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Daily Courier Services

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NIH-LM-2013-709Federal

Submission Closed04/03/2013, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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256-NETWORK Contract Office 16 (36C256)

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R602--667-27-1-246-0011 4 Month Courier Services- ASAP Express Delivery LLC (VA-27-00014759) 36C256-27-AP-1178

Solicitation # 36C25627Q0073

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256-NETWORK Contract Office 16 (36C256)

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249-NETWORK Contract Office 9 (36C249)

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Medical and Laboratory Courier ServicesThis subcontract opportunity for Medical and Laboratory Courier Services is issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contract Office 9. The project involves the pickup, transportation, and delivery of time-sensitive and regulated medical materials, including pharmaceuticals, laboratory specimens, and medical records, for prime contractors at VA medical centers. Operations include both scheduled daily routes and 24/7 STAT emergency response, with a primary place of performance in Louisville, Kentucky. The contractor must utilize climate-controlled storage and maintain strict chain-of-custody tracking while adhering to HIPAA and OSHA/DOT biohazardous standards. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 492110. The solicitation was posted on October 16, 2026, with a response deadline of November 30, 2026.

249-NETWORK Contract Office 9 (36C249)

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NAICS

492110 - Couriers and Express Delivery Services

Place of Performance

NIH Main Campus, Bldg. 38, Bethesda, MD., BETHESDA, MD, 20814, USA

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NONE

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2 updates

PhaseClosed

PostedMar 21

Sources Sought

Notice updatedMar 27

Response deadline changed from Apr 5, 2013 to Apr 3, 2013. The notice description changed.

Notice updatedMar 27

The notice description changed.

Response DeadlineApr 3

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

04/03/2013, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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Amendment 01 Small Business Sources Sought Notice Notice No.: NIH-LM-2013-709 Title: Daily Courier Services Reason for amendment: Add text "and U.S. Territories." in last sentence of paragraph for background information. See bold text below. All other content remains unchanged from original posting. Background: The National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, (hereafter NLM or the Library) provides interlibrary loan services to libraries throughout the United States. This service requires daily pick-up from NLM of packages containing NLM collection materials and daily delivery to libraries in all 50 states and U.S. Territories.

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