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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT INQUIRY The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC) is seeking information and sources tha... REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT INQUIRY The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC) is seeking information and sources that can provide a requirement for a base plus four option year blanket purchase agreement for customized calibrators and quality controls for our lab owned Agilent Mass Spectrometry analyzers, based on Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, located at 1700 North Wheeling Street Aurora CO, 80045. These calibrators and quality control materials are required to perform toxicology testing for patient specimens. The purchase of the controls and supplies shall include the following in the scope of the requirement. Calibrators with specific concentrations Quality controls of different levels at specific concentrations Shipping, packaging, and handling Prompt delivery according to the schedule The contractor shall provide custom calibrators that are urine based and contain specified analytes at precise concentrations defined below. The contractor shall provide three levels of custom quality control materials at precise concentrations defined below. All calibrators and quality control materials must be suitable for Liquid Chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) testing. If the calibrators and quality controls do not produce results within 15% of the guidelines defined below and/or produce results with failures, they will be replaced at no additional cost to the ordering facility. The standards of the quality control materials shall be high enough to satisfy proficiency testing standards of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), CLSI, CLIA, FDA, Joint Commission, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Quality control documents shall be furnished with materials supplied to VA. Contractor shall provide notification of backordered items as soon as possible by email or a phone call to the ordering facility and provide a list of possible replacements for the backordered supplies to ensure there is no delay in patient testing. Special Requirements: The contractor shall provide seven calibrator levels that are urine based and contain the twelve analytes that are run by RMRVAMC Toxicology laboratory in specific concentrations defined in the table below. All Analytes in ng/mL Cal 1 Cal 2 Cal 3 Cal 4 Cal 5 Cal 6 Cal 7 6-Acetylmorphine (6-MAM) 10 20 50 100 200 400 800 Codeine 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Hydrocodone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Hydromorphone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Morphine 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Morphine 3-beta glucuronide 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Norhydrocodone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Noroxycodone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Oxycodone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Oxymorphone 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Tramadol 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 O-desmethyltramadol 50 100 250 500 1000 2000 4000 The contractor shall provide a set of three quality control materials that are urine based and contain the twelve analytes that are run by RMRVAMC Toxicology laboratory in specific concentrations defined in the tables below. RMR VAMC Pain Level 1  Analyte Concentration Units Codeine 75 ng/mL Hydrocodone 75 ng/mL Norhydrocodone 75 ng/mL Hydromorphone 75 ng/mL Morphine 75 ng/mL 6-Monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM) 15 ng/mL Morphine 3- -D-glucuronide 75 ng/mL Oxycodone 75 ng/mL Noroxycodone 75 ng/mL Oxymorphone 75 ng/mL Tramadol 75 ng/mL O-desmethyltramadol 75 ng/mL Ethyl- -D-glucuronide 225 ng/mL Ethyl sulfate 225 ng/mL The NAICS code is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees.  The information submitted shall contain the company s business size status. This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation! This is not a request for proposal (RFP). No questions will be answered. The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this, sources sought notice. Requests for copies of a solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. Information should be forwarded to the Contracting Specialist. If your organization can provide these services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to David M Glanton, Contracting Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, NCO 19, 6162 S. Willow Drive, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 or via e-mail at david.glanton@va.gov and NCO19Services2@va.gov with a statement describing your capabilities. The capability statement shall include a point of contact, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address and state the company s business size (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Businesses, and Large Businesses). Also provide information on whether you have a Federal Supply Schedule or not. - status. The deadline for this information is 10:00 AM Mountain Time, NOV 03, 2022.  Â