Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a sole source contract to Metabolon for metabolomics analysis services to support the Million Veteran Program. The contractor will provide metabolomics analysis for human samples derived from peripheral whole blood, and the work will be performed at the contractor's facility within the Continental United States. The contractor must have experience working with unique and unrecoverable patient plasma samples, and must demonstrate expertise in statistical and pathway analysis. The contract will have a performance period of five years, and the contractor will be required to provide a project management plan, attend a kick-off meeting, and provide monthly status reports.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Providing metabolomics analysis for human samples derived from peripheral whole blood
• Working with unique and unrecoverable patient plasma samples
• Demonstrating expertise in statistical and pathway analysis
• Providing a project management plan and attending a kick-off meeting
• Providing monthly status reports
• Performing work at a facility within the Continental United States
• Meeting security requirements for the use of research-coded samples