Q--Microbiology Laboratory services Base Year plus four Option Years Estimated $770k

1. The Department of Veterans Affairs Spokane VA Medical Center, located at 4815 N Assembly Street, Spokane, Washington, 99205, intends to solicit proposals for laboratory testing services. The services primarily consists microbiology testing and result interpretation. Testing services will be required on a 24 hours per day/seven days per week basis with a minimum frequency of three pick-ups per day with turnaround times for test results ranging from same day to six weeks from the date of test (the proposed Schedule of Tests and Turn Around Times will be provided upon request). 2. The solicitation will result in the award of a single requirements contract. The proposed term will be for a one year period with four (4) one-year option period for a total of five years. The cost range of this contract is estimated to be $750,000 for the five year term. The NAICS code for this procurement is classified as 621511 Medical Laboratories services with a business size standard of $30 Million. A Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be included in the solicitation. 3. Interested companies must provide the following information; 1) Company Name, 2) Point of contact and contact information, 3) Size of company, based on NAICS code and size standard listed above, small businesses need to identify qualifications such as; a)Service Disable Veteran Owned, b) Veteran Owned, c) Certified 8(a) Disadvantaged Owned, d) Certified Small Disadvantaged Owned, e) Certified HUB Zone Owned, and/or f) Woman Owned, and 4) a Capabilities Statement. 4. Telephonic requests for the solicitation will not be honored. All comments and/or questions shall be submitted no later than 3:00 PST, December 17, 2012 to Contract Specialist, Alisha Joyce, at [email protected]. 5. When issued, the solicitation will be available either via the GSA E-buy website at https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ebuy/start_page.do?app=ebuy&source=elibrary or the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fbo.gov/. The tentative solicitation issue date is 19 December 2012, and the anticipated closing date is 18 January 2013. Interested offerors are advised to consult the actual solicitation for final dates and times. 5. Offers from all capable and responsible sources will be considered in accordance with applicable VA regulations. Vendors offering a response to this notice should ensure that their registration in the System Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ is current and ensure that the applicable NAICS code (621511) is included in the SAM profile prior to submission of quotations. Please contact the local Procurement Technical Assistance Program office at http://www.aptac-us.org/new/ for further assistance.