# SAM #36C26127Q0125

VA Palo Alto seeks specialized reference laboratory testing services

**Buyer:** VA Network Contracting Office 21
**Posted:** November 03, 2026
**Respond By:** November 16, 2026
**Identifier:** 36C26127Q0125
**NAICS:** 621511

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking reference laboratory testing for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System’s Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21; VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service.
- **Scope:** Firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity services covering 22 specified test and pathology-consult line items, with estimated quantities ranging from 2 to 20 each. An additional attachment describes the requirement broadly as specialized medical laboratory testing, without a separate quantity.
- **Examples of requested testing:** Autoimmune and paraneoplastic evaluations, pathology consultations, genetic testing, amniotic-fluid and tissue cultures, hemophilia A F8 gene sequencing, and von Willebrand disease testing. Individual test codes and quantities are listed below.
- **Service requirements:** Testing is performed at the contractor’s facility. Results are generally due electronically within 7–10 business days. The contractor must maintain applicable CLIA, CAP, and/or Joint Commission credentials and support laboratory information system (LIS) interfacing or fax reporting.
- **Contract value:** Guaranteed minimum of $2,500; maximum aggregate order value of $349,999.99.
- **Period of performance:** One ordering period of approximately one year, with an option to extend services for up to six months. The document also limits deliveries to an earlier point within the ordering period.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, laboratories, or other vendors are named in the solicitation materials.

### Description

See attached Solicitation and Wage Determination

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