DNA Testing Services

This vehicle is closed and unsuitable for pursuit. The Department of the Army Medical Command established this Master IDIQ for DNA testing services on November 1, 2009, with a final ordering deadline of December 17, 2011—more than 14 years past. No new orders can be placed against it.

The vehicle awarded 20 delivery orders between January 2010 and July 2011, contracting for DNA testing services, test kits, buccal swab lineage testing, and forensic biology analysis. Task orders were firm-fixed-price, with individual ceiling values ranging from approximately $2,700 to $13,440. The combined potential value across all orders was $138 thousand, of which $127 thousand (92 percent) was obligated by the final ordering period.

Competition concentrated among four primes. Orchid Cellmark Inc. dominated with 7 orders and $74 thousand in combined potential value, representing more than half the vehicle's total activity. College of American Pathologists held 4 orders for $26 thousand; Serological Research Institute held 6 orders for $22 thousand; and Collaborative Testing Services, Inc. held 3 orders for $16 thousand. All task orders were unrestricted (no set-aside designation). The sole customer was the Department of the Army Medical Command, which funded all 20 orders.

Ordering activity peaked in 2010 with 12 orders, then declined to 8 orders in 2011 before the vehicle closed. The most recent order, placed in July 2011, had a completion date of September 2011. This vehicle presents no current opportunity; any requirement for Army Medical Command DNA testing would need to be pursued through successor vehicles or new procurement actions.

DNA testing services for the U.S. military.