Q301--Prostate Whole Mount Services - Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT INQUIRY THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, Rocky Mountain Acquisition Center (RMAC) is seeking information and sources that can provide prostate whole mount processing services (reading of slides by the contractor is not warranted) for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMRVAMC), located at 1700 N. Wheeling St, Aurora, CO, 80045. The requirement is for the contractor to make the sample mounted slides because RMRVAMC does not have the equipment or the capability of making these particular slides for prostate testing. The contractor would then send the mounted slides back to RMRVAMC for the VA pathologist to examine. This requirement is for the contractor to prepare the slides. - The NAICS code is 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services and Small Business Size Standard is $10,000,000. - Requirement Description Contractor shall: Process prostate samples to create double-wide (~5 x 7.5 cm) mounted slides Provide slides that include H and E stains, as required Provide at least one slide per block Provide deeper level processing of specimen upon request Label each slide with at least two patient identifiers Return processed (unread) slides, and any remaining specimen, to the RMRVAMC within 10 business days RMRVAMC laboratory shall: Provide patient samples in 10% neutral buffered formalin Provide local courier services Perform the reading of the processed slides The information submitted shall contain the company s business size status. This is a request for information and sources only, which may or may not lead to a future solicitation! This is not a request for proposal (RFP). No questions will be answered. The VA will not pay for any information received resulting from this, sources sought notice. Requests for copies of a solicitation shall not be honored or acknowledged. Information should be forwarded to the Contract Specialist. If your organization can provide these services and is interested in this opportunity, please respond to Tania Urenda, Contract Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, via e-mail at contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov with a statement describing your capabilities. The capability statement shall include a point of contact, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address and state the company s business size status. Please fill in and return the contractor information below. The deadline for this information is 9 AM Mountain Time, on Friday, May 19, 2023. - In response to this announcement, please provide the information below: Company Name: Address: UEI (Unique Entity ID) Number: Contact Name: Phone No.: Email: Business Size Information - Select all that applies: Small Business Emerging Small Business Small Disadvantaged Business Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act HUBZone Woman Owned Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Veteran Owned Small Business Large Business FSS/GSA Contract Holder Yes No FSS/GSA Contract Number: Effective Date/ Expiration Date: