Radiological Sample Analysis

Added: Jul 27, 2016 4:21 pm 1. Contract Information: The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) on behalf of the U.S. Army Public Health Center (Provisional) Laboratory Sciences, needs a contract put in place to provide analytical services for the analysis of water, wipes, soil, air and biological samples for radiochemistry compounds.

2. Background: The contractor shall provide the required analytical expertise and instrumentation to obtain reporting limits equal to or lower than those specified in the PWS. The contractor shall submit data packages comprising documentation for sample receipt/analyses, data reduction, quality control, raw data generation and electronic data transfer as described in the PWS.

3. Tasks: Sample Pickup Protocol from the APHC (Prov) lab - If applicable, the contractor's courier shall be responsible for pickup, packaging and delivery of samples from the Government facility. Samples shall be picked up by the contractor's courier within 24 hours of notification by the COR or a designated representative. The courier shall sign for custody of the samples with a date and time of sample pick-up. Sample Shipment Protocol By a APHC (Prov) lab - If applicable, APHC (Prov) personnel will be responsible to package samples and ship them to the contractor. Please note that APHC (Prov) shall pay the shipping costs for transportation of the samples. Contractor and APHC (Prov) shall store and/or ship samples in accordance with the preservation guidelines as noted in the analytical method until samples are analyzed, and thereafter until results are approved by the COR. Direct shipment of samples from the field to the contractor - If applicable, the Government shall ship samples directly to the contractor with the corresponding CoC form with a copy faxed to the COR. Upon receipt of the samples and corresponding CoC forms, the designated PM shall sign the forms to verify receipt of the samples and forward the document to the COR within 4 business hours for review, accountability, and Laboratory Information Management System LIMS login. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - The contractor shall at a minimum submit copies of the specific SOPs listed below as well as a complete list of all SOPs with the technical bid package. Any methods that have been modified from the published method should be identified to the Government and the specific modifications should be explained. Additional SOPs may be requested. The contractor shall also submit an ISO 17025:2005 compliant Quality Assurance Manual, however named, with the technical bid package.
• Sample receipt, handling, storage and control.
• Security, chain-of-custody and document control.
• Hazardous waste/sample disposal.
• Sample analysis SOPs for all methods listed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) (to include sample preparation, sample concentration, modifications to established methods, peculiarities of instrumentation, etc.)
• Ongoing or routine laboratory operations (including instrument maintenance, procurement of supplies, and scheduling and frequency of validation of equipment (balances, thermometers, etc.)
• Laboratory Safety and Chemical Hygiene (should address among other things wearing of coats, gloves, goggles, handling of hazardous materials, eye lavaging, storage of hazardous materials, safety showers, fire safety, etc.).
• Lab Quality Assurance Manual (Lab QA/QC) to include procedures for conducting in-house audits; procedures for allowing technicians and chemists to have an independent means of checking the quality of their results; procedures for the development and implementation of contingency plans; and procedures for the initiation of corrective action.
• Data production, reduction, transcription, verification, review, distribution and in-house storage.
• Determination of Detection Concentrations. (Contractor must show statistical procedure for periodic determination and verification of method detection concentrations.
• Radiation Protection program