This is a Sources Sought Notice for following services. This Sources Sought Notice is NOT a request for formal proposals or quotes. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HubZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Responses to this notice shall include the following: (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email (e) DUNS number (f) Cage Code (g) Tax ID Number (h) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and (i) must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor for the work described below. NAICS Code 621511, Medical laboratories applies. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs Stratton - Albany VA Medical Center Syracuse VA Medical Center Canandaigua VAM Medical Center Buffalo VA Medical Center Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide referral laboratory services to include: a. Utilizing a single patient sample, perform quantitative testing using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methodology of medications typical for pain, as well as adjunct new generation medications (SSRI's) and emerging recreational drugs (bath salts, spice compounds) without the use of an immune assay screening methodology. b. Testing to include, but not limited to, common drugs in the following classes: Natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic opioids; Benzodiazepines; tricyclic antidepressants; serotonin uptake inhibitors; stimulants; barbiturates; illicit drugs c. Testing is to be completed by LC-MS/MS methodology only, without the use of Immuno-assay screening tests. d. All supplies necessary for collection of patient urine specimens i. Specimen containers ii. Required requisition forms iii. Biohazard bags and absorbent sheets e. All supplies needed to transport samples from the sites to the testing facility: UPS/mailing bags and pre-paid shipping labels. f. Pre-analytic processing, analysis and reporting of analytic results g. Report delivery by fax to the ordering site within 5 business days of receiving sample. h. Reports to include i. Patient's full name and 2nd identifier ii. Date sample is collected/received by vendor /tested and completed iii. Requesting provider and facility name iv. Vendor contact information for questions v. All numeric results vi. Consistencies and inconsistencies with prescribed medications vii. Graphic view of the patient's previous specimens tested. viii. Estimated detection windows for each analyte ix. Specimen validity testing results i. Phone consultation services for providers, with a toxicologist, for result interpretation. (This would be a contact that the providers could call with questions, not the lab POC person.) Responses must be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist: [email protected]. Subject line shall contain: Response to VA528-15-Q-0091. Responses must be received by 4:00pm, March 2, 2015.

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