U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Rm 6833, 935 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20535-0001

H -- QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM!! SOL RFQ#80066 DUE 041098 POC Camille C. Battle, Contracting Officer, 202-324-2956!! The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Deterrence Program, has a requirement for a contractor to provide quality assurance/quality control on the drug testing laboratory contracted to the FBI. The requirement is a 100% total set-aside for small business. The Standard Industrial Code is 8748. The size standard is $5,000,000.00. The contractor shall: 1) be responsible for quality control programs and inspections with designated FBI personnel and testing laboratory personnel; 2) provide and distribute blind and open quality control samples to the designated testing laboratory; 3) provide trained personnel to inspect testing laboratory facilities, equipment, records and procedures; 4) assure that testing laboratories maintain required certifications and certified personnel as set forth in the guidelines of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and meet quality control standards; 5) provide a secure procedure, ie.: electronic, registered or express mail for notifying designated personnel at the FBI of inspections findings, submissions, made to the testing laboratory and results of quality control submissions made to the testing laboratory and results of quality control testing; 6) make available, as needed, trained personnel to provide expert and chain-of-custody testimony in regard to the Quality Control Program; 7) and maintain required records, i.e. certified personnel and chain-of-custody requirements, records of lot numbers, drugs used in positive urine specimens, and drug quantity, number of samples sent, the office of origin noted on the forms, social security number used and date sent, and results of analysis. The proposed procurement will be conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures utilizing the Best Value method for award. A purchase order will be awarded for a base year with four additional one-year option periods. Interested, responsible parties may submit a written request for the solicitation package at the address indicated in the synopsis.***** (0048)

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