Solicitation
NWI Offsite Pathology Services
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36C26326R0063
Due in 30 daysSmall business
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The VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System needs an outside lab to provide clinical and anatomical pathology testing on a scheduled basis for participating VA facilities. The contractor does the pre-analytic processing, analysis and reporting. The solicitation is set aside for small business, with offers due November 10, 2026.
Watch out for
- Slides and blocks must come back. You must return all slides and blocks to the VA, which adds shipping and tracking duties.
All slides and blocks must be returned to the VA for permanent storage.
- Grossing for global surgical cases. The contractor must gross global surgical pathology cases, which needs qualified staff on your side.
global surgical pathology cases would require grossing by the contractor
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Full brief
What they want
- Pre-analytic processing as defined in the contractor's laboratory manual
- Analysis, reporting and interpretation for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens
- Scheduled pathology and laboratory medicine services for the participating facilities
- Grossing of global surgical pathology cases
- Return all slides and blocks to the VA for permanent storage
- Place of performance
- NE, USA
- Offers due
- 2026-11-10T10:00:00-06:00
You must have
- Small business set-aside (total)
Not in the notice text
- List of participating facilities (text says listed below, but none appear)
- Test volumes, contract length and options
- Required lab licenses and accreditations (for example CLIA, CAP)
- Evaluation method and how to submit an offer
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 36C26326R0063
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- Network Contract Office 23 (36C263)
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - Total
- NAICS
- 621511
- Product/service code
- Q515
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare
- Place of performance
- NE, 68105
- Contracting contact
- Shanna M ComparatoShanna.Comparato@va.gov4029953692
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System , has a requirement for medical laboratory, pathology and testing analysis services. The Contractor shall be responsible for performing pre-analytic processing as defined in its laboratory manual, analysis, and reporting of analytical results and interpretation for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens as requested by participating facilities (listed below) during the contract period. The contractor shall provide Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services, on a scheduled basis, in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions herein. VA will be responsible for specimen collection, preparation, grossing (with the exception of, cytology specimens); global surgical pathology cases would require grossing by the contractor. The VA will accession histology and cytology cases, VistA accessioning, preservation and storage of final slides and blocks. All slides and blocks must be returned to the VA for permanent storage.
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