SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- FRESH FROZEN PLASMA AND FRESH FROZEN APHERESED PLASMA
- Notice Date
- 9/12/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 621991
— Blood and Organ Banks
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Acquisition & Materiel Management;Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center;2002 Holcombe BLVD;Houston TX 77030-4298
- ZIP Code
- 77030-4298
- Solicitation Number
- VA-256-07-RQ-0066
- Response Due
- 9/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2007
- Description
- The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, intends to negotiate a VISN-wide firm fixed price contract for Fresh Frozen Plasma and Fresh Frozen Apheresed Plasma for the participating facilities in VISN 16. Contractor must be able to deliver the product to all participating facilities. Fresh Frozen Plasma shall be typed for ABO and Rh Antigens in accordance with methods recommended in the current edition of Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services and the Technical Manual of the American Association of Blood Banks. Donor samples from each donation shall be tested with all tests for communicable disease as mandated by the FDA and required by the American Association of Blood Banks. Whole blood and components will not be used for transfusion unless the test is nonreactive. All blood is to be collected by the closed system under aseptic conditions and PLASMA is prepared and frozen under conditions and procedures mandated by the FDA and required by the American Assoc. of Blood Banks. Plasma shall be processed in appropriate solutions and container so labeled. The label shall also bear the expiration date of the contents which shall not exceed nine (9) months in advance when shipped. All blood supplied shall be grossly free of hemolysis, excessive chyle and clots. In addition all Fresh Frozen Plasma shall have been tested negatively utilizing Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C virus prior to shipment. Quotes will be considered only from contractors whose Blood Bank is currently registered and/or licensed with the FDA, Dept. of Health and Human Services pursuant to Section 510 of the FDA and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 USC Section 2760. Prior to award the contractor must submit proof that he holds an unresolved U.S. License which is issued by the Director, Bureau of Biologics, FDA under Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 42 USC Section 262, as a source of supply for whole blood. If interstate shipment of blood or blood components is involved, the contractor must submit with the quote a statement that such approval has been authorized under Section 262. The contractor certifies that he will comply with the donor requirements outlined with respect to donors, containers, delivery, etc. Detail Donor Requirement are provided in the Statement of Work in the Solicitation. Delivery schedules must be strictly adhered to as outlined in the Statement of Work. Each facility will issue a schedule as to their individual facility's need. Expiration Dates and Proper Packaging are also spelled out in the solicitation. In accordance with FAR Part 12, This procurement is being conducted under the Authority of Subpart 13.5 Test Program, utilizing the simplified acquisition procedures.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VISN-wide,(VISN 16);Louisiana, MS, AR, TX, OK,
- Zip Code: 77030-4298
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 77030-4298
- Record
- SN01403928-W 20070914/070913072401 (fbodaily.com)
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