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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center is seeking potential sources that are capable of providing a solid phase automated blood bank analyzer and consumables necessary for the following requirement:
ABO/Rh
Negative Rh Test reflexed to a Weak D
Antibody Screen, 3 cell screening panel required
Antibody Identification of:
Anti-E, Anti-e, Anti-C, Anti-c, Anti-K
Antigen Phenotyping of:
Anti-E, Anti-e, Anti-C, Anti-c, Anti-K
Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)
Crossmatching Donor Units with patient samples
Ability to handle rouleaux, lipemic, icteric, and hemolyzed specimens
Define the actual hands-on maintenance time required for daily, weekly, monthly, and as needed maintenance. Contractor is to include the analyzer time required to perform each maintenance task and list which tasks are performed at the user level and which tasks are performed at the service level.
Provide a comprehensive QC program which includes the following options:
a. QC files that can be edited or corrected for errors
b. Have on-board quality control data storage and reporting capabilities
c. DVD for data archive
d. Ability to alert operator of QC failures
e. Daily QC performance within 30 minutes

The location of the blood bank analyzers will be at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center at 1700 North Wheeling St, Aurora, CO 80045 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Service.

NCO 19 is performing market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of qualified (1) Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB); (3) Small or emerging small business firms; or (4) Large businesses who can fulfill the requirement. This Sources Sought notice is issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. All SDVOSB, VOSB, small and large businesses capable of fulfilling the requirement are invited to respond.

NAICS code to be used for this acquisition is 334516. All interested firms who can meet the requirements stated in the above requirement should respond, in writing, with the following information:

Interest and Capabilities
Address and UEI
Business category (SDVOSB, VOSB, Small Business, or Large Business)
State if interested firm has a NAC or GSA contract by replying with their applicable contract number.
Price Structure: Provide information on how pricing is structured (i.e., Cost per Reportable Result, Cost per Test, Analyzer rental and reagent purchase, Reagent Purchase (analyzer rental costs included in reagent costs).
The information submitted shall contain the company s business size status. This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation! This is not a request for proposal (RFP). No questions will be answered. The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from these sources sought notice. Requests for copies of a solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. Information should be forwarded to the Contracting Officer. If your organization can provide these services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to Ernest Appiah, Contract Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 19, 6162 S. Willow Drive, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 or via e-mail at Ernest.Appiah@va.gov and NCO19Services2@va.gov with a statement describing your capabilities. The capability statement shall include a point of contact, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address and state the company s business size status. The deadline for this information is 9 AM Mountain Time, Monday February 13th, 2023.

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