Statement of Work - Human Blood Products for South Texas VA

Statement of Work

Background. The Audie L. Murphy Veteran Affairs Health Care Center has a requirement for the supply and delivery of blood and blood products supporting the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS).

General Requirements.
Contractor agrees to furnish all personnel, labor, transportation, equipment, materials and supplies necessary to provide Human Blood and Blood Products and guidance in Clinical Pathology Procedures as specified herein for eligible VA beneficiaries of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division located at 7400 Merton Minter Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78229-4404. All blood or blood products offered must be provided from a blood bank that is currently registered and/or licensed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 260 and must meet all the requirements of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), Department of Health and Human services. The Offeror must have proof of an unrevoked U.S. License which is issued by the Director, Bureau of Biologics, FDA under Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 262, as a source of supply for blood and blood products. The Offeror must be AABB and College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited. Contractors must provide an intuitive online ordering system and provide verbal and faxed orders as a backup method to online ordering system. Contractors must be within Bexar County, Texas, to facilitate Emergency Human Blood and Blood Product order for Emergency Surgeries and/or situations. The vendor must provide all Human Blood and Blood Products listed on the schedule. Please note quantities are only annual estimates and may be higher or lower. Labeling Requirements. Blood products shall be furnished labeled using the ABO Blood Group System and Rh type.

Location. These Human Blood and Blood Products will be used in the Blood Bank laboratory located in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service’s San Antonio Laboratories of the STVHCS.

Quality of the Product.
All whole blood and blood components provided to patients in VA medical centers must meet the requirements of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Department of Health and Human Services. Allogeneic blood/blood components must be typed for ABO and Rho(D) in accordance with licensed methodologies and must be tested for all transfusion transmitted disease markers currently required by both the FDA and AABB.