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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 07, 2006 FBO #1837
SOURCES SOUGHT

Q -- HIV FORCE TESTING

Notice Date

1/13/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

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

1/24/2006
 

Archive Date

3/31/2007
 

Point of Contact

Yesenia C. Rodriguez, 210-221-3703
 

E-Mail Address

Center for Health Care Contracting
(yesenia.rodriguez@amedd.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of potential sources capable of providing all qualified personnel, services, materials, equipment, supplies and facilities necessary to perform testing services for the detection of antibo dies and antigens against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) employing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tests and methodologies. The Contractor shall perform initial and repeat reactive screening tests and confirmatory testing on s erum specimens submitted by Army Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs), the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) (coordinated by the U.S. FEDS_HEAL Program Office (FHPO)) site, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sites, Federal Occupational Health (FOH) sites, and U.S. Army Nation al Guard (ARNG) sites. Screening tests will be with an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) derived from whole viral lysate. Confirmatory testing shall be performed with the Western Blot technique on serum and plasma. In addition, samples with repe atedly 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 complia nce with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and is compatible with and able to interface directly with the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) (or current Government LIS) located at each Submitting Activity (SA). The C ontractor shall have the capability to provide direct courier delivery services for CONUS/OCONUS sites meeting all domestic and international regulations and military facility security requirements for delivery of specimens, materials, equipment and report s. As a minimum, the Contractor shall be registered, licensed, and/or accredited by the following organizations: (1) CLIA License for High Complexity Testing; (2) College of American Pathologists; (3) CDC Permit to Import/Transfer Etiologic Agents. The C ontractor may receive approximately 57,000 specimens monthly from Army Active Duty MTFs; 3,000 specimens from USAR FHPO; 1,000 specimens from USCG sites and 9,500 specimens from ARNG sites for initial ELISA screening. Of those numbers, it is estimated tha t not more than 1 percent shall require a Western Blot test. As a Government option, the Contractor may also receive approximately 6,300 specimens per month from the U.S. Army clinical laboratories from OCONUS locations. Offerors having the skills and ca pabilities necessary to perform the stated requirement are invited to provide capability information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought including, commercial market information and company information via e-mail or facsimile (210-221-5402) to Yesenia Rodriguez, Yesenia.Rodriguez@amedd.army.mil no later than January 24, 2006. Responses should include the following information: company name, address, point of contact, phone number and e-mail address; business size and status such as disadvanta ged, 8(a) or HUBZone; corporate affiliations; potential joint venture partners, teaming partners, and/or major subcontractor. Please direct any questions to the contract specialist for this action: Yesenia Rodriguez, Yesenia.Rodriguez@amedd.army.mil. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-JAN-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 05-DEC-2006, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/MEDCOM/DADA10/W81K04-06-R-0014/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

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

Zip Code: 78234-5068

Country: US
 

Record

SN01191352-F 20061207/061205222210 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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

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