NIGP 26956: Gastrointestinal Drugs

NIGP 26956 Gastrointestinal Drugs is an Item code that captures drug testing and specimen collection services procured by state and local criminal justice and community supervision agencies. The scope of work under this code extends beyond the legacy NIGP descriptor to encompass offender drug screening and confirmation testing, including specimen collection site operations, laboratory analysis via immunoassay with liquid or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry confirmation, electronic result reporting, and alternative testing methodologies such as oral fluid and hair testing. Issuing bodies include county community supervision and corrections departments and related criminal justice agencies that manage offender monitoring and compliance programs.

Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department issued RFP 2026-327 on September 25, 2026, requesting proposals for offender specimen collection and drug testing services with a response deadline of July 23, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The county seeks to staff two collection sites in Plano and McKinney operating Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. plus five Saturdays annually, manage an Interactive Voice Response randomized testing notification system, and process approximately 25,031 annual tests comprising five-panel and six-panel screens with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation. The contract term runs two years commencing September 1, 2026, with three optional one-year renewals, not to exceed five years total. The estimated contract value is $600,000. Pricing must be submitted on a per-test basis across three service models (screening only, confirmation after screening, and screening with automatic confirmation of positives), with all costs including freight, delivery, insurance, and staffing; price reductions apply if the vendor offers lower rates elsewhere, and price redetermination is limited to September 1 anniversaries with increases capped at 3.0 percent annually per medical Consumer Price Index. Award follows evaluation of compliance, vendor understanding (30 points), firm qualifications (25 points), client references (15 points), cost (30 points), and optional Phase 2 demonstrations and interviews (up to 30 points), with award anticipated August 10, 2026. The successful vendor must maintain laboratory certification from SAMHSA, Texas Department of Public Safety, or CAP.