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Notice Type: Presolicitation Notice
Posted Date: 18-MAR-15
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Boston Healthcare System;Contracting Officer (90C);940 Belmont Street;Brockton MA 02301
Subject: Q-- VISN 1 Testing Rheumatology, Renal, Pulmonary
Classification Code: Q - Medical services
Solicitation Number: VA24115N0298
Contact: Heather L SimpsonContract Specialist 508-254-2599 mailto:[email protected]
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Boston Healthcare System
Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Department of Veterans AffairsVeterans Health Administration
Sources Sought Notice - Rheumatology, Renal and Pulmonary Testing
This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely for the purpose of conducting market research to enhance VHA's understanding of your company's offered services and capabilities. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted in response to this Sources Sought.
This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their notice of ability, and their available products in response to the requirement described below. Vendors are being invited to submit information relative to their potential of fulfilling the requirement below, in the form of a capability response that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking a vendor to provide special Rheumatology, Renal and Pulmonary Testing. Refer to the General Requirements section below for the requested service description. This Sources Sought is to facilitate the Contracting Officer's review of the market base, for acquisition planning, size determination, and procurement strategy.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The contractor shall provide special Rheumatology, Renal and Pulmonary Testing.
Testing to include:
1. Anti Glomerular Basement Membrane (Anti GBM) CPT code 84181
2. Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) test panel to include c-Anca, p-Anca anti-MPO and Anti-PR3activity, CPT code 86021 x 2 and 88347
3. Anti PLA2R testing, CPT code 86021
VA Sites:
1. VA Boston, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132
2. VA Togus, 1 VA Center, Augusta, ME 04330
The CONTRACTING LABORATORY:
1. Shall perform consultation services entirely upon their premises.
2. Will provide faxed results as well as hard copy.
3. Shall carry out its functions hereunder in full compliance with all local, state, and federal laws or regulations.
4. Provide consultation report that includes the laboratory's name that performed the consultation, laboratory specific accession number, the date and time a specimen was collected, received by the laboratory and completed, and the pathologists signature and technologist initials where appropriate.
5. Shall certify and ensure that all employees, officers, or agents do not use Protected Health Information received from any VISN 1 site that would constitute a violation of any applicable provision in standards set forth in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
LICENSING AND ACCREDITATION- CONTRACTING LABORATORY
1. Shall have all licenses, permits, accreditation certificates required by law.
2. Shall be accredited by the CLIA or the College of American Pathologists.
3. Medical Director must be licensed Physician with suitable qualifications and experience to direct a laboratory providing consultation services under this contract according to CLIA and CAP standards.
4. Must comply with the regulatory requirements of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administration.
QUALITY CONTROL:
1. Proficiency testing data will include challenged/failed, a list of tests outside of the +/- 2SD range for the past (2) years. CONTRACTING LABORATORY shall notify VA of any test outside +/- 2 SD range.
2. The VA will maintain an Internal Quality Control Program to monitor the quality of test results received from CONTRACTING LABORATORY.
RESPONSE COMMITMENT
I. NOTES:
A. All questions, comments or concerns should be directed to [email protected]
B. Submittals furnished will not be returned to the sender. No debriefs will be conducted. Eligibility in participating in a future acquisition does not depend upon a response to this notice.
C. Proprietary information is neither requested nor desired. If such information is submitted, it must clearly be marked "proprietary" on every sheet containing such information, and the proprietary information must be segregated to the maximum extent practicable from other portions of the response (e.g., use an attachment or exhibit).
II. TIMELINE :
A. This request will close on stated date within the FBO site.
III. Requested information:
Interested parties shall provide the following information in addition to your capability response:
A. Format:
1. MS Word or pdf format (please ensure email is under 5 mb)
2. Page limit - 2-4 pages (please make the response as brief and concise as possible)
3. Company name and Sources Sought number listed on each page
B. Specifics:
1. In your response, please provide the following information based on the requirement.
a. Your company's capability of fulfilling this requirement as it is described.
b. If you are submitting an equal product, please provide detailed information, specs, brochures, etc., for all of your equal items
2. Please also provide name of company, company address, a contact person's name, telephone number, fax number and email address.
3. DUNS number, and indicate if actively registered on System for award management (SAM)
4. Contractual vehicles the company holds, such as NAC or GSA schedules.
5. Socio-economic Status & NAICS Code: State the size of your company [e.g., 8(a) (including graduation date), HUBZone-certified small business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business, small business, large business, etc.].
Notes:
1. This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will follow. The Department of Veterans Affairs will use the information submitted in response to this notice at its discretion and will not provide comments to any submission; however, The Department of Veterans Affairs reserves the right to contact any respondent to this notice for the sole purpose of enhancing The Department of Veteran Affairs understanding of the notice submission.
2. The content of any responses to this notice may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation, except for content marked or designated as business confidential or proprietary which will be fully protected from release outside the government.
The Department of Veteran Affairs Contracting Office POC:
Heather Simpson
Contract Specialist
Email: [email protected]
Link/URL: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/BoVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA24115N0298/listing.html
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