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Q -- LABORATORY TESTING DUE 070199 POC Carla S. Gilchrist (202) 307-0985 E-MAIL: To contact the contracting officer via e-mail., cgilchrist@bop.gov. The Federal Bureau of Prisons(BOP) Health Services Division, is seeking information on laboratory companies that are capable of conducting lab tests for the BOP on its inmate population housed in approximately 95 institutions, including 6 medical referral centers, throughout the United States. The current inmate population is approximately 120,000. The lab tests that will be required include, but are not limited to, the following (estimated numbers of each test conducted annually are in parenthesis after each test type): Complete Blood Chemistry Profile (48,880); Liver Profile (24,440); Lipid Profile (24,440); Electrolytes (24,440); Complete Blood Count (48,880); RPR (48,880); HbsAg (4,888); HbsAb (4,888); Hbcore (4,888); HbcoreIGM (4,888); HAV-M (4,888); HCV (4,888); HIV (9,776); Carbamezipine (489); Digoxin (489); Lithium (489); Phenobarb (489); Phenytoin (489); Theophylline (489); T4 (489); and TSH (489). Included in the Complete Blood Chemistry Profile are the following individual tests which may be required to be run separately at the following estimates: Albumin (2,444); ALP (4,888); ALT (4,888); AST (4,888); Amylase (2,444); BUN (4,888); Creatinine (4,888); Calcium (4,888); CPK (489); Bilirubin-Direct (4,888); Bilirubin-Total (4,888); Sodium (4,888); Potassium (4,888); Chloride (4,888); Cholesterol (4,888); Triglyceride (4,888); HDL (4,888); GGT (2,444); Glucose (4,888); Glycohemoglobin (4,888); H.pylori (4,888); Iron (4,888); TIBC (4,888); Magnesium (4,888); Phosphorus (4,888); Total Protein (4,888); and Uric Acid (4,888). Vendors are invited to submit information that describes, including but not limited to, the following: 1) a company portfolio; 2) accreditation information; 3) pricing information on each test (for BOP planning purposes only -- not considered a quote) to assist the BOP in estimating this procurement; 4) pricing information on total estimated tests, including processing, reporting and transporting (for BOP planning purposes only -- not considered a quote) to assist the BOP in estimating this procurement; and 5) references from prior similar contracts of similar magnitude. Information should be submitted no later than July 1, 1999 and addressed to: Federal Bureau of Prisons, National Contrcts and Policy Section, 500 First Street N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20534; ATTN: Carla S. Gilchrist, Contracting Officer. The information contained in this Sources Sought Synopsis is all that is available. Posted 06/04/99 (W-SN339523). (0155)

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