6515--Blood Components and Immunohematology Lab Testing Base plus 4 OYs

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through the Network Contracting Office 6, is seeking qualified vendors to provide blood components and immunohematology reference laboratory services to the Fayetteville VA Medical Center under a potential contract with a base year and four optional years. This is a sources sought notice, not a formal solicitation, intended for market research to identify capable contractors. The requirement mandates the furnishing of FDA-approved blood and blood products sourced exclusively from volunteer donors in full compliance with FDA regulations and AABB donor selection criteria. All laboratory testing, including antibody identification, RBC antigen typing, platelet crossmatching, and platelet HLA typing, must be performed by a laboratory accredited by AABB and licensed or registered by the FDA, with proof of such accreditation and licensure required in responses. Vendors must provide all labor, materials, supervision, transportation, and incidentals necessary to perform these services at the Fayetteville, NC location and deliver them to participating VAMC facilities. Responses must be submitted by email to Jonathan.Lamb@va.gov by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on July 10, 2026, with the subject line “Blood Products for Fayetteville,” and must include the company name and address, business size classification, identification of any applicable socioeconomic status such as 8(a), HUBZone, or Veteran-Owned Small Business status, and a brief description demonstrating technical capability to meet the requirement. The NAICS code for this effort is 621991, with a size standard of $40 million in annual revenue, and the product service code is 6515. No pricing information, contract clauses, or formal solicitation documents are included, as this notice is strictly for informational and market research purposes.