Special Notice NAICS 621511

Special Notice Special Notice Page 3 of 3 Page 1 of 3 Special Notice *= Required Field Special Notice Page 4 of 4 Page 4 of 4 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 (PLMS) laboratories and Ancillary Testing Sites that performs 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 Am...

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