074/THVC/DRUG TESTING & DOT Testing

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Kentucky Veterans Centers is issuing a Request for Proposal for drug testing and Department of Transportation testing services at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Hart County. The procurement seeks a qualified contractor to establish and maintain a comprehensive network of testing sites providing pre-employment and current employee urine drug screens, breath alcohol screening, and DOT random testing for commercial driver's license personnel. Required testing services include Random, Reasonable Suspicion, Post-Accident, and Pre-employment screens with laboratory analysis for a minimum of 11 controlled substances including marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, phencyclidine, morphine, MDMA, methadone, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and oxycodone. The primary collection facility must be located within 20 miles of THVC in Wilmore, Kentucky, with after-hours capability within 30 miles and availability seven days a week between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., plus 24-hour reasonable suspicion testing capacity. The contractor must hold CLIA accreditation, SAMHSA certification, and Kentucky state licensure and must provide a Medical Review Officer who is a licensed physician. Evaluation criteria comprises 550 technical points covering chain of custody documentation, testing capabilities, collection facility locations, online portal access, result transmission methods, random selection capabilities, and turnaround time not exceeding seven calendar days, 300 cost points for drug and alcohol testing services, and up to 200 points for oral presentations if required, totaling 1,050 possible points. Written questions are due by March 9, 2026, with proposals due by 3:00 PM EST on April 1, 2026. The anticipated contract term runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, with two optional two-year renewal periods subject to approval by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Legislative Research Commission Government Contract Review Committee.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organizational types eligible to respond are identified in the solicitation materials. No incumbent vendor or current contractor information is provided in the available documentation. The RFP requires the contractor to maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and Professional Liability Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per claim. No specific funding amount or budget range is identified in the solicitation; pricing is vendor-submitted and subject to negotiation. The cost proposal must include pricing for pre-employment and random drug testing and breath alcohol testing at all contracted locations. Contract award is contingent upon approval by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and filing with the Legislative Research Commission prior to becoming effective, with no work commencing until a fully executed contract is in place.