123A9423Q0001 SOW Abraxis Kits.pdf

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Statement of Work for Abraxis Kits for

123A9423Q0001

Contents Project General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

2.0 Background

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

4.0 Government Furnished

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

Project Statement of work for Abraxis kits October 2022

General Information

1.0 Scope of Work

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Field Service Laboratories (FSL) perform regulatory testing of meat, poultry and egg products for the presence of food borne pathogens and sanitary indicator organisms. Identification of E. coli O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) requires the use of Abraxis latex test kits as part of the official regulatory method (MLG 5C). To meet these test requirements, the FSL’s need latex test kits validated for use as part of FSIS regulatory methodology. The specific serogroups needed are for E. coli O157, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145.

2.0 Background

FSIS, a public health regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA), protects consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry, Siluriformes fish, and processed egg products are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled. The FSIS Field Service Laboratories (FSL), located in Saint Louis MO, Athens GA, and Albany CA are regulatory laboratories that analyze meat, poultry, and pasteurized egg products to ensure they are free from adulteration.

Contractor Requirements

3.0 Technical Requirements / Tasks

Contract type: requesting an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity) with a base year and 4 (four) one-year option years.

Abraxis individual test kits for each E. coli serogroup: O157, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145 (50 tests per bottle).

Each kit must contain test cards, a positive control, a negative control, control latex reagent, sample mixing sticks and transfer pipets.

The contractor must supply test kits that meet the following requirements:

- The products shall have a shelf-life of at least six months from the date of delivery.

- Certificates of Analysis shall accompany each shipment (or be available online). Certificates shall list the product name and description, lot or batch number, list of quality control organism(s), shelf life, and signature and dates of responsible person(s).

Minimum Purchase $20,000 Maximum Purchase $ 500,000

All shipping and handling charges must be included in the contracted items.

4.0 Government Furnished

The kits will be delivered to the Field Service Laboratories. The delivery must be performed Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Local Time except for Federal observed holidays.

The Federal Government observes the following days as holidays.

New Year’s Day January 1st* Martin Luther King’s Birthday Third Monday in January Presidents’ Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Junteenth Day June 19th Independence Day July 4th* Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veterans’ Day November 11th

Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25th*

*If the date falls on a Saturday, the Government holiday is the preceding Friday. If the date falls on a Sunday, the Government holiday is the following Monday.

5.0 Deliverables / Schedule

The contractor shall provide the following:

Abraxis product number 541070 O157:H7 Abraxis product number 541000 O26 Abraxis product number 541010 O45 Abraxis product number 541020 O103 Abraxis product number 541030 O111 Abraxis product number 541040 O121 Abraxis product number 541050 O145

Each kit (50 tests per bottle) must contain test cards, a positive control, a negative control, control latex reagent, sample mixing sticks and transfer pipets. Kits may be ordered by individual serogroup or in any number or combination of serogroups. Vendor must have the capability to provide fifty (50) kits of each of the seven serogroups, to each of the 3 labs listed below, on a yearly basis.

Delivery Address

The contractor to deliver to the following addresses:

USDA, FSIS, OPHS, Midwestern Laboratory Federal Center Building 105D 4300 Goodfellow Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63120

USDA, FSIS, OPHS, Eastern Laboratory 950 College Station Rd Athens, GA 30605

USDA, FSIS, OPHS, Western Laboratory

WRRC, ARS, WAB

800 Buchanan St.

Albany, CA 94710