The Chalmers P. Wylie VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Pathology & Laboratory Service (P&LMS) requires a single, firm fixed price for a Cost per Patient Reportable Results (CPRR) contract, for 60-months for our patient population located in Central Ohio to perform Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) using direct measurements.  The needed request would be a base +3 option years contract.  

At a minimum, the vendor shall be able to supply equipment/analyzers that can process from primary sample tubes without having to manually de-cap and recap the tubes, has an automatic clot detection/removal mechanism, supplies/reagents/consumables sequestered annually with the longest lot number expiration date possible to avoid continuous lot number changes; electronic inventory ordering system to which orders shall be shipped no latter than 24 hours after receipt of requests and to arrive within 5-7 business days,  technical telephone support 24/7/365, middleware that will provide standardizes process for result handling/review, and must meet the following requirements as provided in the Scope. The estimated annual volumes for HbA1c testing for Columbus VA is provided in Table 1 but does not guarantee volumes as listed; they are estimates only.  The testing laboratory will fax or email their reportable test count (i.e. Number of patient samples run which is obtained from LIS and/or from the metering data within the analyzer software program) by the 10th of the following month to the awarded vendor.