Q301--National Bone Marrow Registry

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Network Contracting Office 9 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has awarded a one-year firm-fixed-price purchase order to the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) for unrelated donor search services under the Q301 solicitation number 36C24926P0132. This contract, effective from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027, is valued at $2,000,000 and is funded under the authority of the C.W. Bill Young Transplantation Program, as reauthorized by Public Law 117-17. The acquisition is conducted on a sole-source basis because the TRANSPLANT Act designates NMDP as the exclusive entity authorized to operate the Be The Match Registry®, the national database of HLA-typed volunteer donors and cord blood units critical for patients requiring hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Performance is centered at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Nashville, Tennessee, though services are delivered nationwide. The contractor is responsible for maintaining registry integrity, identifying potential donors, communicating search results to transplant centers, and coordinating transplant logistics under a federally mandated, fixed-fee schedule. No competitive evaluation factors, line-item details, or standard contract clauses such as inspection criteria, packaging requirements, or invoicing procedures are specified in the documentation. Instead, contractual obligations derive entirely from statutory mandate, with the Government retaining oversight through the Contract Specialist Laura Edelman at the Murfreesboro office. The awardee’s Unique Entity Identifier is FR89NXNNSDX3, and no socioeconomic or size status representations are required due to the congressional exclusivity of the award. The procurement follows FAR 6.303-2 and 6.103-5 for sole source justification, and while no options, extensions, or performance incentives are outlined, the contract relies on NMDP’s established nationwide infrastructure and compliance with HRSA and National Cord Blood Inventory standards. The sole source justification redacted attachment serves as the core legal foundation, and all administrative oversight, payment, and reporting obligations are governed by federal transparency laws such as FFATA and SAM.gov requirements.