Description

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: There will not be a pre-proposal conference for this sourcing event. INTRODUCTION The Multnomah County Health Department (County) is seeking proposers from whom it may purchase CLIA Approved Laboratory Proficiency services, as designated by the County. Laboratory proficiency services are utilized at multiple locations within Multnomah County, including eight (8) Primary Care clinics, ten (10) School Health Centers, three (3) Corrections Health clinics, one (1) STD clinic, and one (1) Central Laboratory. These services are used to ensure that laboratory staff and test systems are performing optimally. SCOPE OF WORK The awarded supplier shall provide the following: A web-based portal for CLIA approved paperless proficiency testing including, but not limited to: Account user setting Order history Current proficiency events Event history Evaluations and reports Participant data summaries Special topics or reference material Continuing education Paper based results and summaries sent to a single location Proficiency testing kits with three events/year for the following: Blood Cell ID (Virtual) Sedimentation Rate Hematology Urinalysis & Hcg Microscopy Package (Virtual) Fecal Lactoferrin Fecal Occult Blood Comprehensive Bacteriology Parasitology Serum Hcg Infectious Mono & Rheumatoid Factor Syphilis Serology Waived & Microscopy Package Waived & Microscopy Package (Verification) Rapid HIV Rapid HIV (Verification) Urine Drug Screen Urine Drug Screen Verification METHOD OF AWARD The County intends to award one contract.  Award, as determined by the County, will be made to the highest scoring Proposer whose Proposal the County determines is most advantageous to the County based on the described evaluation process and evaluation criteria. Multnomah County strongly encourages the participation of Minority-Owned, Women-Owned, and Emerging Small Businesses and Organizations in providing these services. ESTIMATED PURCHASES The County estimates the need for the following Laboratory Proficiency events: One (1) site of three (3) events: Blood Cell ID (Virtual) Sedimentation Rate Hematology Urinalysis & Hcg Microscopy Package (Virtual) Fecal Lactoferrin Fecal Occult Blood Comprehensive Bacteriology Parasitology Serum Hcg Infectious Mono & Rheumatoid Factor Syphilis Serology Three (3) events: Two (2) sites- Waived & Microscopy Package Seventeen (17) sites- Waived & Microscopy Package (Verification) Three (3) events: Two (2) sites- Rapid HIV Nine (9) sites- Rapid HIV (Verification) Three (3) events: Two (2) sites- Urine Drug Screen Nine (9) sites- Urine Drug Screen Verification The County’s purchase of these services will be on a requirements basis and shall not exceed $150,000 over the term of the contract. The County does not guarantee that any minimum amount of services will be purchased. METHOD OF CONTRACTING A Services Contract form is provided in the Buyer Attachments page showing the standard terms and conditions.  Carefully review the terms and conditions of the Contract.  Additional Contract terms related to this procurement, if any, are set out below in the section entitled Term of Contract. TERM OF CONTRACT The contract term shall be five (5) years or $150,000, whichever comes first. The County shall have the right to terminate the contract on any contract anniversary date. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS The County will initiate contract negotiations with the responsive and responsible Proposer with the highest scoring proposal. Multnomah County may, at its option, elect to negotiate general contract terms and conditions, services, pricing, implementation schedules, and such other terms as the County determines are in the County’s best interest. If negotiations fail to result in a contract, the County reserves the right to terminate the negotiations and initiate contract negotiations with the next highest scoring responsive and responsible Proposer. This process may continue until a contract agreement is reached. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS The insurance requirements are set forth in Exhibit 2 of the Services Contract located in the Buyer Attachments page.  Please review these requirements carefully. MINIMUM PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS At the time of proposal submission proposers must meet the following minimum requirements. Failure to provide any of the required documents or meet any of the below requirements shall result in rejection of the proposal. The Proposal response must be received by the Multnomah County Health Department no later than 4:00 P.M. local Portland time on the proposal submission deadline. Proposer Representations and Certifications. At the time of Contracting proposers must meet the following minimum requirements. Failure to provide any of the required documents or meet any of the below requirements shall result in cancellation of the contract. Proposers must be legal entities, currently registered to do business in the State of Oregon (per ORS 60.701). Proposers must submit verification that all insurance requirements are met.

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