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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE (NCO) 16 MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER (VAMC), HOUSTON, TEXAS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0637 City of Houston AFB Smear (Base+4 o... DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE (NCO) 16 MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER (VAMC), HOUSTON, TEXAS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 36C25620Q0637 City of Houston AFB Smear (Base+4 original request) BACKGROUND: The Houston VAMC has a requirement for the following brand name supplies: REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL: The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is pursuing a contract with a base year with four one-year options and an emergency six-month extension at the end of the last option year for AFB Smear and Culture Testing with the Division of Disease Prevention & Control, Houston Health Department (as a sole source procurement). ORDERING, TRANSPORTATION, & DELIVERY OF SERVICES: MEDVAMC is requesting referral laboratory testing for AFB Smear and Culture. AFB culture and smears are picked up twice per day (morning and afternoon) on Monday through Thursday and once per day on Friday (afternoon). The Microbiology laboratory personnel have access to the Houston Health Department s (HHD) website. The requisition forms are completed online via the website. Two copies of the form are printed; one is placed in the biohazard specimen transport bag with the specimen that is being submitted and the other is maintained in the department for record keeping purposes. The HHD courier will pick up the sample from Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) Microbiology Laboratory, Room 3A-122 of the MEDVAMC at 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. The referral lab does not provide collection or shipping containers as the original collection container submitted to the lab will be utilized. Results will be faxed to the Microbiology Laboratory on a secure fax line (713-794-7336) located in room 3A-130. HHD will report all smears on the same day, if the specimen is picked up between 07:30 am and 08:30 am. Otherwise, the smear result will be faxed within 24 hours of receipt, except for those samples received on Friday afternoons, over the weekend and on holidays. Those results will be submitted on the following Monday or next business day following the holiday. All positive smears and cultures will also be called to the Microbiology Laboratory at the main phone number (713-794-7319). Negative preliminary culture results will be faxed at 3 weeks. The negative final culture results will be delivered at 6 weeks and the final positive culture results will be delivered at the completion of culture workup to MEDVAMC s Microbiology Laboratory. This will be provided every day that the HHD will be open. QUANTITY: Base Year (12 months from date of award) Item # Description/Part Number* Est. Qty Unit Price N/A Estimated yearly referral laboratory testing for AFB Smear & Culture and Related Products & Services ordered on an as needed basis by Pathology & Laboratory Personnel from the Firm Fixed Price List. 1 YR REQUESTED RESPONSES: The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post in the near future. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: Please respond to this RFI if you can provide the exact brand name products listed in the table in the background section above. In the response please cite your business size status. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. Please respond to this RFI if you can provide supplies that can be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table in the background section above. Please provide details on the proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, please include the contract details in your response. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Small Business Manufacturers. If your company is a small business manufacturer of similar items, please respond to this RFI. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE: Please email all responses to kever.swafford@va.gov. Please respond to this RFI no later than August 24, 2020 @2:30 PM CST DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.