6506--SSJ posting - Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through Network Contracting Office 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has issued a sole-source award notice for Blood Bank services under solicitation number 36C24426D0025_1, with a contract value of $5,217,065.11 and a three-year performance period from July 28, 2026, to July 31, 2029. The contract is awarded to VITALANT under NAICS code 621991 for Other Miscellaneous Health Care Services, specifically for product service code 6506 covering Blood and Blood Products, with no set-aside designation applied. The primary place of performance is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the contracting officer is Victoria Droz, reachable at the provided email and phone number. The award is structured as an indefinite delivery contract, though the precise contract type such as IDIQ or FFP is not specified. Critical operational details, including specific service deliverables, quality standards, packaging and labeling requirements, and inspection criteria, are referenced but not contained within the public notice; they are instead specified in an unattached document titled “HCA Signed SSJ Blood,” which is essential for full compliance. The awardee’s Unique Entity ID is GKT4L2JZJ622, and no Recovery Act funds are involved. No contracting officer’s representative or technical representative is identified in the notice, and no breakdown of line items, pricing structures, or option periods is provided, indicating that detailed CLIN/SLIN information resides exclusively in the unavailable attachment. Invoicing methods, payment addresses, accounting codes such as TAS or ACRN, and specific regulatory standards like AABB, CLIA, or MIL-STD are not confirmed in the public documentation but are implied by the nature of blood bank services under federal healthcare procurement. All submissions were required via SAM.gov, with no formal proposal format, page limits, or submission deadlines detailed in the notice, as this was a sole-source action not open for competition.