# VISN 23 Laboratory Referral Testing Services

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c26324r0072

- Solicitation number: 36C26324R0072
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Awarded to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated for $10,276,462.70
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: Network Contract Office 23 (36C263)
- NAICS: 621511 Medical Laboratories
- Product or service code: Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing
- Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- County: Hennepin County (FIPS 27053). https://abierto.us/counties/hennepin-county-mn-27053
- City: Minneapolis. https://abierto.us/cities/minneapolis-mn-2743000
- First posted: March 21, 2024
- Last posted: October 25, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c05fc54d17c44b49872cff9d8a26ac54/view

## Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office 23, Saint Cloud, MN has procured 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 contract will 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)

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (UEI UC5SPMUJF8V3)
- Contract: 36C26325D0002
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 5 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C26324R0072 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C263 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C26325D0002_3600/


## Publications

- March 21, 2024: Sources sought, due March 29, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 305952928bd3445b8263850b7c023b0b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/305952928bd3445b8263850b7c023b0b/view
- May 21, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due June 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 6aab8062e714449dbeaaed7b1c965671. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6aab8062e714449dbeaaed7b1c965671/view
- May 30, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due June 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice 3b7399311990445296a36aacb9ab8e2c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b7399311990445296a36aacb9ab8e2c/view
- May 30, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due June 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT. Notice b015c583381f46a38965600243b94e18. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b015c583381f46a38965600243b94e18/view
- October 25, 2024: Award notice. Notice c05fc54d17c44b49872cff9d8a26ac54. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c05fc54d17c44b49872cff9d8a26ac54/view

## Points of contact

- Shanna M Comparato, Shanna.Comparato@va.gov, 4029953692

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