Solicitation 36C24427Q0017 6506--Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Lab Supplies (Blood) Altoona VA Medical Center, Altoona, PA
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF.244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
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- Your kind of work, at your size? NAICS 621991 — Blood and Organ Banks
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PSC 6506 — BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS
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- Closes
- October 16, 2026
- Published
- October 6, 2026
- Buying office
- PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Place of performance not published
- Notice type
- Announcement Started as Special Notice
- Agency
- VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF244-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 4 (36C244)
- PSC
- 6506 — BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS
- Solicitation no.
- 36C24427Q0017
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- October 31, 2026 After this the authority stops publishing it.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Procurement Office East (RPOE), Network Contracting Office 4 (NCO 4) intends to award a sole source contract pursuant to RFO FAR 6.103-1 to The American National Red Cross, located at 250 Jari Drive, Johnstown, PA 15904. Simplified acquisition procedures will be used, and the resulting contract will be firm pri
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