The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) has a requirement in support of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES), Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL).

This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-27.

This requirement will be for a Requirements Indefinite Delivery. The Period of Performance for this contract will be a base year with four options years.

This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380.

A notice if intent to Sole Source W81XWH-11-T-0655 was published on FedBizOpps.gov September 15, 2011 for a fifteen day period. No responses were received.

Scheduled proficiency services and tests shipped at specified dates (vendor dependent) to include testing materials and reagent kits. To maintain the College of American Pathologist (CAP) accreditation, the laboratory must do at least one CAP proficiency test. An effective proficiency testing program will (as closely as possible) test analysts to the extent of their casework duties. The Nuclear section does a lot of criminal paternity cases, and the CAP paternity proficiency test are the only mechanism we currently have for continuing to demonstrate acceptable performance of the calculations and interpretations for these types of cases. The CAP paternity tests are a resource for our laboratory to stay current with the paternity testing community. This is important because we do not currently participate in the AABB relationship testing accreditation program which is the standard for paternity testing laboratories.

Vendor shall provide the following products for proficiency accreditations:
DNA database analysis in three 0.5 ml whole blood specimens

DNAF in three blood-stained filter paper challenges

DNA and DNAF shall be approved and comply with the standards of The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board Proficiency Review Committee

PARF Parentage/Relationship/Paternity testing shall comprise of three blood-stained filter paper paternity trio specimens; two buccal swabs for a second alleged father challenge.

Vendor shall provide these products in a specific scheduled delivery basis so as not to cross other laboratory schedules.

All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency. The competitive solicitation, solicitation amendments and all questions and answers relating to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ or https://www.fedbizopps.gov.

The solicitation is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about September 30, 2011 and will only be available until October 7, 2011. Specifications of the requirement are provided in solicitation: W81XWH-11-T-0655.

Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the website. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. To be eligible for an award, offerors MUST be registered with the Central Contractor Registry at https://ccr.gov/ and may have completed its representations and certification found at https://orca.bpn.gov/.

All questions should be addressed in writing to Colleen Barnes, Contract Specialist at [email protected]. Telephone requests will not be honored and bidder lists will not be maintained.

All interested parties shall provide their quote to Colleen Barnes at [email protected] by 10:00 a.m. ET on October 7, 2011.

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