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Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: Dallas, TX
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Sep 9, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 334516 look up NAICS codes
PSC code: 6640

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Sep 9, 2026
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Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: Dallas, TX
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 334516
Scope: Federal

Special Notice – Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 17, intends to award a firm-fixed priced contract to The College of American Pathologists for procurement of the following requirement: Purpose All VHA Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) laboratories and Ancillary Testing Sites that perform patient testing, regardless of complexity, must subscribe to an external proficiency testing program that meets the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act 1988 (CLIA ’88) and its amendments; to ensure reliability of patient testing and meet accreditation requirements.

Many testing systems within P&LMS also require validation of the Analytical Measurement Range (AMR) for an analyte both initially and at least every six months thereafter.

This can be accomplished through purchase of linearity material that is both matrix specific and spans the range of the AMR for each analyte, when required.

This is addressed in 42 CFR 493.1255 (b) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) standard CHM.13600.

This Statement of Work (SOW) is requesting the procurement of proficiency and linearity materials that are not provided through the P&LMS VA Central Office (VACO); but are still required by the guidelines set forth in VA Handbook 1106, 42 CFR 493 Subpart H and K, and many CAP standards.

Therefore, procurement of the materials described above is not an option, but a requirement of accreditation for all VA laboratories.

Scope The overall purpose of this requirement is to obtain a vendor to provide CLIA ’88 approved proficiency testing and linearity materials, which are not already provided through P&LMS VACO funding.

This will ensure that all laboratories and ancillary testing...

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