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Q -- PROFICIENCY SURVEY TESTING PROGRAM AND INSPECTION AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAM SOL N00600-96-R-1289 DUE 031196 POC For copies of solicitation, make your request to FISC NORF DET WASH Customer Service Center by fax at (202) 433-9569, by voice at 433-2951 or by electronic mail at CBD_RESPONSE_at_NRCC-DC@MCHFMCCM.NAVY.MIL or contact Ken Arena, Code PA1K at 685-1280 or Andrew Mann at 433-2900. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Detachment Washington DC (FISC, Wash.) has a identified source with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) of Northfield, IL to provide laboratory proficiency survey testing, inspection and accreditation on behalf of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. The proficiency survey testing program includes a variety of premeasured analytes in various body fluids that are used to verify the proficiency and competency of clinical laboratories. These supplies are shipped on an announced schedule. The respective laboratory then tests the specimens and sends the competed results to the Computer Center at the CAP and receives a printed score. Scores are used to evaluate the quality of the laboratory's services and to make corrections in testing, as necessary. Participation in proficiency tesing programs is mandated for accreditation. Accreditation by the CAP is contingent upon successful participation in proficiency surveys and proven competency through rigorous onsite inspection. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)) and the Bureau of Medicine (BUMED) require all Medical Treatment Facility laboratories to maintain CAP accreditation. See Note 22. (0018)

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