Presolicitation
Reference and Esoteric Laboratory Testing
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36C24227R0003
Due in 52 days
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The VA's Network Contracting Office 2, for VISN 2 South, plans an unrestricted requirements contract for reference and esoteric (specialized) laboratory testing for five VA medical centers in New York and New Jersey. This is a pre-solicitation notice only; the RFP is expected on or about 10/07/2026. No proposals are requested yet.
Watch out for
- Needs a full-service lab. You must run testing, courier pickup across multiple facilities and a direct interface to the VA lab system, which is hard unless you already operate a reference lab.
with direct system interface to the VA VistA Laboratory Information System (LIS)
- Unrestricted competition. No small business set-aside, so you compete with large national reference labs.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Provide all reference and esoteric laboratory testing for the listed VA medical centers
- Pick up specimens (routine and STAT, meaning urgent) from several VA facilities and transport them to the contractor's lab
- Process and preserve samples before analysis
- Report results electronically and in hardcopy, with a direct interface to the VA VistA Laboratory Information System
- Consult on test selection, specimen collection and interpretation of results
- Supply all collection, preservation and transport consumables
- Keep all required certifications and accreditations
- Contract type
- Requirements contract (RFP)
- Place of performance
- USA; services for James J. Peters VAMC, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System and Northport VAMC
- Offers due
- SAM response deadline field shows 2026-11-30T10:00:00-05:00, but the notice text says no proposals are requested at this time
What to include when you submit
- Monitor SAM.gov for the formal RFP under notice number 36C24227R0003
You must have
- Unrestricted; no set-aside
Set-Aside: Unrestricted, this is not Set-Aside.
- Must comply with HIPAA and VA information security rules
Compliance with HIPAA and VA information security requirements
- Must maintain all required lab certifications and accreditations
Maintenance of all required certifications and accreditations
Not in the notice text
- Full Statement of Work (coming with the final solicitation)
- Contract length and options
- Estimated volume or value
- Evaluation method and factors
- Proposal due date and submission method
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 30, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- 36C24227R0003
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242)
- NAICS
- 621511
- Product/service code
- Q301
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare
- Contracting contact
- Mariangie Riveramariangie.rivera@va.govMariangie.Rivera@va.gov
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
NO PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS ARE REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE FORMAL RFP WILL BE POSTED AT SAM.GOV UNDER THIS NOTICE NUMBER 36C24227R0003 ON OR ABOUT 10/07/2026. OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR SAM.GOV FOR THE FORTHCOMING RFP AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. Brief Description of Services: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2, on behalf of Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2 South, intends to issue an RFP - Requirements Contract for comprehensive Reference Laboratory and Esoteric Testing Services. The contract will serve the VA Medical Centers listed in Appendix A. The contractor must provide everything needed to perform all required reference and esoteric laboratory testing. This includes, but is not limited to: All personnel, labor, equipment, transportation, information technology, supplies, and supervision Routine and STAT pickup and transportation of specimens from multiple VA medical facilities to the contractor s laboratory Pre-analytic processing and preservation of samples Performance of laboratory analysis as specified in the contractor s test manual and relevant standards Timely electronic and hardcopy reporting of results to ordering VA facilities, with direct system interface to the VA VistA Laboratory Information System (LIS) Consultation regarding test selection, specimen collection, result interpretation, and specimen requirements Provision of all consumables for specimen collection, preservation, and transport Maintenance of all required certifications and accreditations Compliance with HIPAA and VA information security requirements A complete Statement of Work, with all details and requirements, will be included in the final solicitation. Locations of Service (Appendix A): 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 Set-Aside: Unrestricted, this is not Set-Aside. NAICS: 621511 Medical Laboratories
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