First Steps in the Reorganization of the U.S. Transplant System

On July 21, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) held an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Industry Day meeting.  This event was an invitation only meeting for potential vendors for the future administration of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network contract. 

Objectives of the meeting included:

• Exploring the feasibility and functionality of a multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract
• Ensuring patient safety by maintaining uninterrupted organ system operations
• Continuity of OPTN functionality.

Items covered at the meeting included:

• An overview of the current notional contracting strategy.
• A presentation and discussion focused on aspects of the Performance Work Statement requirements and contract structure.
• Information discussed during the session may be used by the Government to refine its requirements, and finalize the information needed for the upcoming Transition IDIQ solicitation.
• Technical Evaluation Factors for HRSA to consider.
• The procurement timeline.

Event Information:

The event was hosted by HRSA for the purposes of market research only.

Link to informational slides at meeting:  25 pages of slides

Link to transcript of meeting:  140 pages of transcript from the meeting

Link to Performance Work Statement (PWS) – detailed breakdown of the five main areas of OPTN that will be awarded to separate vendors.

Detail of the five areas shown below:

All the above links are available to the public at the sam.gov website.  Links are posted instead of the documents to avoid any copyright conflicts as well as the volume of the data.

The estimated procurement timeline proposed by HRSA for the implementation of the transition is as follows:

Summer 2023              Industry Day (July 21, 2023)

Fall 2023                     Publish Solicitation

Winter 2023                Proposals Received

Winter 2023/2024       Proposal Evaluation

Spring 2024                Negotiations

Spring 2024                Issue Awards

Visual of Timeline:

To follow updates from HRSA on the status of the OPTN realignment, please go to this link:  SAM.GOV