SAM #36C25727Q0055

VA North Texas blood products, transfusion testing, and related services IDIQ

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking blood products and transfusion-related support for North Texas VA facilities through a proposed sole-source contract with Carter BloodCare. - Buyer and purpose: VA Network Contracting Office 17, for the North Texas Veterans Health Care System (VANTHCS), Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service; services support the Dallas VA Health Care Center and other North Texas locations. - Procurement approach: Notice of intent to award Carter BloodCare a single-award, firm-fixed-price IDIQ. The VA will consider capability information from responsible alternative sources; this notice is not a request for quotations or proposals. - Scope: Blood components, specialized blood products, processing and storage, transfusion and reference-laboratory testing, sample pickup, and therapeutic phlebotomy. Estimated annual requirements include 4,056 leukocyte-reduced red-cell units, 416 leukocyte-reduced apheresis platelet units, 350 plasma units, and other specialized products and services. - Key requirements: Products must meet AABB/FDA requirements. The statement of work calls for urgent and 24-hour delivery, a nearby distribution facility, and contractor-provided personnel, transportation, equipment, materials, and supplies. Therapeutic phlebotomy is available Monday through Friday at multiple North Texas locations. - Period: Five annual ordering periods, with a base period of May 1, 2027–April 30, 2028, and four subsequent 12-month periods through April 30, 2032. The statement of work anticipates a 5% annual fee increase. Quantities are estimates, not guaranteed orders. - Quantity caveat: Some attachment estimates differ for frozen blood storage, STAT reference testing, Zone 2 sample pickup, and therapeutic phlebotomy. The line-item list uses the notice’s X-coded estimates and identifies the alternate statement-of-work quantities where applicable.

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a Firm-Fixed price, single-award IDIQ to Carter Bloodcare, for procurement of the following Blood and Blood Products (“X” represents Ordering Periods 1-5):  

Item #

Description

Est Annual Needs

Unit

X001

*Red Cells, Leukocyte reduced

4056

Unit

X002

Platelets, Pheresis, Leukocyte reduced

416

Unit

X003

Fresh frozen plasma, OR Plasma frozen <24 hours

350

Unit

X004

Cryoprecipitate, frozen pooled from 5 donors

150

Unit

X005

Platelet-pheresis, HLA matched

5

Unit

X006

Deglycerolyzed Red cells

5

Unit

X007

Freezing of Patient RBC

5

Ea

X008

Deglycerolization of frozen RBC

5

Ea

X009

Irradiation Fee

1000

Ea

X010

Class 1 HLA Type

1

Ea

X011

HLA Typing; A, B, C, single antigen

1

Ea

X012

HLA-A,B, Molecular; Request Coding

1

Ea

X013

HLA Computer match fee

10

Ea

X014

ABID; PLT Immunoglobulin Assay XM

5

Ea

X015

ABID; PLT Immunoglobulin Assay PLA1

1

Ea

X016

ABID; Platelet Antibody

3

Ea

X017

Washing (red blood cells)

3

Ea

X018

Antigen Screen, Tier 1 antigen (C, c, E, or K)

30

Ea

X019

Antigen Screen, Tier 2 antigen (Jka, Jkb, Fya, Kpa, e, or P1)

50

Ea

X020

Antigen Screen, Tier 3 antigen (Fyb, Kpb, S, s, Cw, k, Wra, or High prevalence)

50

Ea

X021

ABO/Rh type

10

Ea

X022

Blood Typing-ABO/Rh Discrepancy

2

Ea

X023

Antibody Screen, RBC, each Serum Technique

10

Ea

X024

Cold Agglutinin, Screen

1

Ea

X025

AHG Test; Direct,  each antiserum

5

Ea

X026

ABID, RBC Antobodies, ea panel

10

Ea

X027

Antibody Elution (RBC), each

6

Ea

X028

Pretreat RBC with Enzymes, each

3

Ea

X029

Pretreat Serum with Absorption x1

2

Ea

X030

Pretreat Serum with Absorption x2

2

Ea

X031

Pretreat Serum with Absorption x3

2

Ea

X032

Drug Studies Request Coding

1

Ea

X033

Lectin Panel (Polyagglutination)

1

Ea

X034

CMV Negative

3

Ea

X035

HgB S Negative

5

Ea

X036

Frozen Blood Storage (up to 90 days)

3

Ea

X037

Imported Rare Unit Fee

5

Ea

X038

Molecular RBC Genotype

20

Ea

X039

RHD Molecular Testing

5

Ea

X040

RhCE Molecular Testing

5

Ea

X041

Molecular Sequencing

1

Ea

X042

STAT Reference Testing Fee

30

Ea

X043

Sample Pick-Up, Time Sensitive

10

Ea

X044

Sample Pick Up – Zone 2

30

Ea

X045

Therapeutic Phlebotomy Donation

100

Ea

The Dallas Veteran Affairs Health Care Center has a requirement for the supply and delivery of blood and blood products supporting the North Texas Veterans Health Care System (VANTHCS).

Contractor will furnish all personnel, labor, transportation, equipment, materials and supplies necessary to provide Human Blood and Blood Products and guidance in Clinical Pathology Procedures as specified herein for eligible VA beneficiaries of the North Texas Veterans Health Care System, VA North Texas Health Care System, 4500 S. Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216. 

This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. A contract will not be awarded based on an offer received in response to this notice; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, by email, to the point of contact and referencing the notice ID 36C25727Q0055, which shall be considered by the agency. Proposals or offers received will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. If no affirmative written response is received within 21 days from the publication of this notice, a contract/order will be issued to Carter Bloodcare, without any further notice.

The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to negotiate with only one source. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

The proposed sole source procurement will be made by a pricing agreement with Carter Bloodcare.

See attached document: Statement of Work - Blood and Blood Products for North Texas VA.

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