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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center is seeking potential sources that can provide all management, personnel, security clearance, space, and equipment necessary to perform Pathology Services. Services shall be performed at either the contractor s place of business, or on the premises of the Cheyenne VA Medical Center, located at 2360 E Pershing Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82001, or the Sheridan VA Medical Center located at 1898 Fort RD in Sheridan, WY 82801. The VA will mail specimens to contractor for testing. Contractor shall provide routine anatomic pathology services that include for pick up by Contractor personnel at regularly scheduled times. All specimens must be accompanied by an appropriately completed surgical pathology requisition.

ANATOMIC PATHALOGY:

All routine anatomic pathology specimens from the VA shall be placed in a designated location at the VA Medical Center for pick up by Contractor personnel at regularly scheduled times. All specimens must be accompanied by an appropriately completed surgical pathology requisition.

Routine surgical pathology and cytology reports shall be available within two days after picking up from the VA and final autopsy reports shall be available within thirty (30) days, except in cases requiring special procedures.

FROZEN SECTION SPECIMEN:

Frozen sections performed on specimens obtained at the VA Medical Center shall be performed at the VA Medical Center facility. VA facility will make every effort to provide a 15-minute warning when specimen is on the way to the laboratory.

Whenever possible, all frozen sections performed at the VA Medical Center shall include a prior notification of the Histology Laboratory at the contractor s facility. All reports of frozen section examination will be relayed immediately upon completion of the frozen section to the appropriate surgeon or surgical suite or to a phone number designated by the requesting surgeon.

NAICS code to be used for this acquisition is 621511- Medical Laboratories/ Size standard $41.5 Million
All interested firms who can meet the requirements stated in Summary of Requirements below should respond, in writing, with the following information:




NCO 19 is performing market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of qualified (1) Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (2) Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB); (3) Small or emerging small business firms; or (4) Large businesses who can fulfill the requirement. This Sources Sought notice is issued for the purpose of market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. All SDVOSB, VOSB, small and large businesses capable of fulfilling the requirement are invited to respond.

In response to this announcement, please provide the information below:
Company Name:
Address:
UEI (Unique Entity ID) Number:
Contact Name:
Phone No.:
Email:
Business Size Information - Select all that applies:
Small Business
Emerging Small Business
Small Disadvantaged Business
Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act
HUBZone
Woman Owned
Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Veteran Owned Small Business
Large Business
FSS/GSA Contract Holder
Yes                      No   Â
FSS/GSA Contract Number:

Effective Date/ Expiration Date:
Any information submitted by respondents to this source sought synopsis is voluntary. This source sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any Government assessments.

Responses and questions may be submitted electronically to:david.glanton@va.gov and NCO19Services2@va.gov in a Microsoft word compatible format no later than Monday, July 24th, 2023, at 10:00pm Mountain Time. PHONE CALLS NOT ACCEPTED.

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