Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1310 24th Ave., S., Nashville, TN 37212

Q -- REFERENCE LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES SOL 626-31-96 DUE 072296 POC Susan Hilley (90C) 615-327-5312 FAX 615-321-6351 Perform reference laboratory testing services for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1310 24th Ave., S., Nashville, Tennessee. Contractor shall provide laboratory services to include pickup and transport of specimens to its laboratory; reanalytic processing; report of analytic results, and consultation regarding selection, collecting, transportation and result interpretation. Term of contract will be 1 year with two 1-year option periods. The contract will be awarded to a single prime contractor as a firm fixed price contract. Laboratory shall be CAP and CDC accredited and must have all licenses, permits, accreditation and certificates required by law. Laboratory director shall be licensed physician or licensed bio analyst. Offers will be evaluated based on the following criteria: 1) Resources, including personnel, equipment, fiscal capability and company stability; 2) Quality assurance systems; 3) Services available with respect to turn-around time of test results, published commercial fee schedule; emergency (STAT) service capability; operational system, general management policies, methods for testing and reporting of test results, specimen handling policies, and equipment maintenance policies; 4) Results of VA inspection; 5) Cost. Contract award will be based on a scoring system recognizing the above criteria for the tests listed in the Request for Proposal. Solicitation documents will be available o/a 6/21/96. Offers due at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee no later than 4:30 p.m. CDST 7/22/96. Written requests for solicitation documents should be sent to Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 1310 24th Ave., S., Nashville, TN 37212 or Faxed to 615-321-6351. Telephone requests will not be accepted. (0151)

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