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Q -- MEDICAL SERVICES SOL IFB-97-DAA-31 DUE 040697 POC Contact, Serena Boyd, Contract Specialist, (202) 219-8706 John Steenbergen, Contracting Officer (202) 219-8698. Laboratory Testing for Chlamydia Trachomatis -- The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) is soliciting bids for the laboratory testing of Job Corps students who may have genital infections due to Chlamydia (CL). Tasks to be accomplished by the contractor include: 1) receiving from all Job Corps centers endocervical specimens from all entering female students and urine specimens from asymptomatic male students who have screened positive for Leukocyte Esterase (LE); Asymptomatic males will be screened at the Center with LE dipstick on the first voided 10cc of urine; 2) receiving from all Job Corps centers urethral specimens from male students and cervical specimens from female students as ordered by the center physician; 3) analyzing the specimen by Enzume Immunoassay or Micro-Immuno Fluorescence for CL; 4) alternately to analyze the specimen for CL by the GEN-PROBE method, and to report results for CL as in (5); 5) reporting individual test results to the person at each center responsible for submitting the specimens, and reporting Job Corps wide results periodically to the National Medical Director, Job Corps; and 6) assuming responsibility for quality control of laboratory procedures. The contractor must be currently certified or licensed by one or more of the states or the District of Columbia and in New York State to perform these analyses. The period of performance for the prospective award will be twelve (12) months from the date of execution with four (4) option years at the Government's discretion. Issue date of the Invitation of Bids will be March 5, 1997. The bid opening date will be April 6, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Requests for IFB must be in writing and reference IFB-97-DAA-31. IFB will be available approximately 15 days after date of publication, on a first-come, first-serve basis until supply is exhausted. Telephone requests will not be honored. Bids are to be sent and/or hand delivered to the above address to the attention of Serena Boyd. Faxed bids will not be accepted. (0042)

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