EMERGENCY BRIDGE- Downstate Reference Lab

This emergency bridge contract, identified by solicitation number 36C24226A0050, was awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs through Contract Office 02 to Laboratory Corporation of America to provide reference laboratory testing services for VA facilities in Downstate New York and New Jersey. The contract has a total awarded value of $2,352,838 and was issued on June 29, 2026, with a posting date of June 30, 2026. The place of performance is designated as East Orange, New Jersey, 07018, while the contracting office is located in Albany, New York. The work falls under NAICS code 621511 for clinical laboratory services and is associated with product service code Q301, indicating it supports medical diagnostic testing for veteran patients. Although the contract is classified as an emergent bridge solution, specific duration, option periods, or delivery schedules are not detailed, and no formal period of performance dates are explicitly stated beyond the award date. The contract does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, and the awardee is not identified as belonging to any small business or disadvantaged category. Key administrative contacts are limited to the Contracting Officer, Mariangie Rivera, who serves as the sole point of contact with no designated COR or COTR identified. Payment and invoicing details, including remittance instructions or the use of electronic systems like WAWF, are not provided, though the award number and agency code are included for financial tracking. While clinical compliance with federal standards such as CLIA and CAP is implied through the nature of the work and associated codes, no explicit quality assurance, inspection criteria, packaging, or marking requirements are documented. No special contract clauses, security clearances, key personnel requirements, or organizational conflict of interest provisions are specified in the available materials, and no attachments, evaluation factors, or pricing line items were included in the public award notice. The absence of Section M, H, D, and K details limits visibility into the full contractual obligations beyond the scope of essential lab services and the awarded dollar value.