36C24726Q0220_2 Combined Solicitation Pharmacy Lab Services RFQ Amendment

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide environmental laboratory specimen sampling for compounding pharmacies. The contractor will be required to provide testing for total microbial counts and identification of microorganisms. The contract will be for a base year with four one-year extension options. The place of performance will be the VA Augusta Health Care System in Augusta, Georgia. • The contractor must be certified by the AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program (AIHA-LAP) for environmental microbiology. • The contractor will supply the VA with Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA) contact plates with lecithin and polysorbate 80 for surface sampling and glove fingertip sampling. • The contractor will test surface samples for total microbial counts and identify any growth. • The contractor will test glove fingertip samples for total microbial counts. • The contractor will provide formal lab reports to the VA within 14 days of receipt of samples.