Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Relabeling and Secure Mgmt of Usaf Biospecimens to Sdvosb Suds Salty Sustenance
Deadline: 18 Sep 2026
Posting Date: 17 Sep 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 149273680
Document Ref. No.: 36C24E26Q0130
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Tender Details
The Veteran s Administration (VA) Office of Research and Development, Regional Procurement Office East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Suds Salty Sustenance based in Fairborn, Ohio on behalf of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLA) Medical Research has been tasked to store the biorepository from the Air Force Health Study (AFHS). For nearly two decades, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory s 711th Human Performance Wing was responsible for housing the biospecimens as they worked with the VA and Vietnam Veterans for America to identify a site best suited to not only preserve the specimens, but one that was poised to promote future research. A VAGLAHS Principal Investigator and member of VA SHIELD, acknowledged the effort.
The specific work to be performed includes:
Technicians are needed to organize and relabel 140, 000 specimens and maintain the integrity of the biospecimens.
Accession tasks include data entry, labeling tubes with the appropriate label, scanning barcode information into LIMS, organizing specimens in the biorepository.
The AFHS biorepository has different specimen types (serum, blood, urine, semen, fat biopsy), sample tubes of different sizes (1 ml, 2 ml, 6 ml, 15 ml, 50 ml and 200 ml) made of different materials (plastic and glass) that are stored in plastic bags in freezers at -80°C. The AFHS biospecimens are stored at VAGLA. Labels have already been purchased for this task. Labels will be printed by VA staff with QR code information obtained from a program analyst at the VA Center for Data and Computations Sciences (C-DACS) and the LIMS support team at C-DACS.Â
1.0 Specific tasks
The Contractor will attach the labels provided with QR code to the frozen sample tubes, scan the QR code, and enter the QR code information into an excel template next to the sample information.
The Contractor will sort sample tubes according to size and type.
The sample tubes will be remov...
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