COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK OF ERIE COUNTY

Community Blood Bank of Erie County specializes in the collection, processing, storage, and distribution of blood and blood products to support critical healthcare needs. As a licensed blood and organ bank, the organization operates under stringent regulatory standards to ensure the safety, compatibility, and viability of donor-derived biological materials. Their technical expertise includes aseptic processing, plasma fractionation, blood typing and crossmatching, pathogen reduction technologies, and cold chain logistics compliant with AABB and FDA guidelines. The organization’s key differentiator lies in its precision-driven donor screening protocols and rapid-response capacity to meet time-sensitive clinical demands, particularly for trauma, surgical, and chronic disease patients requiring transfusion support. The contractor maintains a focused relationship with the Department of Veterans Affairs, providing essential blood supply services to VA medical facilities. This engagement reflects a trusted partnership in sustaining operational readiness for veteran healthcare networks, where consistent access to compatible, screened blood products is mission-critical. The work performed aligns with VA’s mandate to deliver life-sustaining transfusion services across its nationwide healthcare system, emphasizing reliability, traceability, and regulatory adherence. The primary NAICS code 621991—Blood and Organ Banks—defines the organization’s core market positioning as a specialized provider of human biological materials within the federal healthcare supply chain. This vertical requires deep domain knowledge in immunohematology, donor management systems, and biospecimen tracking, distinguishing the contractor from general medical suppliers. Their operations are calibrated to meet the unique demands of institutional transfusion medicine. Community Blood Bank of Erie County is structured as an 8H entity, indicating a small business classification under federal contracting rules. Though currently holding no formal government certifications beyond its business structure, it operates from Erie, Pennsylvania, serving regional and federal healthcare systems with localized expertise and scalable blood banking infrastructure. Its geographic presence supports both community health resilience and federal medical readiness objectives.