This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO 21), has a requirement for a contractor to provide specialized pathology, microbiology and 24 hour STAT clinical laboratory testing for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Services sought must be provided by a clinical laboratory that is College of American Pathologist (CAP) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) accredited and located within a 20 mile radius of the VA Palo Alto laboratory located at 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94304. The laboratory must provide 24 hour a day, 365 days a year courier service. Specimens must be picked up by a courier from the VA Palo Alto laboratory at the address above within 30 minutes of the call/order and returned to the testing laboratory within 30 minutes of leaving the VA Palo Alto laboratory. This is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and shall not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation shall not receive a response. Responses to this sources sought announcement shall be in writing. Responses to this notice should be sent via email to William Tanksley, Contracting Officer, at [email protected]. The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to gain knowledge of potential sources and to identify parties having an interest in and capable of provided the requested services. If your organization is interested in providing these services under contract, please respond to this announcement by 2:00 PM PST, April 26, 2016, and include the following information: 1. Name of organization, address including zip code, point of contact, telephone number, and email address. 2. Confirmation of organization's active System for Award (SAM) registration with expiration date. 3. Business size and classification to include any designations as Certified Small Business, HUBZone Certified Small Business Concern, Section 8(a) contractor, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, or Large Business Concern. 4. Current copies CAP and CLIA laboratory licenses 5. Provide verification that all tests listed in the table below can be completed at the contractor's laboratory located within a 20 mile radius of the VA Palo Alto laboratory and within the specified times. 6. A brief overview of how your organization would provide the services included in items 1-6 of Section A listed below along with how your organization would comply with the requirements included in Sections B through E also listed below. A. Services to be provided: 1. Ability to provide specialized pathology, microbiology, and 24 hour STAT clinical laboratory testing in a CAP and CLIA accredited laboratory located within a 20 mile radius of the VA Palo Alto laboratory at 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Required tests are listed in the table below. Tests Required Test Name Requirement CPT Code Est. Annual Volume Semen analysis Specialized 89320 48 Acetaminophen STAT 82003 255 Amikacin - Pre or Post STAT 80150 10 Ammonia, Plasma STAT 82140 5 Bacterial ID Sequencing Specialized 87153 5 BCR/ABL by PCR Qualitative Specialized 81206 81207 30 BPF4IG PF4 ID PLATLT AB IGG Specialized 86022 165 CONSULTATION & REPORT ON REF SLIDE Specialized 88323 25 SPECIAL STAIN Specialized 88313 47 SALICYLATES LEVEL Specialized 80329 225 HISTOCHEMICAL STAIN Specialized 88319 60 BCR/ABL by PCR Qualitative [BCR/ABL1 Gene Major Breakpoint (T(9;22))] Specialized 81207 20 BCR/ABL by PCR Quant [BCR/ABL1 Gene Major Breakpoint (T(9;22))] Specialized 81206 25 Bone Marrow Cytonegnetic Study (chromosome analysis) Specialized 88264 88280 88237 155 Creatine Kinase & CK-MB STAT 82553 30 EGFR GENE COM VARIANTS Cancer Somatic Mutation Panel Specialized 81235 5 Electron Microscopy Specialized 88348 15 Factor VIII Specialized 85240 3 FISH BCR/ABL t(9:22) (CML, ALL) Specialized 88275 5 FISH CCND 1/IGH: t(11:14) mantle cell Specialized 88275 5 FISH CHIC2: (HES, CEL, SMCD) Specialized 88275 10 FISH CLL Panel [+12, ATM, del(13q), P53] Specialized 88275 5 FISH CMYC:t(8:14) Specialized 88275 5 FISH ETO/AML:t(B21), (AML)(CGFI t(8:21) Specialized 88275 5 Test Name Requirement CPT Code Est. Annual Volume FISH del (13q) 13q deletion (multiple myeloma of CLL) Specialized 88275 5 FISH 7 d7;7q deletion/monosomy MDS/AML Specialized 88275 25 FISH Myeloma [t(11:14), del(13q), P63] reflex to t(4:14), t(14:16)] Specialized 88275 15 FISH Cytogenetics (IGH/BCL2 gene fusion in NHL t (14:18)q21:q21 Specialized 88275 88271 100 FISH 2ND COMPONENT FISH Specialized 88271 200 FISH *ISH ALK MRPHMET MAN Specialized 88368 1 FISH ISH BCL2 MRPHMET MAN Specialized 88368 1 FISH ISH BCL6 MRPHMET MAN EA Specialized 88368 1 FISH CCND1 GENE REARRANGEMENT Specialized 88368 1 FISH *ISH HER2 MRPHMET MAN Specialized 88368 5 FISH ISH MDM2 MRPHMET MAN EA PRB Specialized 88368 1 FISH *ISH CMYC MRPHMET MAN Specialized 88368 1 FISH misc Specialized 88365 5 Flow Cytometry- Cell Count for Immunophenotyping Specialized 89050 50 Flow Cytometry- Immunophenotyping Specialized 88185 1,275 Flow Cytometry C57/CD3/CD4/CD8 Specialized 86355 86357 86359 86360 3 Heparin Platelet Factor 4 Ab Specialized 86022 165 HIT Functional by Impedance Aggregometry Specialized 86022 25 Immunohistochemistry Specialized 88360 40 Immunocytochemistry Ab Slide Specialized 88342 75 Test Name Requirement CPT Code Est. Annual Volume JAK2 Janus Kinase 2 V617F Variant Specialized 81270 40 KRAS Cancer Somatic Mutation Panel Specialized 81275 6 Lidocaine STAT 80176 45 Lupus Anticoagulant Specialized 85730 88732 100 Methotrexate STAT 80299 90 Microsatellite Mutation Colon Cancer Specialized 81301 5 Phenobarbital STAT 80184 25 Platelet Aggregation, Function Specialized 85576 10 PML/RARALPHA COM BREAKPOINTS (T(15;17)), (PML/RETINOIC ACID) Specialized 81315 5 PT Inhibitor Screen STAT 85610 85611 8 PTT Inhibitor Screen STAT 85732 85730 100 PTT Inhibitor Screen, Platelet Neut STAT 85597 9 Sirolimus STAT 80195 60 T Cell Clonality (TRG GENE REARRANGEMENT ANAL) Specialized 81340, 81342 25 Tacrolimus STAT 80197 5 Transfusion Antibody Work up STAT 86870 86971 86905 86900 86901 86850 10 Vancomycin Pre or Post STAT 80202 5 VH Hyper Mutation Specialized 81263 4 Thromboelastography Specialized 85396 10 Flow Cytometry Specialized 88184 80 Adamts factor inhibitor Specialized 85335 10 Adamts 13 sct es analyte Specialized 85397 10 Immunoflourescence direct Specialized 88346 225 TIS CULT TUMOR NEO Specialized 88239 10 EA ADD SINGLE AB STAIN Specialized 88341 60 RESPCR RNA RSV 6-11 TARGETS Specialized 87632 5 AFB CULTURE/BLOOD 1 Specialized 87116 5 Test Name Requirement CPT Code Est. Annual Volume BLCF FUNGAL CULTURE BLOOD Specialized 87103 5 YEAST MIC Specialized 87186 5 ANAROBIC ID OR SENSITIVITIES ON Specialized 87076 5 AEROBIC ORGANISM IDENTIFICATION Specialized 87077 5 TUBERCCULOSIS PCR APT SPEC Specialized 87551 5 AFB CULTURE/CONCENTRATION 3 Specialized 87015 5 AFB CULTURE/CONCENTRATION 2 Specialized 87206 5 KIRBY BAUER SENSITIVITY Specialized 87184 5 MIC SUSCEPTIBILITY Specialized 87186 5 2. Tests designated as STAT must be completed within 2 hours of receipt in the testing laboratory. Test results must be reported to the VA Palo Alto laboratory staff via telephone verbally and with faxed test results. 3. Tests designated as Specialized must be resulted within 48 hours of receipt in the testing laboratory, unless the test takes longer than 48 hours to complete as pre-defined in the contractor's standard operating procedure for that test. Test results must be reported to the VA Palo Alto laboratory staff via telephone verbally and with faxed test results. 4. Any test result defined as critical in the contractor's standard operating procedure must be called to a VA Palo Alto laboratory Medical Technologist immediately (no longer than 30 minutes) after being obtained. 5. Ability to provide test reports with at a minimum the following information: a. Patient's name and/or identification code (Social Security Number) b. Physician's name (if supplied) c. Lab Accession number (if supplied) d. Date/time specimen received in the contractor's laboratory e. Test(s) ordered f. Date/time of specimen collection (if supplied) g. Date test completed h. Test result i. Abnormal flags (H, L * critical) j. Reference range k. Therapeutic range (if applicable) l. Name of contractor's laboratory m. Type of specimen n. Any additional comments related to test provided o. Any information the testing laboratory has that may indicate a questionable validity of test result(s) p. Unsatisfactory specimen shall be reported with regard to its unsuitability for testing 6. Provide STAT courier service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Specimens must be picked up by a courier within 30 minutes of receiving the call/order from the VA Palo Alto laboratory and be delivered to the testing laboratory within 30 minutes of leaving the VA Palo Alto laboratory. B. Location of where services would be provided: Services must be provided at a clinical laboratory located within a 20 mile radius of the VA Palo Alto laboratory. C. Hours of operation: Twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year. D. Laws and regulations that apply: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) rules and regulations can be found at: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/clia/regulatory/default.aspx College of American Pathologist (CAP) requirements can be found at: http://www.cap.org State of California Laboratory rules and regulations can be found at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov E. Contractor qualifications: 1. The laboratory must be College of American Pathologist (CAP) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) accredited. 2. Technologists, medical technicians, and cytotechnologists must meet personnel qualifications required by CAP and CLIA '88. 3. Pathologists must have graduated from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy and completed a residency or fellowship in pathology, be Clinical or Anatomic Pathology board certified and must possess a valid license to practice clinical reference laboratory services from a United States (U.S.) jurisdiction. 4. The laboratory Director shall be a licensed American Board of Pathology certified pathologist. Responses to this notice are strictly for market research purposes and will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 621511 and the applicable size standard is $32.5M.

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