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The Amarillo Veterans Affairs Health Care System (AVAHCS) Department of Pathology & Laboratory Service (P&LMS) and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) that perform testing on patients (human... The Amarillo Veterans Affairs Health Care System (AVAHCS) Department of Pathology & Laboratory Service (P&LMS) and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) that perform testing on patients (human specimens) must subscribe to an external proficiency testing program as an enhancement to the internal quality control program that meets Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) 1988 and amendments to: Purpose The overall purpose of this requirement is to obtain a contractor to provide a CLIA 88 approved proficiency testing program so that AVAHCS P&LMS and ancillary testing sites that perform patient testing are in compliance with the VHA Handbook 1106.01 proficiency testing requirements for a term of 12 months (1 year). Period of Performance 01/01/2023 12/31/2023 Please submit responses and all information to Ognian Ivanov mailto:ognian.ivanov@va.gov no later than Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 11:00 AM ET (10:00 AM CT).