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This is a Sources Sought only. This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.



The information provided may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs in developing its acquisition approach, statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.



Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Only firms interested and capable should send their information and/or capability statement and any questions by email to [email protected] no later than 5:00 PM Pacific, July 31, 2019.



If interested, please provide the following information:



Name of Company

Point of Contact Name, phone number, and email address

DUNS number

Socio-economic status such as Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, VOSB, Women-Owned Small Business, etc. should be included. SDVOSB/VOSB status will be verified using VetBiz.

Capability Statements



BACKGROUND



The Pathology and Laboratory Services (P&LMS) is located VASNHCS Clinical Microbiology Lab, 975 Kirman Avenue, Reno, NV 89502.



DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES



The Department of Veterans Affairs, Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) is searching for sources capable of performing infectious diseases reference lab testing. The tests to be performed are assay that the facility does not have infrastructure to perform on site; some tests require Biological Safety Infrastructure not present within the infrastructure of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Laboratory Microbiology. This is a public health service requirement to reduce potential exposure.



Specimens shall be picked up by contractor s lab personnel each regular tour work day (Monday through Friday.)