SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- LABORATORY TESTING FOR VITAMIN B6
- Notice Date
- 3/15/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Morgantown), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV, 26505
- ZIP Code
- 26505
- Solicitation Number
- 0000HCS8-2005-18890
- Response Due
- 3/24/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/8/2005
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with AC Diagnostics, San Diego, CA to perform a professional service contract to provide laboratory testing for vitamin B6 for the National Health and Nutritional Survey. Vitamin B6 measurements will be performed in singlicate and reported within 3 weeks of receipt of the specimen. Quality control measures would be performed in accordance with the usual practice of a certified clinical laboratory. Plasma from participants aged one year and older will be tested for Vitamin B6. An enzymatic assay for Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), the biologically active form of Vitamin B6, will be used to measure the concentration of the vitamin in NHANES 2005. These measurements will be used to produce Vitamin B6 disbributions and reference ranges for the U.S. population. Proposed services will be to provide laboratory testing for Vitamin B6 for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) in 2005. The Contractor will provide the laboratory results using their equipment already in use in the laboratory. NCHS will not be buying equipment for AC Diagnostics. Surplus specimens will be sent to the NCHS surplus sera repository on a yearly basis or at a time mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the project. The following deliverables must be met: 1. Repeat a 2% random sample of the samples tested to monitor the reproducibility of results; 2. Notify the Project Officer immediately of any current or foreseeable problems with the data collection and/or preparation. The need for modification in procedures shall be determined by the mutual agreement of the Contractor and the Project Officer. All modifications shall be documented in the laboratory manual as to how and why they were imposed; 3. Submit a progress report quarterly, beginning three months after the start of data collection, to the Project Officer including; A) a summary of the status of all specimens including date of arrival, deviations from protocol, handling, storage, and manipulation of vials and all laboratory procedures used; B) a description of any major problems such as missing data, out of range values or inconsistent data and what was done to overcome them, and plotted graphs of each pool of control. The format of the report will be decided between the Contractor and NCHS Project Officer; 4. Submit results electronically to Westat on a flow basis. All test results shall be submitted within three (3) weeks following the receipt of the specimens; and 5. Three months after the start of the Contract, the Contractor shall deliver a laboratory manual that includes detailed information on techniques and materials to be used in the assay and the quality control procedures. This manual must be reviewed and updated on a periodic basis throughout the two-year study. All updates must be delivered to the Project Officer. This manual must be delivered in an electronic format using Word. This announcement is being issued for informational purposes only. This is not a request for proposals, and no solicitation is available. Organizations that believe they can provide the required services are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days from the date of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All responsible sources may submit a response, which shall be considered by the Agency. If any responses are submitted in response to this presolicitation notice and the agency decides to compete this requirement, a RFQ will be issued solely to the responders of this notice. A subsequent presolicitation notice will not be issued. Cababilities shall be submitted to: Kimberly P. Groves (MS-1019), Reference: 0000HCS8-2005-18890, DHHS, PHS, CDC 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. This acquisition is being processed under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
- Record
- SN00768913-W 20050317/050315212058 (fbodaily.com)
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