Inactive
Notice ID:36C25719Q0167
The South Texas VA Health Care System (STVAHCS) in San Antonio, Texas is seeking Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), and other small business s...
The South Texas VA Health Care System (STVAHCS) in San Antonio, Texas is seeking Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), and other small business sources capable of meeting the requirement listed below. The acquisition will be accomplished using commercial item procedures in accordance with FAR Part 12. NOTE: TO QUALIFY SDVOSB AND VOSB VENDORS MUST BE CERTIFIED IN THE VA VENDOR INFORMATION PAGES (VIP) DATABASE. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 621511. Any SDVOSB, VOSB, or small business firms who wish to identify their interests and capability to provide this product must provide product specifications, performance and delivery information by notifying the Contract Specialist no later than NOON PM Central Time, January 14, 2019. Notification shall be e-mailed to Robyn Nussbaum, at robyn.nussbaum@va.gov. Any vendor who responds to this Notice must provide credentials to provide the services as outlined in the below scope. DISCLAIMER This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this Notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Notice. Scope: The purpose of the resulting contract will be to provide a secondary consult review for Surgical and Urologic Pathology for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS), Audie L. Murphy Division located at 7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229-4404. This contract is unique in its requirement as Dr. Jonathan I. Epstein is the Director of Surgical Pathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a Professor of Pathology, Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is recognized as a leader in the field of urological pathology. For this unique reason there is no other Pathologist or Hospital that can provide the unique services John Hopkins offers. Contractor agrees to furnish all personnel, labor, transportation, equipment, materials and supplies necessary to provide a Consultation Review of patient slides and guidance in Pathology as specified herein for eligible VA beneficiaries of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division located at 7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229-4404. Laboratory requests will be entered into the VA Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP) by the VA Processing Section. Specimens will be shipped to the contractor for review and consultation. Once laboratory requests are processed by the Contractor, the results will be returned to the VA Processing Section via secure fax or secure computer work station for entering results in DHCP by VA personnel. Information will then be made electronically available to the clinicians by VA personnel. Patient Slides will be returned to Audie L. Murphy upon completion of the Consultation review.
