United States Property And Fiscal Office for Tennessee, P.O. Box 40748, Powell Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37204-0748

Q -- PROVIDE LABORATORY TESTING OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND COURIER SERVICE FOR TRANSPORTING DUE 042899 POC Gloria Rinal, Procurement Assistant, 615-313-2655 or CPT Sammy Beard, Contracting Officer, 615-313-2650 Provide medical laboratory testing on human biological specimens (blood/serum/urine) provided from eight (8) different locations across the state of Tennessee and courier service for transporting test specimens. Provide a maximum of 48 hours turn-around time for all reports. Provide each exam site with required collections, labeling, requisitions, packaging, and reporting materials required by the specified laboratory specimen testing procedures. Military medical personnel will perform the collection of all specimens. Specimens will be collected during weekend training assemblies and 2-week Annual Training periods as published by the Tennessee Army National Guard. Each site will have a coordinator to place calls against the contract and coordinate with the contractor for pick-up and delivery dates and times. Testing procedures are as follows; Prior Service Enlistment Exams-Urine Drug Abuse Screen 10 (Qualitative Analysis), Blood Alcohol (ETOH). Periodic Exams require total cholesterol (serum), HDL (serum), Glucose (fasting blood sugar)(serum), Hemoglobin (whole blood-EDTA). Estimated quantities for Prior-Service Exams at Smyrna, TN 200ea, Lavinia, TN 150ea, Chattanooga, TN 100ea. For Periodic Exams the estimated quantities are as follows; Smyrna, TN 700ea, Lavinis, TN 600ea, Chattanooga, TN 400ea, Cookeville, TN 100ea, Alcoa, TN 100ea, Knoxville, TN 300ea, Johnson City, TN 400ea, Nashville, TN 10ea. The successful contractor must be a national accredited, Clinical Laboratory Information Act (CLIA) approved for complex testing procedures and a TRICARE health services provider. The solicitation will be available on 21 April 1999. This requirement is unrestricted and is open to large as well as small businesses. Posted 04/08/99 (W-SN317853). (0098)

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