Amendment 0003 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS_W912HZ20R0008.docx

QUESTION 1: In the solicitation, it mentions, the contractor having to "pick up" specimens. We are a lab located in Central Wisconsin and do not have an individual who can physically pick up the specimens; however, we routinely provide clinical specimen collection kits along with prepaid return shipping labels. Is that okay?

ANSWER 1: This solution does not satisfy our requirement.

QUESTION 2: Are the items/tests listed on your "Bid Schedule_Medical Screening" document the only tests you're interested in?

ANSWER 2: No. All the tests on the bid scheduled is what is required, however, on occasion we may need something else. Most labs have more tests to offer with their pricing.

QUESTION 3: Do we pick the term of services we would like to provide to ERDC? Or do we give an account for each term?

ANSWER 3: No, you list what you can do.

QUESTION 4: Where do we put on Contract Bid our offer to provide services to ERDC?

ANSWER 4: Pricing for individual tests must be entered on the bid schedule for 5 ½ years. Pricing is not to be entered on Standard Form 1449.

QUESTION 5: Can we get an explanation of the Delivery Information Sheet?

ANSWER 5: Please be more specific.

QUESTION 6: I downloaded the attachment that includes the tests that you would like. Do you happen to have estimates for how many of each of these tests are performed on an annual basis?

ANSWER 6: This information is not known.

QUESTION 7: Can the laboratory or its send out lab be foreign owned (e.g. Canada, India, etc)?

ANSWER 7: The contractor shall have all licenses, permits, accreditation certificates required by Federal law and State law in Mississippi. The contractor shall be accredited by the Department of Health and Human Services Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988 (CLIA) or the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

QUESTION 8: Did you desire T3 uptake, free T3, or both?

ANSWER 8: Both

QUESTION 9: Could you provide an example of the specimen volume, per year, ordered for each test, averaged over the past 3 years?

ANSWER 9: This information is not known.

QUESTION 10: In regards to SF 1449, is block 12 requesting the Net Terms of the invoice? In blocks 23 & 24, do we add the unit price and amount for base year only?

ANSWER 10: See Answer #4 above.

QUESTION 11: Could you provide any additional information regarding the number of each test contemplated to be ordered in a calendar year? That information is essential to help offerors determine a reasonable Lowest Price Technically Acceptable bid, as stipulated in the solicitation.

ANSWER 11: This information is not known. Cumulatively, we have expended on an annual basis, approximately $18,000 for all possible testing.