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THIS IS A SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE / RQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND/OR QUOTE. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN)... THIS IS A SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE / RQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND/OR QUOTE. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN) 19 and the Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19 are performing market research to determine if there are sufficient numbers of qualified (1) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; (2) Veteran Owned Small Business; or (3) Small Business to set aside a Firm Fixed Price requirement for the acquisition of STAT (rush) Laboratory Testing Services for the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. The Government will use responses to this notice to help make the appropriate acquisition strategy decision. Contractor shall be located within a 10 minute drive from the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (1700 N Wheeling Street, Aurora, CO 80045) and be able to provide the following tests within the specified turnaround times (TAT): TEST NAME REQUIRED TAT for Reference Lab Test Amikacin 12 Hours Chlamydia Pneumonia PCR Test 24-72 Hours CMV PCR Test 24-48 Hours EBV PCR Test 24-48 Hours Enterovirus PCR Tet 24-48 Hours FK506/Tacrolimus 24 Hours, (7am-7pm) HHV6 PCR Test 24-48 Hours HSV PCR Test 24-48 Hours Mycoplasma Pneumonia PCR Test 24-48 Hours Phenytoin, Total (Dilantin) 2-4 Hours Phenytoin, Free (Dilantin) 2-4 Hours Plasma Hemoglobin 24 Hours Sirolimus (Rapumune) 24 Hours, (7am-7pm) Thrombine Time 4 Hours Tobramycin 12 Hours VZV/PCR Qual 24-72 Hours Pneumocystis jiroveci DFA 24 Hours CBC 4 Hours ESR 4 Hours Retic 4 Hours D-dimer 4 Hours Fibrinogen 4 Hours Heparin Xa 4 Hours PFA 4 Hours between 8am-8pm PT 4 Hours PTT 4 Hours Amylase 4 Hours BHCG, Quant 4 Hours Carbon Monoxide 4 Hours Compete Metabolic Panel 4 Hours ETOH, blood 4 Hours FT4 4 Hours hsCRP 4 Hours iPTH 4 Hours Lactic Acid 4 Hours Lipase 4 Hours Osmolality 4 Hours NT-proBNP 4 Hours Troponin 4 Hours TSH 4 Hours Acetominophen 4 Hours Carbamazepine 4 Hours CSA 4 Hours (7am-7pm) CSF, Glucose (suspected CJD patient) Same Day CSF, Protein (suspected CJD patient) Same Day Respiratory PCR 24-48 Hours HIV PCR 5 Days Fecal Occult Blood (FOB) 24 hours Ammonia 4 Hours All interested firms shall submit a response demonstrating their capabilities regarding the above requirement and addressing each of the items in the following section. As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely with the Government discretion. Firms responding should indicate whether they are, or are not, a service-disabled veteran owned small business, a veteran owned small business, or any other type of small business business. The NAICS code to be used for this acquisition is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) is applicable to this acquisition, and the size standard is 1000 employees. The Government reserves the right to consider all types of small business set-asides based upon responses hereto for any subsequent acquisition. Respondents are further requested to indicate their status as a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Any information submitted by respondents to this sources-sought synopsis is voluntary. This sources-sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any Government assessments. The Government s evaluation of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any small business designation (e.g. SDVOSB, HUB Zone, 8(a), WOSB, VOSB, etc). All prospective vendors must be registered and current within the System for Award Management (SAM). Visit www.sam.gov for details. In addition, all SDVOSBs and VOSBs must be registered and verified within VetBiz. Visit www.vetbiz.gov for details. All responses must be received by 1-21-2021 at 3:00 pm MT POC for this notice is Ian Boettcher / ian.boettcher@va.gov