Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 19 (NCO 19) is conducting a market survey and is seeking potential sources for STAT and referral testing services for the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. The required services include various laboratory tests with specified turnaround times. The contractor must be approved to provide clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under both Medicare and Medicaid regulations and all applicable federal and state laws. The contractor must also comply with the stated turnaround times and meet the performance characteristics for accuracy and precision as defined by the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).
Some of the key services include:
• Amikacin testing with a 12-hour turnaround time
• Chlamydia Pneumonia PCR Test with a 24-72 hour turnaround time
• CMV PCR Test with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• EBV PCR Test with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• Enterovirus PCR Tet with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• FK506/Tacrolimus with a 24-hour turnaround time
• HHV6 PCR Test with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• HSV PCR Test with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• Mycoplasma Pneumonia PCR Test with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• Phenytoin, Total (Dilantin) with a 2-4 hour turnaround time
• Phenytoin, Free (Dilantin) with a 2-4 hour turnaround time
• Plasma Hemoglobin with a 24-hour turnaround time
• Sirolimus (Rapumune) with a 24-hour turnaround time
• Thrombine Time with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Tobramycin with a 12-hour turnaround time
• VZV/PCR Qual with a 24-72 hour turnaround time
• Pneumocystis jiroveci DFA with a 24-hour turnaround time
• CBC with a 4-hour turnaround time
• ESR with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Retic with a 4-hour turnaround time
• D-dimer with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Fibrinogen with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Heparin Xa with a 4-hour turnaround time
• PFA with a 4-hour turnaround time
• PT with a 4-hour turnaround time
• PTT with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Amylase with a 4-hour turnaround time
• BHCG, Quant with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Carbon Monoxide with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Compete Metabolic Panel with a 4-hour turnaround time
• ETOH, blood with a 4-hour turnaround time
• FT4 with a 4-hour turnaround time
• hsCRP with a 4-hour turnaround time
• iPTH with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Lactic Acid with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Lipase with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Osmolality with a 4-hour turnaround time
• NT-proBNP with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Troponin with a 4-hour turnaround time
• TSH with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Acetominophen with a 4-hour turnaround time
• Carbamazepine with a 4-hour turnaround time
• CSA with a 4-hour turnaround time
• CSF, Glucose (suspected CJD patient) with same-day turnaround time
• CSF, Protein (suspected CJD patient) with same-day turnaround time
• Respiratory PCR with a 24-48 hour turnaround time
• HIV PCR with a 5-day turnaround time
• Fecal Occult Blood (FOB) with a 24-hour turnaround time
• Ammonia with a 4-hour turnaround time