Q301--VISN 4 Lab Testing Services - (Finger Tip Glove / Equipment Testing) 36C24425Q0890

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS VISN 4 Lab Testing Services - (Fingertip Glove / Equipment Testing) This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 4, to provide VISN 4 Lab Testing Services - (Fingertip Glove / Equipment Testing). This Lab Testing Services requirement is for VISN4 at various locations throughout VISN4. The full solicitation will be posted on the Contract Opportunities website at www.sam.gov on or about Aug 15th, 2025. The full solicitation will be a Tiered Evaluated Small Business set-aside (SDVOSB SB). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this procurement is 621511 Medical Laboratories; the size standard is $41.5 Million. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. Any amendments issued to this solicitation will ONLY be available on this site. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all amendments. All questions must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist at cynthia.laemmerhirt@va.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract neither does it obligate the Government to pay for any quotes or proposal preparation costs. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation because of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. All interested parties must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines prior to award. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. The point of contact is: Contract Specialist, Cynthia Laemmerhirt, email: cynthia.laemmerhirt@va.gov

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Question and Answer #2 Do you know how many HD residues will be sampled? I see that 1,140 sample locations are listed but that doesn t add up to the 150 potential swabs total from the 15 kits. There are a total of 9 stations that have the possibility of utilizing this contract. Each station has a number of samples that must be tested each year. This is the reason for the differing numbers. Stations have the option of purchasing their own kits or ordering through the contract. This is the reason why the numbers may seem not to add up. Does that mean that multiple HDs will be on each swab? It would only be one HD for each swab. CLIN0002- Is this CLIN only for the analysis of media fill kits? Do you need us to supply the media fill test kits? CLIN0008 Is for the media fill test? It is confusing. I would think the quantities would match up. A lot of times we will see kits, incubation, and analysis, as one CLIN. All facilities will utilize CLIN0002, NOT ALL facilities will need to order CLIN 0008 due to them already having a vendor they order from, that is the difference between the quantities. But we want to make the kits available, should a facility want to start ordering kits from the vendor the contract is awarded to. Could you provide us with the testing kits that you currently use? Some of the varieties of testing kits we use are: Finger Plates- 100mm Tryptic Soy Agar; Hardy Diagnostics TSA with L&T contact plates, TSA w/neutralizers CT 3P IR; Manufactured by bioMrieux (Reference number 420765); Health Care Logistics Finger Testing Contact Plates 100mm #19374 and Surface Testing Contact Plates 60mm19373; Media Fill- Cultivate Personal Aseptic Kit Ref #TBVA123, GroMed GM7030, Health Care Logistics Media Test kit, Multi-Tech#19873; HardyVal CSP MED-COMPLEXITY 2 KIT ; Manufactured by Hardy (Reference number: HVM2); medium risk media fill test kit (vials, not bags) CLIN0006- Are you looking for 1,465 packs of plates or 146 sleeves (each sleeve contains 10 plates)? It states PG as the type- could you please clarify? The PG stands for package . If the plates/paddles come in a package (PG)/sleeves of 10 s, the amount they want to order is a total of 293 packs per year, making the 5-year total 1,465. Can you please clarify who will be doing the sampling? 6.1 States the VA personnel will be performing. Item 9.1.2 States that the contractor shall be able to provide contracted personnel, as requested, to support facility request. Are the hours for the contractor covered in CLINs 0012 and 0013 covering it? I am reading this as we will provide support on an as needed basis. Those support days are covered in CLIN 0012 and 0013. -The VA staff will be doing the sampling. -Two facilities (Wilkes-Barre, CLIN0012, and Coatesville, CLIN0013) will like to have contracted personnel come on station every 6mths to assist them with collecting samples. -CLIN0012 and CLIN0013 pricing is to cover expenses for someone to come on site to take sample for testing If I am reading this correctly, we will be shipping supplies to each site each month and will send out media fill kits semi-annual along with Glove/fingertip. We will be on site as needed to help. -Yes, you will be sending supplies to the requesting stations monthly. -CLINs 0012 / 0013 you are asked to go to the stations to help collect samples for testing.

36C24425Q0890 Page 1 of Page 8 of 89 Page 1 of A Single Firm Price (by unit) Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract type will be awarded with a single ordering period of five years. The government will issue unilateral firm priced task orders to authorize and fund performance. NOTE: The Government shall order the below-specified guaranteed minimum under this IDIQ contract during the fiscal year in which the contract is awarded. The maximum amount under this contract is not guaranteed. IDIQ Contract Minimum: $2,000.00 IDIQ Contract Maximum: $2,000,000.00 NOTE: Offerors shall complete all pricing fillables below and provide a fixed price (CLINs 0001 0010) in accordance with the CLINs below and the Performance Work Statement (PWS). B.2 PRICE SCHEDULE - UPDATED ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICES Est. 5-YR QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT 0001 11,605.00 EA __________________ __________________ Analysis of GFT (price per plate) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0002 2,750.00 EA _______________ _______________ Media Fill EM Analysis of EM (TBC, TFC, TMS Only) Per Vial Submitted. Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0003 2,460.00 EA _______________ _______________ Surface for Direct Compounding Area (DCA) for personnel Testing (per person) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0004 5,470.00 EA _______________ _______________ Monthly Surface Primary Engineering Control (PEC)/Secondary Engineering Control (SEC)/TSA Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0005 2,520.00 EA _______________ _______________ Monthly Surface (Primary Engineering Control (PEC)/Secondary Engineering Control (SEC)/MEA Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0006 1,465.00 PG _______________ _______________ Tryptic Soy Agar Plates/Paddle (10 Plates/Paddles per pack) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0007 170.00 EA _______________ _______________ Malt Extract Agar Plates/Paddles (10 Plates/Paddles per pack) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0008 1,035.00 EA _______________ _______________ Medium Risk Media Fill Test (individual test) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0009 420.00 EA _______________ _______________ STAT Testing results (Analysis of EM (TBC TFC, TMC Only) Per Plate Submitted, Covers Surface Samples and GFT Samples Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0010 15.00 EA _______________ _______________ HD Sampling Kit (10 Swabs/kit (USP 800) Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0011 1,140.00 EA _______________ _______________ HD Residue Sampling Locations to include up to one Hazardous Drug per sample location Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0012 20.00 DY _______________ _______________ Wilkes-Barre VAMC - Man Days for On-site Support (per Day) (Up to 8 hours/day for an estimate of 12 hrs) 2 days (Day 1-Estimate 8 hrs and Day 2-Estimate 4 hrs) / twice a year Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing 0013 10.00 DY _______________ _______________ Coatesville VAMC - Man Days for On-site Support (per Day) (Up to 8 hours/ day) 1 day / twice a year Ordering Period: 09-16-2025 - 09-15-2030 PRINCIPAL NAICS CODE: 621511 - Medical Laboratories PRODUCT/SERVICE CODE: Q301 - Medical - Reference Laboratory Testing GRAND TOTAL ________________