Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide Specialized Genetic Laboratory Testing and Analysis Services for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. The contractor will be required to provide brand name or equal testing and analysis services, including CancerNext and ColoNext Plus testing, and provide complementary studies to reduce variants of unknown significance. The contractor must have a secure online portal for test ordering, tracking, and result reporting, and must meet all requirements set forth by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of 1988 and comply with the National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information (HIPPA).
• The contractor must provide testing and analysis services for a variety of genes, including APC, ATM, AXIN2, BAP1, BARD1, BMPR1A, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CDH1, CDKN2A, CHEK2, EPCAM, FH, FLCN, GREM1, HOXB13, MBD4, MET, MLH1, MSH2, MSH3, MSH6, MUTYH, NF1, NTHL1, PALB2, PMS2, POLD1, POLE, PTEN, RAD51C, RAD51D, RPS20, SMAD4, STK11, TP53, TSC1, TSC2, VHL, and others.
• The contractor must have a secure online portal for test ordering, tracking, and result reporting.
• The contractor must provide timely and appropriate testing of patient specimens as requested by STVHCS facilities.
• The contractor must meet all requirements set forth by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of 1988 and comply with the National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information (HIPPA).
• The contractor must provide monthly utilization reports and daily reports of incomplete specimens and their processing status.