Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Procurement Branch, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503

Q -- DRUG TESTING SOL EOPOA-99-10 DUE 092198 POC Point of Contact -- Kathleen E. Dyer, 202 395-7556 The Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Administration, requires the development and management of a system for the collection of urine specimens from selected Federal employees and job applicants for testing for the presence of illicit drugs. This is a solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with format in FAR Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-05. The SIC Code is 8071 and the size standard is $5.0M. This shall be a indefinite quantity/task order type contract. The contractor shall provide testing for all of the EOP complex. Types of testing include: random, reasonable suspicion, new applicant, accident or unsafe practice, and voluntary. The number of collections involved will be approximately 1,000 per year. The contractor shall provide a collection site location where employees will provide urine specimens under controlled conditions. The contractor is responsible for assuring collection site at a minimum to include: all necessary personnel, materials, facilities and supervision to provide collection, security, temporary storage and transportation of urine specimens to a certified drug testing laboratory; a clean, well lighted, sufficiently secure facility to prevent compromise during the collection; urine collection is to be secured at all times; location of the facility shall be within one (1) mile of the EOP complex or within 1/4 mile of a metro station in the District of Columbia; and the contractor must be able to provide collection services in other major cities throughout the United Stated as necessary within ten (10) miles distance from the city requested. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items apply to this acquisition with the following addendum: written offerors shall include information on past performance and capability to provide urine specimen collections for the EOP complex. The provision at 52.213-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Offeror shall include a complete copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, and Contractor Establishment Code (CEC) no. with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following clauses under paragraph (b) apply: 52.203-10 Price or Fee Adjustment of Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantage Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, 52.222-36, Affirmative Action of Handicapped Workers, 52.222-37 Employment Report on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era. Any contract awarded as a result of this RFP will contain a clause prohibiting the contractor from referring to this contract in commercial advertising or similar promotions in such a manner as to state or imply that services provided are endorsed or preferred by the Executive Office of the President, or any other element of the Federal Government or is considered by these entities to be superior to other services. Solicitation EOPOA-99-10 will be available on or about September 21, 1998. See Numbered Note 1 (Small Business Set-Aside). Requests for the solicitation must be in writing and may be faxed to (202) 395-3982, Attn: Kathleen E. Dyer. No telephone requests will be accepted. Posted 09/04/98 (D-SN246090). (0247)

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