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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 09, 2006 FBO #1717
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Q -- HIV Testing and Reporting for DOD and other Federal Government Agencies

Notice Date

8/7/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

621511 — Medical Laboratories
 

Contracting Office

Center for Health Care Contracting, ATTN: MCAA C BLDG 4197, 2107 17TH Street, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-5015
 

ZIP Code

78234-5015
 

Solicitation Number

W81K04-06-R-0014
 

Response Due

9/27/2006
 

Archive Date

11/26/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), Center for Health Care Contracting (CHCC) has a requirement for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) testing and reporting services. CHCC intends to pursue a Single Award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinit e Quantity, Task Order Contract for Non-Personal Services. The anticipated contract period of performance will have a base year from 01 January 2007 through 31 December 2007, with four one-year option periods. The contractor shall provide all qualified p ersonnel, services, materials, equipment, supplies, and facilities necessary to perform testing services for the detection of antibodies and antigens against HIV-1 employing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tests and methodologies. The Contract or shall perform initial and repeat reactive screening tests and confirmatory testing on serum specimens submitted by the U.S. Army Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) (coordinated by the U .S. FEDS_HEAL Program Office (FHPO)), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG), Federal Occupational Health (FOH), and the Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM). Screening tests will be with an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (EL ISA) derived from whole viral lysate. Confirmatory testing shall be performed with the Western Blot technique on serum and plasma. In addition, samples with repeatedly reactive ELISA results shall be re-tested with the Western Blot technique to determine reactivity with HIV 1 specific viral polypeptides. The Contractor shall submit test results via an on-line Laboratory Information System (LIS) that is in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and is compa tible with and able to interface directly with the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) (or current Government LIS) located at each Submitting Activity (SA). The Contractor shall have the capability to provide direct courier delivery services for CONUS/OCO NUS sites meeting all domestic and international regulations and military facility security requirements for delivery of specimens, materials, equipment and reports. As a minimum, the Contractor shall be registered, licensed, and/or accredited by the foll owing organizations: (1) CLIA License for High Complexity Testing; (2) College of American Pathologists; (3) CDC Permit to Import/Transfer Etiologic Agents. The Contractor may receive approximately 61,000 specimens monthly from Army Active Duty MTFs; 4,50 0 specimens from USAR FHPO; 1,500 specimens from USCG sites; 11,000 specimens from ARNG sites; and 30,000 from MEPCOM sites for initial ELISA screening. Of those numbers, it is estimated that not more than 1 percent shall require a Western Blot test. As a Government option, the Contractor may also receive approximately 8,000 specimens per month from the U.S. Army clinical laboratories from OCONUS locations. The solicitation will be posted to the FedBizOpps website at www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 28 Aug ust 2006. Any prospective offerors will be able to download the attachments (i.e. solicitation, amendments, and any other documents) from the website. Telephone or written requests for the solicitation will not be accepted. A pre-proposal conference wil l be held and the date, time, and location will be provided in the solicitation. Point of contact is Yesenia Rodriguez, Contract Specialist, phone (210) 221-3703, fax (210) 221-5402, email: Yesenia.Rodriguez1@amedd.army.mil or Sylvia Flores, Contracting O fficer, phone (210) 295-4357, fax (210) 221-5402, email Sylvia.Flores@amedd.army.mil. Please direct any questions to the contract specialist and the contracting officer for this action.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Center for Health Care Contracting ATTN: MCAA C BLDG 4197, 2107 17TH Street Fort Sam Houston TX

Zip Code: 78234-5015

Country: US
 

Record

SN01108337-W 20060809/060807220823 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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