SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Anatomic Pathology Testing & Consultation Re-solicitation
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2022 9:05:48 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 621511
— Medical Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- 262-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 22 (36C262) Gilbert AZ 85297 USA
- ZIP Code
- 85297
- Solicitation Number
- 36C26222Q1314
- Response Due
- 8/5/2022 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/04/2022
- Point of Contact
- Clift Domen, Contract Specialist, Phone: 562-766-2241
- E-Mail Address
-
Clift.Domen@va.gov
(Clift.Domen@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 -- Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, in conjunction with FAR -- Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-06, dated May 26th, 2022. Solicitation 36C26222Q1314 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and constitutes the only solicitation. The Government intends to award a single Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) award contract. This procurement will be issued under Full and Open Competition. NAICS Code is 621511 and the Small Business Administration s (SBA) size standard is $35.0 Million. The Government is seeking a contract to acquire Anatomic Pathology Testing and Consultation. This solicitation is seeking to fulfill the following statement of work: Place of Performance: Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS). 3601 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, AZ, 85723 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) base year from date of award. STATEMENT OF WORK SCOPE SAVAHCS P&LMS requires Anatomic Pathology Lab Services including consultation on prepared pathology slides of Histology and Cytology specimens, and various types of staining and testing of patient tissue submitted on glass slides. All these patient specimens require special handling and diagnosis by specializing pathologists. Consultation of prepared pathology slides is required on patient cases when the specimen is processed at SAVAHCS and the diagnosing pathologists determine that the pathology slides require review by an outside pathologist who specializes in the particular tissue type to confirm diagnosis. Consultations may also require additional staining and highly specialized studies to be performed by the consulting laboratory to reach an accurate diagnosis for the patient to receive the most beneficial treatment. SAVAHCS Histology does perform larger volume immunohistochemical (IHC) staining in-house. Occasionally the pathologist will require some lesser used, more specialized stains to provide an accurate diagnosis and the stain is not performed in-house because it is more economical to have the stain performed at the reference lab than to maintain the seldom used reagents. We send unstained slides to the reference lab for staining and the reference lab will return the stained slides for our pathologist s review. It is vital that the slides be stained and returned in a timely manner for the pathologist to render the correct diagnosis so that any treatment needed can begin. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Local laboratories performing these services must provide daily courier pickup of specimens. Laboratories which are not local must provide courier pickup of specimens or appropriate kits with shipping supplies and prepaid shipping labels for submitting specimens. Laboratories must be able to provide 48-to-72-hour turnaround time from specimen arrival to reporting time for routine consultation cases. Laboratories must be able to provide 48-to-72-hour turnaround time from receipt of unstained slides sent for IHC staining to shipment back to SAVAHCS. Additional materials required to complete consultations will be requested from the SAVAHCS Pathology Lab by fax or telephone. Pathology results will be provided electronically or by fax to the SAVAHCS Pathology Laboratory. Pathology materials submitted for consultation will be routinely returned to SAVAHCS Pathology in a timely fashion by the lab performing the consultation. Laboratories must be able to provide the following services: CPT CODE SERVICE PATHOLOGY CONSULTATIONS IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING (TECH ONLY) QTY 88312 Stains, Special stain w/Intrerp & Report (Grp I) ü 1 88313 Stains, Special, Histochem (Group II) ü 6 88365 Stains, ISH ü ü 1 88321 Consult, Basic ü 39 88325 Consult, Comprehensive ü 5 88381 Microdissection for Nucleic Acid ü 6 81287 MGMT Promoter Methylation ü 6 81445 Solid Tumor NGS Panel ü 2 81345 TERT Promoter Mutation ü 2 88342 Stains, IHC (Group IV) ü ü 28 88341 Stains, IHC (Group IV >2 ü ü 78 81277 Cytogenetics Microarray FFPE Tumor ü 1 The information identified above is intended to be descriptive, not restrictive and to indicate the quality that will be satisfactory. The interested parties bear full responsibility to ensure their submission demonstrates to the government that they can provide the services being requested. Provisions 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial and 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items are applicable to this acquisition. Furthermore, Provision 52.212-2 is utilizing the lowest price on an Acceptable/Unacceptable evaluation process. Submitting Quote: Offeror(s) shall submit their quote via email on company letterhead and shall include the completed pricing forms, along with name, address, telephone number of the offeror, firm s UEI#, total price and a completed copy of FAR Clause 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items or a copy of offeror s annual offeror representations and certifications (ORCA) document from www.sam.gov as required by FAR Clause 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. Submit all question(s) to Clift Domen at clift.domen@va.gov no later than Wednesday, July 27th, 2022, and before 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Ensure to reference solicitation # 36C26222Q1314 within the subject line of the email. Quotes must be received by Friday, August 5th, 2022, and before 1:00 PM PDT. Email your quote to Clift Domen at clift.domen@va.gov. Ensure to reference solicitation # 36C26222Q1314 within subject line of the email. Quote(s)/offer(s) received after the prescribed deadline, shall be considered non-responsive and will not be considered for award. CONTRACT CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS 52.212-2 - Evaluation Commercial Items (Nov 2021) (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical acceptability shall be established by review of each submitted quote, attachments, and/or information by the designated technical evaluator/s and verification that any brand name or equal to items"" meet all the salient characteristics included in this solicitation. No other rating or quantitative value other than acceptable or unacceptable will be assigned. Once technical acceptability has been established, the Contracting Officer shall award to the lowest price. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of clause) 52.217-6 - Option for Increased Quantity (Mar 1989) The Government may increase the quantity of supplies called for in the Schedule at the unit price specified. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 10 days. Delivery of the added items shall continue at the same rate as the like items called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree. (End of clause) 52.217-8 - Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 60 days of contract expiration. (End of clause) 52.252-2 - Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses and provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html http://www.va.gov/oal/library/vaar/ FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Nov 2021) FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Nov 2021) FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2022) FAR 52.232-18, Availability of Funds (Apr 1984) FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Nov 2021) FAR 52.233-1, Disputes (May 2014) VAAR 852.203-70, Commercial Advertising (May 2018) VAAR 852.215-70, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and Veteran-Owned Small Business Evaluation Factors (Oct 2019) VAAR 852.232-72, Electronic Submission of Payments (Nov 2018) (End of Clause) 52.252-1 - Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) FAR 52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) FAR 52.233-2, Service of Protest (Sep 2006) VAAR 852.233-70, Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (Oct 2018) VAAR 852.252-70, Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Jan 2008) (End of Provision)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System 3601 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85723, USA
- Zip Code: 85723
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 85723
- Record
- SN06401859-F 20220728/220726230108 (samdaily.us)
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