel Testing\nEstimated Quantity over 5 years (est per yr)\n0001\nStandard Donor Panel: \nAnti-HIV1,O/HIV 2, p24 Combo\nHepatitis B Surface Ag\nAnti-Hepatitis B Core\nAnti-HTLV 1/HTLV 2\nSerologic Test Syphilis\nAnti-Hepatitis C Virus 2.0\nABO & Rh Typing\nRed Cell Alla-Antibody Screen\nHBV, HCV, HIV by mini pool NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0002\nAnti-CMV\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0003\nTrypanosoma cruzi, Chagas Antibody lgG\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0004\nWest Nile Virus by IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0005\nBabesia DNA/RNA by mini pool or IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0006\nlsohemagglutinin, Titer Anti-A/Anti-B (  1:256)\n20,000 (4,000/YR)\n0007\nHLA TRALI Mitigation\n500 (100/YR)\n0008\nRed Cell Antibody Identification\n75 (15/YR)\n\nREQUIRED TASKS\nFailure to provide services as indicated in Statement of Work may result in an unacceptable performance evaluation. \n\nGeneral \nContractor shall provide specimen shipment containers at their cost, including transportation, to the FHCC.\nFHCC shall provide transportation/courier services of prospective donor/patient specimens to the Contractor. \nContractor shall perform analytical testing of samples within the specified timeframe.\nContractor shall provide reports on analytical test results within the specified timeframe.\n\nDescription of Test Information\nContractor shall make available either through electronic catalog or upon request the following information:\nRequisition form requirements\nAlphabetized test name list\nTest order code\nSpecimen collection and preservation requirements\nTest method employed (indicate if testing performed in duplicate) and interpretations\nTest specific sensitivity, specificity and interferences, when required\nResult code\nTest critical values, if any\nPolicy for critical value notification\nCPT coding\nTest turnaround times (minimum and maximum times indicated); where the turnaround time is defined as the time between receipt of the specimen shipment container by the Contractor and receipt of results reports by FHCC.\nSchedule of test performance (specific days of week indicated)\nLocation of test performance by test name (i.e. name of primary laboratory, name of separate branch/division of primary lab, name and address of secondary (sub-contracted) laboratory shall be cited).\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to any modifications to the required testing. \nThe Contractor shall provide product information on new test(s) offered by the Contractor.  Updated test information shall be provided to the COR or designee(s) via email once test validation is complete.\n\nSpecimen Preparation and Storage for Blood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email with the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements prior to the start of the contract to ensure proper specimen handling.\nUpon receipt of the specimen shipment container, Contractor shall be responsible for handling and storing specimens in such a manner to ensure the integrity of the specimen and suitability for testing according to the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements.\nFHCC shall label each set of donor specimens with a unique Donation Identification Number (DIN).\n\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the full range of clinical testing capabilities to execute required blood donor panel tests, including new and updated panels, if applicable. All blood donor panel testing shall be executed in accordance with standard industry practices.\nAll test methods shall be FDA approved. Any non-FDA approved method being performed shall have a documented validation plan submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to implementation. When validation is completed, the validation results shall be submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email.\nContractor shall ensure the accurate and timely performance, as defined in Reporting of Results section, of blood donor panel testing services on specimens provided by FHCC.\nContractor shall notify the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) of specimens cancelled due to unacceptability (e.g. volume, specimen container, identification, loss of specimen) within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container.\n\nReporting of Results\nEach test report shall include laboratory testing results in both of the following formats:\n\nFormat 1. Example Test Results Report\nDonation Identification Number\nTest Status\nTest 1\nTest 2\nTest 3\nTest 4\nTest 5\nTest 6\nTest 7\nTest 8\nTest 9\nTest 10\nDIN 1\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 2\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 3\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 4\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 5\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 6\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 7\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\n\n\nFormat 2. Example Data Transfer File\nData/Test Name\nCorresponding DATA_STRING Field\nBeginning Data Position\nData Length\nPossible Results in Data File\nDIN\nSAMPLE_NO\n1\n13\nN/A\nHBsAg\nHBsAG\n15\n2\nN, P\nHIVAb\nHIV-1/2\n18\n2\nN, P\nHBcAb\nHBC\n21\n2\nN, P\nABScr\nIAT\n27\n2\nN, P\nSTS\nSTS\n30\n2\nN, P\nCMV\nCMV\n33\n2\nN, P\nABORh\nABORG\n36\n3\nA-, A+, B-, B+, O-, O+, AB-, AB+\nHTLAb\nHTLV-I/II\n40\n2\nN, P\nHCVAb\nNCV\n47\n2\nN, P\nNHCV\nNHCV\n50\n2\nN, P\nNHIV\nNHIV\n53\n2\nN, P\nNWNV\nWNV\n56\n2\nN, P\nNMP\nNMP\n59\n2\nN, P, NDR\nCHAG\nCHAGAS\n63\n2\nN, P\nNHBV\nNHBV\n66\n2\nN, P\n\nTest result files shall be delivered to the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) within the prescribed timeframe stated below\nBlood Donor Panel Testing   within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the specimen shipment container\nConfirmation Testing   within seven (7) calendar days of the initial reactive result.\n\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS\nPerformance standards of the Contractor shall be evaluated by the COR. Performance standards to be evaluated shall include quality aspects representative to the testing processes of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical variables and shall include a description of monitoring and evaluation activities. All services performed under this contract shall meet the performance standard showing 95% of tests are resulted and reported within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container. \n\nHOURS OF OPERATION\nFHCC shall ship specimens to the Contractor Monday through Friday via priority overnight commercial courier service at FHCC expense and shall be received by the Contractor Tuesday through Saturday, with weekend and National Holidays included to ensure performance standards are met. \n\nContractor shall have a Point of Contact (POC) available via phone and email to address any issues that may arise during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:00am   3:30pm Local (Central) Time, excluding Federal Holidays, which include:\n\nNew Year s Day    Labor Day\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Birthday   Columbus Day\nPresident s Day     Veterans Day\nMemorial Day     Thanksgiving Day\nJuneteenth     Christmas Day\nIndependence Day\n\nAny other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a Federal Holiday \nWhen one of the above designated legal holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a legal holiday. When a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday by U.S. Government agencies.\n\nContractor must respond by phone or email to the COR or designee within sixty (60) minutes after receiving telephone notification. \n\nNEW PANELS\nIf new or updated blood donor panels are required, these panels may be added to the contract as needed upon notification of the Contracting Officer (to be documented in writing via contract modification). All blood donor panel testing services shall be considered within scope for bilateral modification.\n\nIMPLEMENATION OF SERVICES AND INSPECTION\nServices shall begin upon award period of performance start date. Failure to provide timely implementation may result in grounds for termination of the contract. Contractor shall provide name(s) and telephone number(s) of Contractor employees who shall serve as a point of contact throughout the contract performance period upon award and within one (1) business day of a replacement to the COR via email. \n\nFHCC Blood Donor Center Executive Management, the Navy Blood Program Office, and the Armed Services Blood Program Office reserves the right to physically inspect the Contractor facility at any time during the award period to ensure the Contractor s compliance with accreditation and quality assurance practices and requirements. FHCC shall not be liable for any expenses incurred by the Contractor as a result of these inspections.","text":"SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS\nThe Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement for Blood Don Services for the following Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12 facility: Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, IL. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621511 Medical Laboratories.\nTHERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.\nRequirements:\nProvide blood donor panel testing services to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). See Statement of Work on the following page for details.\nIf your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.\nThe government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.\nBASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.\nSubmission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00am Local (Central) Time on November 3, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to joni.dorr@va.gov.\n\nStatement of Work\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\n\nCaptain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), located at 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL requires blood donor panel testing services, as detailed in the Blood Donor Panel Testing section, to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). The Contract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods to be tasked off of at the discretion of the Government.\n\nSCOPE\nContractor shall provide all labor, expenses, materials, tools, test equipment, analytical testing, supervision, expertise, and travel necessary to provide blood donor panel testing services. Any and all travel required by the Contractor to complete blood donor panel testing shall be covered by this Contract and shall not be separately charged to the Government.\n\nCONTRACT ORDER PERIOD\nContract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods.\n\nPriced Period 1: 03/01/2027-02/29/2028\nPriced Period 2: 03/01/2028-02/28/2029\nPriced Period 3: 03/01/2029-02/28/2030\nPriced Period 4: 03/01/2030-02/28/2031\nPriced Period 5: 03/01/2031-02/29/2032\n\nCONFORMANCE STANDARDS AND LICENSURE\nContractor shall continuously hold current and valid Government licenses, permits, and approvals as required by FDA, CAP, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), AABB, and/or other State regulatory agencies as it pertains to transporting/testing samples, and the reporting of specified tests to include infectious diseases, as appropriate, and as mandated by federal and state statutes. Contractor shall maintain valid certifications during the performance period of this Contract. All current permits, licenses, and certifications copies of the Contractor and if applicable, subcontractor shall be provided via email to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or designee(s) upon award and upon recertification, if applicable.\n\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) in writing within twenty-four (24) hours, upon its loss of any required certification, accreditation or licensure.\n\nContractor shall ensure its employees have the ability to perform the applicable duties consistent with their license and certification and ensure all laboratory testing staff comply with minimum Federal, State, and local law qualifications and requirements.\n\nContractor shall ensure all testing and supervisory personnel at all Contractor-owned, affiliate, or subcontracted laboratories assigned to work under this contract meet and maintain the applicable personnel qualifications set forth under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 regulations, the College of American Pathology (CAP) accreditation standards, or other accrediting organizations and State standards.\n\nBLOOD DONOR PANEL TESTING AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES\n\nLine Item\nPanel Testing\nEstimated Quantity over 5 years (est per yr)\n0001\nStandard Donor Panel:\nAnti-HIV1,O/HIV 2, p24 Combo\nHepatitis B Surface Ag\nAnti-Hepatitis B Core\nAnti-HTLV 1/HTLV 2\nSerologic Test Syphilis\nAnti-Hepatitis C Virus 2.0\nABO & Rh Typing\nRed Cell Alla-Antibody Screen\nHBV, HCV, HIV by mini pool NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0002\nAnti-CMV\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0003\nTrypanosoma cruzi, Chagas Antibody lgG\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0004\nWest Nile Virus by IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0005\nBabesia DNA/RNA by mini pool or IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0006\nlsohemagglutinin, Titer Anti-A/Anti-B ( 1:256)\n20,000 (4,000/YR)\n0007\nHLA TRALI Mitigation\n500 (100/YR)\n0008\nRed Cell Antibody Identification\n75 (15/YR)\n\nREQUIRED TASKS\nFailure to provide services as indicated in Statement of Work may result in an unacceptable performance evaluation.\n\nGeneral\nContractor shall provide specimen shipment containers at their cost, including transportation, to the FHCC.\nFHCC shall provide transportation/courier services of prospective donor/patient specimens to the Contractor.\nContractor shall perform analytical testing of samples within the specified timeframe.\nContractor shall provide reports on analytical test results within the specified timeframe.\n\nDescription of Test Information\nContractor shall make available either through electronic catalog or upon request the following information:\nRequisition form requirements\nAlphabetized test name list\nTest order code\nSpecimen collection and preservation requirements\nTest method employed (indicate if testing performed in duplicate) and interpretations\nTest specific sensitivity, specificity and interferences, when required\nResult code\nTest critical values, if any\nPolicy for critical value notification\nCPT coding\nTest turnaround times (minimum and maximum times indicated); where the turnaround time is defined as the time between receipt of the specimen shipment container by the Contractor and receipt of results reports by FHCC.\nSchedule of test performance (specific days of week indicated)\nLocation of test performance by test name (i.e. name of primary laboratory, name of separate branch/division of primary lab, name and address of secondary (sub-contracted) laboratory shall be cited).\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to any modifications to the required testing.\nThe Contractor shall provide product information on new test(s) offered by the Contractor. Updated test information shall be provided to the COR or designee(s) via email once test validation is complete.\n\nSpecimen Preparation and Storage for Blood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email with the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements prior to the start of the contract to ensure proper specimen handling.\nUpon receipt of the specimen shipment container, Contractor shall be responsible for handling and storing specimens in such a manner to ensure the integrity of the specimen and suitability for testing according to the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements.\nFHCC shall label each set of donor specimens with a unique Donation Identification Number (DIN).\n\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the full range of clinical testing capabilities to execute required blood donor panel tests, including new and updated panels, if applicable. All blood donor panel testing shall be executed in accordance with standard industry practices.\nAll test methods shall be FDA approved. Any non-FDA approved method being performed shall have a documented validation plan submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to implementation. When validation is completed, the validation results shall be submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email.\nContractor shall ensure the accurate and timely performance, as defined in Reporting of Results section, of blood donor panel testing services on specimens provided by FHCC.\nContractor shall notify the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) of specimens cancelled due to unacceptability (e.g. volume, specimen container, identification, loss of specimen) within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container.\n\nReporting of Results\nEach test report shall include laboratory testing results in both of the following formats:\n\nFormat 1. Example Test Results Report\nDonation Identification Number\nTest Status\nTest 1\nTest 2\nTest 3\nTest 4\nTest 5\nTest 6\nTest 7\nTest 8\nTest 9\nTest 10\nDIN 1\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 2\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 3\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 4\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 5\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 6\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 7\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\n\nFormat 2. Example Data Transfer File\nData/Test Name\nCorresponding DATA_STRING Field\nBeginning Data Position\nData Length\nPossible Results in Data File\nDIN\nSAMPLE_NO\n1\n13\nN/A\nHBsAg\nHBsAG\n15\n2\nN, P\nHIVAb\nHIV-1/2\n18\n2\nN, P\nHBcAb\nHBC\n21\n2\nN, P\nABScr\nIAT\n27\n2\nN, P\nSTS\nSTS\n30\n2\nN, P\nCMV\nCMV\n33\n2\nN, P\nABORh\nABORG\n36\n3\nA-, A+, B-, B+, O-, O+, AB-, AB+\nHTLAb\nHTLV-I/II\n40\n2\nN, P\nHCVAb\nNCV\n47\n2\nN, P\nNHCV\nNHCV\n50\n2\nN, P\nNHIV\nNHIV\n53\n2\nN, P\nNWNV\nWNV\n56\n2\nN, P\nNMP\nNMP\n59\n2\nN, P, NDR\nCHAG\nCHAGAS\n63\n2\nN, P\nNHBV\nNHBV\n66\n2\nN, P\n\nTest result files shall be delivered to the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) within the prescribed timeframe stated below\nBlood Donor Panel Testing within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the specimen shipment container\nConfirmation Testing within seven (7) calendar days of the initial reactive result.\n\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS\nPerformance standards of the Contractor shall be evaluated by the COR. Performance standards to be evaluated shall include quality aspects representative to the testing processes of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical variables and shall include a description of monitoring and evaluation activities. All services performed under this contract shall meet the performance standard showing 95% of tests are resulted and reported within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container.\n\nHOURS OF OPERATION\nFHCC shall ship specimens to the Contractor Monday through Friday via priority overnight commercial courier service at FHCC expense and shall be received by the Contractor Tuesday through Saturday, with weekend and National Holidays included to ensure performance standards are met.\n\nContractor shall have a Point of Contact (POC) available via phone and email to address any issues that may arise during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:00am 3:30pm Local (Central) Time, excluding Federal Holidays, which include:\n\nNew Year s Day Labor Day\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Columbus Day\nPresident s Day Veterans Day\nMemorial Day Thanksgiving Day\nJuneteenth Christmas Day\nIndependence Day\n\nAny other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a Federal Holiday\nWhen one of the above designated legal holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a legal holiday. When a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday by U.S. Government agencies.\n\nContractor must respond by phone or email to the COR or designee within sixty (60) minutes after receiving telephone notification.\n\nNEW PANELS\nIf new or updated blood donor panels are required, these panels may be added to the contract as needed upon notification of the Contracting Officer (to be documented in writing via contract modification). All blood donor panel testing services shall be considered within scope for bilateral modification.\n\nIMPLEMENATION OF SERVICES AND INSPECTION\nServices shall begin upon award period of performance start date. Failure to provide timely implementation may result in grounds for termination of the contract. Contractor shall provide name(s) and telephone number(s) of Contractor employees who shall serve as a point of contact throughout the contract performance period upon award and within one (1) business day of a replacement to the COR via email.\n\nFHCC Blood Donor Center Executive Management, the Navy Blood Program Office, and the Armed Services Blood Program Office reserves the right to physically inspect the Contractor facility at any time during the award period to ensure the Contractor s compliance with accreditation and quality assurance practices and requirements. FHCC shall not be liable for any expenses incurred by the Contractor as a result of these inspections.","origin":"detail"},"notice_type":{"code":"r","label":"Sources Sought"},"schema_version":1,"solicitation_number":"36C25227Q0071","place_of_performance":{"zip":"60064","city":{"code":"53559","name":"North Chicago"},"state":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"},"street":"Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center FHCC","country":{"code":"USA","name":"UNITED STATES"},"street2":"3001 Green Bay Road"},"product_service_code":"Q301"}],"due_at":"2026-11-03T16:00:00Z","due_date":"2026-11-03","closes_at":"2026-11-03T16:00:00Z","awardable":true,"dept_key":"d-036","dept_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","sub_key":"s-3600","sub_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","office_key":"o-36C252","office_name":"252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)","state":"IL","county":"17097","county_name":"Lake County","city":"1753559","city_name":"North Chicago","country":"USA","state_source":null,"state_evidence":null,"site_key":null,"winner_key":null,"amount":null,"linked_awards":0,"cancelled":false,"archived":false,"updated_at":"2026-10-28T04:01:09.175983Z","principal_notice_id":"3e3bd7175b944ea39e5efd3618636b43","description":{"text":"SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS\nThe Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement for Blood Don Services for the following Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12 facility: Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, IL. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621511 Medical Laboratories.\nTHERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.\nRequirements:\nProvide blood donor panel testing services to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). See Statement of Work on the following page for details.\nIf your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.\nThe government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.\nBASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.\nSubmission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00am Local (Central) Time on November 3, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to joni.dorr@va.gov.\n\nStatement of Work\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\n\nCaptain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), located at 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL requires blood donor panel testing services, as detailed in the Blood Donor Panel Testing section, to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). The Contract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods to be tasked off of at the discretion of the Government.\n\nSCOPE\nContractor shall provide all labor, expenses, materials, tools, test equipment, analytical testing, supervision, expertise, and travel necessary to provide blood donor panel testing services. Any and all travel required by the Contractor to complete blood donor panel testing shall be covered by this Contract and shall not be separately charged to the Government.\n\nCONTRACT ORDER PERIOD\nContract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods.\n\nPriced Period 1: 03/01/2027-02/29/2028\nPriced Period 2: 03/01/2028-02/28/2029\nPriced Period 3: 03/01/2029-02/28/2030\nPriced Period 4: 03/01/2030-02/28/2031\nPriced Period 5: 03/01/2031-02/29/2032\n\nCONFORMANCE STANDARDS AND LICENSURE\nContractor shall continuously hold current and valid Government licenses, permits, and approvals as required by FDA, CAP, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), AABB, and/or other State regulatory agencies as it pertains to transporting/testing samples, and the reporting of specified tests to include infectious diseases, as appropriate, and as mandated by federal and state statutes. Contractor shall maintain valid certifications during the performance period of this Contract. All current permits, licenses, and certifications copies of the Contractor and if applicable, subcontractor shall be provided via email to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or designee(s) upon award and upon recertification, if applicable.\n\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) in writing within twenty-four (24) hours, upon its loss of any required certification, accreditation or licensure.\n\nContractor shall ensure its employees have the ability to perform the applicable duties consistent with their license and certification and ensure all laboratory testing staff comply with minimum Federal, State, and local law qualifications and requirements.\n\nContractor shall ensure all testing and supervisory personnel at all Contractor-owned, affiliate, or subcontracted laboratories assigned to work under this contract meet and maintain the applicable personnel qualifications set forth under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 regulations, the College of American Pathology (CAP) accreditation standards, or other accrediting organizations and State standards.\n\nBLOOD DONOR PANEL TESTING AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES\n\nLine Item\nPanel Testing\nEstimated Quantity over 5 years (est per yr)\n0001\nStandard Donor Panel:\nAnti-HIV1,O/HIV 2, p24 Combo\nHepatitis B Surface Ag\nAnti-Hepatitis B Core\nAnti-HTLV 1/HTLV 2\nSerologic Test Syphilis\nAnti-Hepatitis C Virus 2.0\nABO & Rh Typing\nRed Cell Alla-Antibody Screen\nHBV, HCV, HIV by mini pool NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0002\nAnti-CMV\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0003\nTrypanosoma cruzi, Chagas Antibody lgG\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0004\nWest Nile Virus by IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0005\nBabesia DNA/RNA by mini pool or IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0006\nlsohemagglutinin, Titer Anti-A/Anti-B ( 1:256)\n20,000 (4,000/YR)\n0007\nHLA TRALI Mitigation\n500 (100/YR)\n0008\nRed Cell Antibody Identification\n75 (15/YR)\n\nREQUIRED TASKS\nFailure to provide services as indicated in Statement of Work may result in an unacceptable performance evaluation.\n\nGeneral\nContractor shall provide specimen shipment containers at their cost, including transportation, to the FHCC.\nFHCC shall provide transportation/courier services of prospective donor/patient specimens to the Contractor.\nContractor shall perform analytical testing of samples within the specified timeframe.\nContractor shall provide reports on analytical test results within the specified timeframe.\n\nDescription of Test Information\nContractor shall make available either through electronic catalog or upon request the following information:\nRequisition form requirements\nAlphabetized test name list\nTest order code\nSpecimen collection and preservation requirements\nTest method employed (indicate if testing performed in duplicate) and interpretations\nTest specific sensitivity, specificity and interferences, when required\nResult code\nTest critical values, if any\nPolicy for critical value notification\nCPT coding\nTest turnaround times (minimum and maximum times indicated); where the turnaround time is defined as the time between receipt of the specimen shipment container by the Contractor and receipt of results reports by FHCC.\nSchedule of test performance (specific days of week indicated)\nLocation of test performance by test name (i.e. name of primary laboratory, name of separate branch/division of primary lab, name and address of secondary (sub-contracted) laboratory shall be cited).\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to any modifications to the required testing.\nThe Contractor shall provide product information on new test(s) offered by the Contractor. Updated test information shall be provided to the COR or designee(s) via email once test validation is complete.\n\nSpecimen Preparation and Storage for Blood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email with the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements prior to the start of the contract to ensure proper specimen handling.\nUpon receipt of the specimen shipment container, Contractor shall be responsible for handling and storing specimens in such a manner to ensure the integrity of the specimen and suitability for testing according to the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements.\nFHCC shall label each set of donor specimens with a unique Donation Identification Number (DIN).\n\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the full range of clinical testing capabilities to execute required blood donor panel tests, including new and updated panels, if applicable. All blood donor panel testing shall be executed in accordance with standard industry practices.\nAll test methods shall be FDA approved. Any non-FDA approved method being performed shall have a documented validation plan submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to implementation. When validation is completed, the validation results shall be submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email.\nContractor shall ensure the accurate and timely performance, as defined in Reporting of Results section, of blood donor panel testing services on specimens provided by FHCC.\nContractor shall notify the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) of specimens cancelled due to unacceptability (e.g. volume, specimen container, identification, loss of specimen) within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container.\n\nReporting of Results\nEach test report shall include laboratory testing results in both of the following formats:\n\nFormat 1. Example Test Results Report\nDonation Identification Number\nTest Status\nTest 1\nTest 2\nTest 3\nTest 4\nTest 5\nTest 6\nTest 7\nTest 8\nTest 9\nTest 10\nDIN 1\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 2\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 3\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 4\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 5\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 6\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nDIN 7\nStatus\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\nResult\n\nFormat 2. Example Data Transfer File\nData/Test Name\nCorresponding DATA_STRING Field\nBeginning Data Position\nData Length\nPossible Results in Data File\nDIN\nSAMPLE_NO\n1\n13\nN/A\nHBsAg\nHBsAG\n15\n2\nN, P\nHIVAb\nHIV-1/2\n18\n2\nN, P\nHBcAb\nHBC\n21\n2\nN, P\nABScr\nIAT\n27\n2\nN, P\nSTS\nSTS\n30\n2\nN, P\nCMV\nCMV\n33\n2\nN, P\nABORh\nABORG\n36\n3\nA-, A+, B-, B+, O-, O+, AB-, AB+\nHTLAb\nHTLV-I/II\n40\n2\nN, P\nHCVAb\nNCV\n47\n2\nN, P\nNHCV\nNHCV\n50\n2\nN, P\nNHIV\nNHIV\n53\n2\nN, P\nNWNV\nWNV\n56\n2\nN, P\nNMP\nNMP\n59\n2\nN, P, NDR\nCHAG\nCHAGAS\n63\n2\nN, P\nNHBV\nNHBV\n66\n2\nN, P\n\nTest result files shall be delivered to the FHCC Donor Center leadership team via email (contact information shall be provided to Contractor upon award of contract) within the prescribed timeframe stated below\nBlood Donor Panel Testing within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the specimen shipment container\nConfirmation Testing within seven (7) calendar days of the initial reactive result.\n\nPERFORMANCE STANDARDS\nPerformance standards of the Contractor shall be evaluated by the COR. Performance standards to be evaluated shall include quality aspects representative to the testing processes of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical variables and shall include a description of monitoring and evaluation activities. All services performed under this contract shall meet the performance standard showing 95% of tests are resulted and reported within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of specimen shipment container.\n\nHOURS OF OPERATION\nFHCC shall ship specimens to the Contractor Monday through Friday via priority overnight commercial courier service at FHCC expense and shall be received by the Contractor Tuesday through Saturday, with weekend and National Holidays included to ensure performance standards are met.\n\nContractor shall have a Point of Contact (POC) available via phone and email to address any issues that may arise during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 7:00am 3:30pm Local (Central) Time, excluding Federal Holidays, which include:\n\nNew Year s Day Labor Day\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Columbus Day\nPresident s Day Veterans Day\nMemorial Day Thanksgiving Day\nJuneteenth Christmas Day\nIndependence Day\n\nAny other day specifically declared by the President of the United States to be a Federal Holiday\nWhen one of the above designated legal holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a legal holiday. When a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday by U.S. Government agencies.\n\nContractor must respond by phone or email to the COR or designee within sixty (60) minutes after receiving telephone notification.\n\nNEW PANELS\nIf new or updated blood donor panels are required, these panels may be added to the contract as needed upon notification of the Contracting Officer (to be documented in writing via contract modification). All blood donor panel testing services shall be considered within scope for bilateral modification.\n\nIMPLEMENATION OF SERVICES AND INSPECTION\nServices shall begin upon award period of performance start date. Failure to provide timely implementation may result in grounds for termination of the contract. Contractor shall provide name(s) and telephone number(s) of Contractor employees who shall serve as a point of contact throughout the contract performance period upon award and within one (1) business day of a replacement to the COR via email.\n\nFHCC Blood Donor Center Executive Management, the Navy Blood Program Office, and the Armed Services Blood Program Office reserves the right to physically inspect the Contractor facility at any time during the award period to ensure the Contractor s compliance with accreditation and quality assurance practices and requirements. FHCC shall not be liable for any expenses incurred by the Contractor as a result of these inspections.","html":"SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS\nThe Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support a requirement for Blood Don Services for the following Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12 facility: Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, IL. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 621511   Medical Laboratories. \nTHERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.  \nRequirements:  \nProvide blood donor panel testing services to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). See Statement of Work on the following page for details. \nIf your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address if applicable, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort and documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. \nThe government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.\nBASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SOLE SOURCED OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.  Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.\nSubmission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00am Local (Central) Time on November 3, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to joni.dorr@va.gov.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStatement of Work\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\n\nCaptain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), located at 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL requires blood donor panel testing services, as detailed in the Blood Donor Panel Testing section, to meet regulations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD Inst). The Contract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods to be tasked off of at the discretion of the Government. \n\nSCOPE\nContractor shall provide all labor, expenses, materials, tools, test equipment, analytical testing, supervision, expertise, and travel necessary to provide blood donor panel testing services. Any and all travel required by the Contractor to complete blood donor panel testing shall be covered by this Contract and shall not be separately charged to the Government.\n\nCONTRACT ORDER PERIOD\nContract shall be a five (5) year Ordering Period with five (5) one-year priced periods.\n\nPriced Period 1:  03/01/2027-02/29/2028\nPriced Period 2:  03/01/2028-02/28/2029\nPriced Period 3:  03/01/2029-02/28/2030\nPriced Period 4:  03/01/2030-02/28/2031\nPriced Period 5:  03/01/2031-02/29/2032 \n\nCONFORMANCE STANDARDS AND LICENSURE\nContractor shall continuously hold current and valid Government licenses, permits, and approvals as required by FDA, CAP, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), AABB, and/or other State regulatory agencies as it pertains to transporting/testing samples, and the reporting of specified tests to include infectious diseases, as appropriate, and as mandated by federal and state statutes. Contractor shall maintain valid certifications during the performance period of this Contract. All current permits, licenses, and certifications copies of the Contractor and if applicable, subcontractor shall be provided via email to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or designee(s) upon award and upon recertification, if applicable. \n\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) in writing within twenty-four (24) hours, upon its loss of any required certification, accreditation or licensure. \n\nContractor shall ensure its employees have the ability to perform the applicable duties consistent with their license and certification and ensure all laboratory testing staff comply with minimum Federal, State, and local law qualifications and requirements. \n\nContractor shall ensure all testing and supervisory personnel at all Contractor-owned, affiliate, or subcontracted laboratories assigned to work under this contract meet and maintain the applicable personnel qualifications set forth under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 regulations, the College of American Pathology (CAP) accreditation standards, or other accrediting organizations  and State standards.    \n\n\nBLOOD DONOR PANEL TESTING AND ESTIMATED QUANTITIES\n\nLine Item\nPanel Testing\nEstimated Quantity over 5 years (est per yr)\n0001\nStandard Donor Panel: \nAnti-HIV1,O/HIV 2, p24 Combo\nHepatitis B Surface Ag\nAnti-Hepatitis B Core\nAnti-HTLV 1/HTLV 2\nSerologic Test Syphilis\nAnti-Hepatitis C Virus 2.0\nABO & Rh Typing\nRed Cell Alla-Antibody Screen\nHBV, HCV, HIV by mini pool NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0002\nAnti-CMV\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0003\nTrypanosoma cruzi, Chagas Antibody lgG\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0004\nWest Nile Virus by IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0005\nBabesia DNA/RNA by mini pool or IDT NAT\n31,000 (6,200/YR)\n0006\nlsohemagglutinin, Titer Anti-A/Anti-B (  1:256)\n20,000 (4,000/YR)\n0007\nHLA TRALI Mitigation\n500 (100/YR)\n0008\nRed Cell Antibody Identification\n75 (15/YR)\n\nREQUIRED TASKS\nFailure to provide services as indicated in Statement of Work may result in an unacceptable performance evaluation. \n\nGeneral \nContractor shall provide specimen shipment containers at their cost, including transportation, to the FHCC.\nFHCC shall provide transportation/courier services of prospective donor/patient specimens to the Contractor. \nContractor shall perform analytical testing of samples within the specified timeframe.\nContractor shall provide reports on analytical test results within the specified timeframe.\n\nDescription of Test Information\nContractor shall make available either through electronic catalog or upon request the following information:\nRequisition form requirements\nAlphabetized test name list\nTest order code\nSpecimen collection and preservation requirements\nTest method employed (indicate if testing performed in duplicate) and interpretations\nTest specific sensitivity, specificity and interferences, when required\nResult code\nTest critical values, if any\nPolicy for critical value notification\nCPT coding\nTest turnaround times (minimum and maximum times indicated); where the turnaround time is defined as the time between receipt of the specimen shipment container by the Contractor and receipt of results reports by FHCC.\nSchedule of test performance (specific days of week indicated)\nLocation of test performance by test name (i.e. name of primary laboratory, name of separate branch/division of primary lab, name and address of secondary (sub-contracted) laboratory shall be cited).\nContractor shall notify the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to any modifications to the required testing. \nThe Contractor shall provide product information on new test(s) offered by the Contractor.  Updated test information shall be provided to the COR or designee(s) via email once test validation is complete.\n\nSpecimen Preparation and Storage for Blood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR) or designee(s) via email with the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements prior to the start of the contract to ensure proper specimen handling.\nUpon receipt of the specimen shipment container, Contractor shall be responsible for handling and storing specimens in such a manner to ensure the integrity of the specimen and suitability for testing according to the test manufacturer s specimen preparation and storage requirements.\nFHCC shall label each set of donor specimens with a unique Donation Identification Number (DIN).\n\nBlood Donor Panel Testing\nContractor shall provide the full range of clinical testing capabilities to execute required blood donor panel tests, including new and updated panels, if applicable. All blood donor panel testing shall be executed in accordance with standard industry practices.\nAll test methods shall be FDA approved. Any non-FDA approved method being performed shall have a documented validation plan submitted to the COR or designee(s) via email more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to implementation. 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Performance standards to be evaluated shall include quality aspects representative to the testing processes of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical variables and shall include a description of monitoring and evaluation activities. 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