Description
The VA is conducting market research to identify qualified providers for a five‑year IDIQ contract to perform comprehensive blood‑donor panel testing at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL. The contractor must supply all labor, supplies, equipment, travel, and analytical testing to meet FDA, AABB, CAP, TJC, OSHA, CDC, DoD and state regulations, and must deliver test results within 24 hours of specimen receipt. No solicitation has been issued yet; responses are due by the stated deadline.
• Scope includes eight defined panels (standard donor, anti‑CMV, Chagas, West Nile, Babesia, isohemagglutinin, HLA‑TRALI mitigation, red‑cell antibody identification) totaling ~180,000 tests over five years.
• Contractor must hold current FDA, CLIA, CAP (or equivalent) certifications and provide ongoing documentation, quality monitoring, and a 24‑hour response capability.
• The contract will be ordered annually (five one‑year priced periods) with a 95 % on‑time reporting performance metric and includes rights for VA inspections and potential addition of new panels via contract modifications.