SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- DHS Office of Health Affairs Quality Assurance, Testing, and Verification and Validation Program - Draft Statement of Work for Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs (DHS OHA) and Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) Analytical Laboratory Quality Assurance
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-OPO-12-Analytical-Laboratory-Quality-Assurance-Testing
- Archive Date
- 2/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Tamara Kelley, , Tisha W Blue,
- E-Mail Address
-
tamara.kelley@hq.dhs.gov, tisha.blue@dhs.gov
(tamara.kelley@hq.dhs.gov, tisha.blue@dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs (DHS OHA) and the Joint Program Executive Office - Chemcial and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) is seeking capability statements from businesses that can provide the services listed in the attached Draft Statement of Work. This is not a solicitation, or an announcement of a solicitation. This is a 'Sources Sought' action only. The purpose of this 'Sources Sought' is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources. Feedback on individual submissions will not be provided. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 - All Other Professiona, Scientific, and Technical Sevices. Information Sought: Businesses having the ability to proivde the services listed in the attached Draft Statement of Work shall provide clear and comprehensive information supporting their expereince, expertise, and current company profile to include the number of employees, office location(s), DUNS number, CAGE code, small business designation/status claimed and annual revenue. Responses shall not exceed seven (7) pages and should clearly indicate whether the organization is able to provide the services listed in the Draft Statement of Work. Furthermore, responses should identify the specific task areas in Section 5.0 that the organization is capable of performing. Within your seven (7) page response, please answer the following questions: 1. Is your company experienced and certified in establishing, operating, and maintaining quality assurance programs? 2. Is your company experienced in working with biological, chemical, and radiological data from environmental sampling and detection efforts? 2a. Is your company familiar with working QA on molecular and immunological analytical data systems such as Polymerase Chain Reaction and Electrochemoluminesence? 3. Does your company have experience working with federal, state and local government agencies and their laws and regulations as applicable to Quality Assurance in laboratory analysis and environmental sampling? 4. Is your company experience in establishing systems/methods for assessing on-going performance and identifying discrepancies and/or unexpected results and establishing or performing corrective actions? 5. Please identify from the list which areas of subject matter expertise your company can provide: a. Laboratory QC/QA (i.e - aseptic technique/BSL-3/work flow/contamination control) b. Molecular biology/PCR, immunoassay c. Public Health d. Environmental sampling e. Statistical analysis f. Data management systems g. Program planning h. Technical/scientific writing i. SOP development j. autonomous detection systems k. Proficiency Testing for various environmental analytes and methods (including chemical analysis utilizing GC/MS, microscopy, electronic data interpretation and case studies, radiological data interpretation l. Environmental laboratory accreditation/certification 6. Are you accredited or certified by any association or agency in quality assurance? As a proficiency test provider? Please provide a description of your certifications and accreditations. Responses are due no later than ET and shall be sent via e-mail to Tamara Kelley at Tamara.kelley@dhs.gov and cc: Tisha Blue at Tisha.Blue@hq.dhs.gov. Telephone calls regarding this notice will not be accepted. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This is not a request for proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract based upon responses under this announcement, nor otherwise pay for preparing any information sent for the Government's use of the information. Any proprietary information should be marked as such. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment 1 - Statement of Work for Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs (DHS OHA) and Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) Analytical Laboratory Quality Assurance, Testing, and Verification and Validation Program (QA Program)
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/RFI-OPO-12-Analytical-Laboratory-Quality-Assurance-Testing/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5183 Blackhawk Rd, Building E4410, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, 21010-5424, United States
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Record
- SN02659716-W 20120126/120124234117-26b15e283bf83a726bcf09adbfa54114 (fbodaily.com)
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