65 -- AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD, RED CELLS; PLATELET CONCENTRATES, RANDOM DONOR AND TESTS

Notice Date

March 1, 2001

Contracting Office

Chief, A&MM Service (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285

ZIP Code

30904-6285

Solicitation Number

RFP 509-76-01

Response Due

March 28, 2001

Point of Contact

Faye Thomas, 706-731-7176

Description

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, intends to negotiate a sole source procurement under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, with Shepeard Community Blood Center, Augusta, Georgia, for autologous blood, red cells; platelet concentrates, random donor; platelet phereses; platelet phereses, leukoreduced; red cells, allogeneic; and fresh frozen plasma for the period April 15, 2001 through April 14, 2002. Contract requires supplier to collect, process, label, store and transport red cells donations from VA autologous patients to VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, Transfusion Service, to allow donations before surgery to be used after surgery if needed. All procedures, protocols, testing methodologies for derermining donor suitability, managing donor care during and after transfusion, and testing of donated blood for release must be in accordance with the most recent requirements of FDA and AABB. Products must be delivered or available for pickup so that delivery to the Transfustion Service will occur within 30 minutes from the time the order is placed with the supplier. This notice is not a request for proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon requests to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be submitted not later than 2:30PM, March 28, 2001. NAICS Code for this procurement is 621991.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010302/65SOL003.HTM (W-059 SN50E891)