6505--Human Blood and Blood Products

This solicitation is a special notice of intent to award a sole‑source, firm‑fixed‑price IDIQ contract for the supply, testing, packaging, and 24/7 delivery of human blood and blood products to the Audie L. Murphy VA Health Care Center in San Antonio, Texas. The contractor must be an FDA‑registered, AABB‑ and CAP‑accredited blood bank located within Bexar County, capable of providing a full spectrum of blood components, maintaining donor data, handling recalls, and offering 24‑hour online ordering plus emergency 60‑minute delivery. • Supplies include whole blood, red‑cell units, plasma, platelets (including apheresis), and cryoprecipitate, all with strict shelf‑life and testing requirements. • Delivery terms are FOB destination with routine 24‑hour, ASAP 2‑hour, and STAT 60‑minute delivery windows, 24 × 7 availability. • The contract is awarded to South Texas Blood and Tissue Center under statutory authority 41 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(1), with no competition unless an alternative source is submitted within a 21‑day response window.