SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- Laboratory Response Network Testing Program
- Notice Date
- 2/22/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2013-N-15003
- Point of Contact
- Patrick J Winders, Phone: 7704882669
- E-Mail Address
-
vxx6@cdc.gov
(vxx6@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) # 2013-N-15003 on or around March 11, 2013 for prepared biological samples in a variety of sample matrices to be used for validation of Laboratory Response Network (LRN) assays. The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was established by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in accordance with Presidential Decision Directive 39, which outlined national anti-terrorism policies and assigned specific missions to federal departments and agencies. The LRN's mission is to maintain an integrated national and international network of laboratories that can respond to acts of biological or chemical terrorism and other public health emergencies. The biological component of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) is managed by the LRN program office in the Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch (LPRB), Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (DPEI), National Center for Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Office of Infectious Diseases (OID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to ensure preparedness and competency with LRN procedures, LRN Member Laboratories must participate in the Proficiency Testing (PT) Program provided by LPRB. The LRN PT Program is designed to simulate real-world scenarios involving potential bioterrorism agents; requiring the preparation, packaging, and distribution of prepared biological samples in a variety of sample matrices. LRN PT challenges are distributed one to four times a year to as many as 200 LRN member laboratories. Additionally, LRN assays are undergoing a rigorous validation process. Large numbers of clinical samples (positive and negative) will need to be created to support this project. The vendor will produce and distribute samples for a limited number of LRN Proficiency Testing challenges for biological threat agents to prepare clinical samples to be used for validation of LRN assays. The resultant contract will be Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery. The term of the awarded contract will be a 12 month base period with four 12-month option periods beginning around June 1, 2013. The contract ceiling is estimated to be $3,500,000.00. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $14 Million. The RFP will be made available FedBizOpps and is expected to be released March 11, 2013. All responsible sources may submit a proposal in response to the solicitation which shall be considered by the agency.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN02994538-W 20130224/130222234754-f7917c0cb9d2e6e76b488cce72c7d157 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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