Mutation Government Bids & RFPs

Delivery is required within 30 days or less from receipt of purchase order.

The initial warranty period is 12 months.

The government will award a contract to the responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value to the government, price and other factors considered.

Offerors must be actively registered in the system for award management sam at www. ***. *. *

Offers of equal products that fail to clearly identify the product or that fail to demonstrate compliance with the salient characteristics may be rejected as nonresponsive.

Responses must be received by July 09, 2026, 10:30 am central time.

Payment will be made in accordance with chapter **** of the Texas Government Code, the Texas Prompt Payment Act. Invoices must be submitted monthly or as otherwise indicated on the purchase order and describe work completed in detail.

The system should include a 12 months warranty including parts and labor.

Awards will be made to the bidder who provides the best value to the state, considering meeting or exceeding requirements and specifications, ability to meet performance delivery requirements, and price.

Bidders must submit a comprehensive response including all required information and documentation to ensure they meet all requirements, possess the required experience and qualifications, and have the capacity to provide the goods and/or services.

The contractor shall be responsible for payment of any additional charges by the contract warehouse such as overtime, blast freezing, lowering temperatures, restacking second delivery due to split delivery quantity unless requested by HHSC, unloading charges, etc. HHSC reserves the right to purchase late items on an emergency basis and charge any resulting increase in price to the awarded vendor.

Texas Administrative Code, Title 1, Part 15, Chapter 391, Subchapter C provides a formal protest procedure.

Failure to comply with communication restrictions, submitting exceptions to the IFB, including assumptions in a response, not marking the original proposal correctly for public information act, or submitting unreadable documents may result in disqualification.

The estimated historical spend for the same or similar goods or services is $411,**** for the period September 01, 2025 through November 11, 2025.

The contract period is from 10/1/2026 to 8/31/2031, with option periods extending to 8/31/2030. The period of performance 10 1 2026 to 8 31 2027 base year 9 1 2027 to 8 31 2028 option period 1 9 1 2028 to 8 31 2029 option period 2 9 1 2029 to 8 31 2030 option period 3 9 1 2030 to 8 31 2031 option period 4

The contractor facility shall be a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory. he contractor facility shall be a clinical laboratory improvement amendments clia certified laboratory, undergoing regular proficiency surveys of their testing.

Liquidated damages apply in the event of a data breach or privacy incident involving sensitive personal information. he contractor is liable to va for liquidated damages in the event of a data breach or privacy incident involving any spi the contractor subcontractor processes or maintains under the contract.

The contractor must accept frozen samples. he test shall be able to use samples from fine needle aspirations and must accept frozen samples.

Violation of information confidentiality, privacy, and security provisions may be grounds for withholding payment or terminating the contract for default or cause. if va determines that the contractor has violated any of the information confidentiality, privacy, and security provisions of the contract, it shall be sufficient grounds for va to withhold payment to the contractor or third party or terminate the contract for default or terminate for cause under far part 12.