DOCUMENT
Q -- Blood, Blood Products and Related Services - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 5/23/2012
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 621991
— Blood and Organ Banks
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Acquisition & Materiel Management;Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center;2002 Holcombe BLVD;Houston TX 77030 4298
- Solicitation Number
- VA25612I1053
- Response Due
- 5/31/2012
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2012
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie R Keo
- E-Mail Address
-
1-1414
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT/MARKET RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Department of Veterans Affairs Contracting Office is performing market research to ascertain whether there are potential sources capable of providing delivery of Donor Blood, Blood products and Related Services to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Centers (MEDVAMC), 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 within the critical time frames listed in this synopsis. The Contractor is required to ensure an adequate, readily available supply of blood and/or blood components and related services. The blood bank must be registered and/or licensed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), through the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as amended, 21 USC Section 260: is inspected and accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks; and participates in a proficiency testing program that is recognized as meeting the requirements of the American Association of Blood Banks, especially in terms of frequency and tests challenged. The designated North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 621991 with a small business size standard of $10M. Timeframes for delivery: Blood and/or blood components must be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week regardless of holidays to ensure an adequate blood supply at all times. Offers shall be considered only from blood banks that are able to provide the VA with 100% volunteer donor blood in accordance with the most current FDA regulations. Emergency (STAT) requests for transportation of patient sample to reference laboratory for reference blood bank testing shall be available with a 1-hour response time. Delivery of blood products for transfusion to MEDVAMC, shall be made within two (2) hours of completion of testing and location of a suitable product. Testing: Reference testing such as antibody identification, blood product antigen testing, and compatibility testing must be available 24 hrs/ day, 7 days per week regardless of holidays. In a STAT situation, this testing must be started within 30 minutes of receipt of the specimen to ensure rapid blood product availability. Responses to this notice shall be emailed to stephanie.keo@va.gov. Telephone inquires will not be accepted. Responses must be received by no later than May 31, 2012 at 2:00PM CST. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued it will be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond separately to the solicitation announcement. Responses to this sources sought is not a request to be added to prospective bidders lists or to receive a copy of the solicitation.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/HoVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA25612I1053/listing.html)
- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA256-12-I-1053 VA256-12-I-1053.doc (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=347444&FileName=VA256-12-I-1053-000.doc)
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- File Name: VA256-12-I-1053 VA256-12-I-1053.doc (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=347444&FileName=VA256-12-I-1053-000.doc)
- Record
- SN02756438-W 20120525/120524000206-29a74c5b2e8427055b5b1b6bce94b0c8 (fbodaily.com)
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