Q301--Battle Creek Reference Lab Testing Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 10, awarded contract 36C25026C0142 to Bronson Methodist Hospital for STAT laboratory testing services supporting the Battle Creek VA Medical Center and the Wyoming Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The primary objective is to provide urgent laboratory testing during internal instrument or power failures and for tests not performed in-house. A critical performance requirement is the mandatory one-hour turnaround time from specimen collection to the reporting of results, as mandated by VHA Urgent Care Directive 1101.13(1), Appendix B. Due to the extreme time-sensitivity of the requirements and geographic proximity constraints, this was a sole-source award justified under FAR 6.302-5 and FAR 13.106-1, as market research confirmed no other vendors could meet the one-hour window. The contract is valued at 65,402.00 and consists of a base year with four additional one-year option periods, potentially extending performance through July 2031. The services are executed at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with the Department of Veterans Affairs maintaining responsibility for inspection and acceptance based on the one-hour turnaround benchmark.