Q301--STAT Reference Laboratory (VA-27-00019665)

Page 2 of 2 Notice Type: Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source This is a SPECIAL NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. The Department of Veteran Affairs, VISN 2 Network Contracting Office intends to award a sole source contract for the Buffalo VAMC, New York. This proposed contract action is for a service in which the Government intends to award a firm fixed-price STAT Reference Lab Testing Services contract with only one source; Kaleida Health, 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, NY 14210 under the authority Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source. Places of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs Buffalo VAMC Laboratory Department 3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215 Purpose and Objectives: The intent of this Special Notice is to identify potential offerors capable of providing analysis, monitoring, and reporting findings of laboratory and pathology tests for the VA Upstate NY Healthcare System at Buffalo VAMC. Contractor shall provide STAT laboratory testing on Veteran patient specimens seven days a week, including holidays, 24 hours a day. Contractor laboratory requires mandatory licensing and accreditation possessing a NYS Department of Health Clinical Laboratory Permit, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) License and College of American Pathologists (CAP) Accreditation. General Requirements The Contractor must be able to perform all of the required testing as follows: a. Contractor will provide STAT laboratory testing on patient specimens seven days a week, including holidays, 24 hours a day. b. VA will be responsible for specimen collection, preparation, preservation, and delivery, except for semen analysis which will be delivered by the patient to contractor location. c. Sample analysis for routine laboratory testing will be performed as soon as possible by the contractor. Results will be faxed to the VA with originals to follow by mail or courier. d. Sample analysis for STAT laboratory testing will be reported within