Stat Clinical Lab Testing and Autopsies

Updated Oct 20, 2026

Sources Sought from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Official notice and attachments

Description

15 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 2, Health Service Area (HSA) 2.1, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, is conducting market research to determine the availability and capability of qualified businesses to provide comprehensive referral laboratory testing, specimen transportation, and autopsy services for the Central Virginia VA Health Care System, including Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center.

The Government is seeking information from Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs), and other Small Business concerns, including 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) concerns. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 621511, Medical Laboratories.

The applicable small business size standard is $45.5 million. This Sources Sought Notice is issued solely for market research and acquisition-planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation, request for quotation, invitation for bid, or request for proposal.

Submission of a response does not obligate the Government to issue a future solicitation or award a contract. I. GENERAL SCOPE OF SERVICES The contemplated requirement is for a contractor to provide a full range of referral laboratory and autopsy services. The contractor shall be capable of supporting both clinical pathology and anatomic pathology requirements.

Required services are anticipated to include, but are not limited to: Performing analytical testing described in the contractor s reference test manual and the Government s attached test list. Receiving, processing, analyzing, and maintaining the integrity of clinical and anatomic pathology specimens. Reporting test results within established turnaround times.

Providing routine, urgent, and STAT testing, as applicable. Providing consultative services concerning: Test selection; Specimen collection; Specimen handling and preservation; Transportation requirements; and Interpretation of test results. Providing supplies and materials required for the collection and transportation of specimens, as applicable.

Providing secure transportation of specimens from Government-designated collection locations to the testing laboratory. Providing electronic access to test information and patient results. Providing hospital or medical autopsy services, including gross and microscopic examination, final reports, and related professional consultation.

Coordinating transportation arrangements associated with autopsy services, if required by the Government. The anticipated service area includes Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center and any associated Central Virginia VA Health Care System locations identified in the resulting solicitation. The final solicitation, if issued, will establish the definitive scope, locations, quantities, schedules, performance standards, and reporting requirements.

II. LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND ACCREDITATION Any reference laboratory performing services under the contemplated requirement, including a branch, division, affiliate, or subcontracted laboratory, shall possess all licenses, certifications, accreditations, and inspections required by applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Respondents shall identify their current laboratory accreditations and certifications, which may include: Certification under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA); Accreditation through an accrediting organization with deemed status from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), such as: College of American Pathologists (CAP); COLA; or The Joint Commission; Applicable Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses; Applicable federal and state laboratory licenses or certifications; and Any other certification or accreditation required for the proposed testing or autopsy services.

The contractor shall comply with applicable requirements governing the privacy and security of protected health information, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its implementing regulations. Respondents shall identify the accreditation and certification status of every location that may perform testing or autopsy services, including proposed subcontractors and third-party reference laboratories.

III. SPECIMEN TRANSPORTATION AND STAT TESTING Respondents shall describe their ability to provide secure and timely transportation of clinical and anatomic pathology specimens from Government-designated collection locations. As well as the capability to provide hospital or medical autopsy services, including: IV.

CAPABILITY-STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS Interested parties shall submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to satisfy the contemplated requirement. Responses should include: Legal name and address of the firm. Unique Entity Identifier.

Point of contact, telephone number, and email address. Business size and socioeconomic status under NAICS code 621511, including, as applicable: SDVOSB; VOSB; 8(a); HUBZone; WOSB; EDWOSB; or Other Small Business. Confirmation of the firm s current SAM.gov registration status.

Confirmation that any claimed veteran-owned status is verified in the applicable Small Business Administration veteran-certification system. A detailed capability statement addressing the laboratory testing, transportation, STAT testing, and autopsy requirements described in this notice. The number of years the firm has provided comparable laboratory or autopsy services.

Relevant experience providing similar services to federal agencies, VA medical facilities, hospitals, or other healthcare systems. Current licenses, certifications, and accreditations. Identification of the location or locations where testing and autopsy services would be performed.

A description of the firm s courier and specimen-transportation network

The description continues in the official notice.

Contracting contact

• Gordon E Burns · Contracting Officer · [email protected] · 757-251-4333

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 621511, a business counts as small if it has no more than $41.5 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for medical laboratories work, who also hold VA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• Quest Diagnostics Incorporated $70.8 million in this trade
• Laboratory Corporation Of America $70.4 million in this trade
• Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc. $7.1 million in this trade
• Tempus AI, Inc $5.5 million in this trade
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center $997,504 in this trade

About the buyer

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $84.2 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Optum Public Sector Solutions, Inc., Mckesson Corporation and Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp. See what VA is buying now.

Medical Laboratories contracts right now

There are 16 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 621511), 3 posted in the last 7 days; 12% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Most of the work with a stated place is in Puerto Rico, Minnesota and Nebraska. A notice in this trade gives a median of 55 days from posting to deadline.

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