US Postal Service, Purchasing & Materials Service Center, Attn: Manager, 2 Hudson Place -- 6th Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5515

Q -- NATIONAL PREEMPLOYMENT & DOT DRUG SCREENING PROGRAM SOL 335660-97-A-0051 DUE 122096 POC POC Point of Contact-John A.Trosky (201)217-2217, Willena Adgers-Peterson (201-217-2217 E-MAIL: usps purchasing & materials service center,. The United States Postal Service is seeking to Prequalify companies to provide laboratory drug testing services. The Postal Service intends to award two contracts for these services. Services will be awarded by geographic area, with each contractor being responsible for fifty percent of the total estimated number of tests.Labs that are capable of providing testing services are invited to request a prequalification package which outlines all of the requirements which must be demonstrated in order to be considered as a prequalified offeror. The prequalification statement must contain written documentation supporting the offeror's contention of qualification. Contracts will be awarded on a site specific basis; multi-site labs must specify a single site for testing. After the evaluation of all prequalification statements, the Postal Service will determine which laboratories are qualified to receive the Request For Proposals (RFP). Some of the criteria which will be used to assess whether an offeror is qualified are: 1.Capacity, Offerors must be capable of processing at least 200,000 specimens per year. 2.Licensure, Offerors must be licensed under the Clinical Labs Improvement Act, 1967 (42 USC 263a-263n). Labs must be certified by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). 3.Processing, All specimens must be processed under accepted forensic standards and chain of custody documentation. 4.Analysis, Specimens will be analyzed using immunoassay screening, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (gc/ms) confirmation. 5.Reporting, Eighty percent of specimen results must be reported to the USPS within 24 hrs of receipt of specimens. Ninety eight of all specimen results must be reported within 72 hrs of receipt of specimens. 6.Personnel, All lab personnel must conform to the requirements established by the DOT in 49 CFR, part 40. 7.Customer Service, Offerors must provide a customer service network to respond to the Postal Service inquiries. All inquiries must be responded to within fourhours, with followup action/completion within fourty-eight hours. 8.Experience, Labs must demonstrate contract performance of a similar size/scope within the last five years. Prequalification packages will be available on 12/6/96. Prequalification statements will be due on 12/20/96. Offerors are reminded that only those laboratories that the Postal Service has determined to be prequalified will be issued an RFP. The tentative date for issuance of the RFP is 1/16/97 with proposals due on 2/18/97. Prequalification packages may be requested by FAX at 201-217-2230. Additional information may be obtained by calling 201-217-2212 or 2217. (0339)

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