Specifications include, but are not limited to: DPH Tewksbury hospital is seeking qualified vendors to provide blood transfusion testing and related services as needed. Transfusion services are needed at Tewksbury Hospital four to five times a week. In order to assure the safety of the patients the hospital purchases blood from contractors certified by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). EDTA tubes with blood samples will be sent to a certified lab for cross matching and compatible blood will be sold to the hospital for the transfusion. The contract resulting from this solicitation will provide for blood and any related services and will not include any direct contact by the vendor with the hospital’s patients. The vendor shall be able to provide out patient requisitions, 10 ml edta tubes to obtain patient samples, and blood bank identification bracelets at no additional fee. The vendor shall be able to provide routine blood transfusion testing and all related services necessary to provide cross match compatible leuko poor red blood cells and any necessary follow up testing for patients of Tewksbury State Hospital.