Solicitation
Reference and Esoteric Laboratory Testing
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe VA's Network Contracting Office 2, buying for VISN 2 South, plans to issue an RFP for a requirements contract covering reference and esoteric (specialized, sent-out) laboratory testing for five VA medical centers in the New York and New Jersey area. This is only a pre-solicitation notice: no offers are being requested yet, and the full RFP and Statement of Work are expected to be posted later under the same number. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 30, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 6, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 30, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 30, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Contract period (base and option years). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The VA's Network Contracting Office 2, buying for VISN 2 South, plans to issue an RFP for a requirements contract covering reference and esoteric (specialized, sent-out) laboratory testing for five VA medical centers in the New York and New Jersey area. This is only a pre-solicitation notice: no offers are being requested yet, and the full RFP and Statement of Work are expected to be posted later under the same number.
Who can bid (4)
- Open to all businesses: unrestricted, no set-aside
- Must maintain all required laboratory certifications and accreditations (specific ones are not named yet)
- Must comply with HIPAA and VA information security requirements
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- Must be able to interface results directly with the VA VistA Laboratory Information System (LIS)
Things to watch
- Worth checking: Large lab with courier logistics needed. The contractor must run its own accredited reference lab and handle routine and STAT specimen pickup from several VA sites, which is hard for a small business without existing lab and courier capacity.
- Minor: Full requirements not yet published. The Statement of Work, test list and volumes are not in this notice, so you cannot judge fit or size until the RFP is posted.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C24227R0003.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Perform reference and esoteric laboratory testing for the VA medical centers listed in Appendix A
- Routine and STAT (urgent) pickup and transportation of specimens from multiple VA facilities to the contractor's lab
- Pre-analytic processing and preservation of samples
- Timely electronic and hardcopy reporting of results, with a direct interface to the VA VistA Laboratory Information System (LIS)
- Consultation on test selection, specimen collection, result interpretation and specimen requirements
- Provide all consumables for specimen collection, preservation and transport
- Maintain all required certifications and accreditations
- Comply with HIPAA and VA information security requirements
- Contract type
- Requirements contract (to be solicited by RFP)
- Place of performance
- Multiple VA medical centers in VISN 2 South: James J. Peters VA Medical Center, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Northport VA Medical Center (testing is done at the contractor's laboratory)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
What to include when you submit
- No proposals or quotations are requested now; watch SAM.gov for the formal RFP under solicitation number 36C24227R0003
- Contact: Contracting Specialist Mariangie Rivera, Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov
Not in the notice text
- Contract period (base and option years)
- Estimated value or test volumes
- Evaluation method and factors
- Proposal due date, submission method and page limits (to come in the RFP)
- Full Statement of Work, test list and required accreditations
- Current contractor, if any
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242), Albany, NY
- Product/service code
- Q301 · Reference Laboratory Testing
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 621511)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 30, 2026
- Oct 30, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 30, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Amendment 0002Date Nov 30, 2026
- Oct 6, 2026 · Amendment 0001Date Nov 30, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 22, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Oct 7, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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