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.

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.

Table 1

ESTIMATED HPLC Glycohemoglobin A1C Testing

Columbus VA OPC

2017

37551

2018

39823

2019

42555

2020 est.

37597

Lab 4 YR. Total

157526

Est. Lab Yearly Ave.

   39382

10% Est.  Increase in Ave

43320

Est. Lab Monthly Ave.

3610