Due Diligence Notice for Self-Collected Testing Services

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) is seeking to contract with qualified vendors to provide COVID-19 Self-Collected Testing (SCT) Services. The intent is to increase access to COVID-19 testing across Massachusetts. The SCT services include collecting patient information, providing FDA-authorized test kits, arranging for test kit delivery and specimen transport to a designated laboratory, reporting test results, and adhering to HIPAA and other privacy and security requirements. The contract term is through December 31, 2021, with an option for EOHHS to extend for up to 12 additional months. EOHHS will pay the contractor a per-test rate of $30 for up to 25,000 test kits per calendar month, or $25 per test kit for more than 25,000 test kits per month, plus actual shipping costs up to $5 per test kit. Interested vendors must submit documentation demonstrating their ability to provide the required services and their pricing by December 9, 2020. EOHHS will review all responses and determine whether to contract with the initially identified vendor, Color Genomics, Inc., or other vendors offering comparable or better value.

This is an open solicitation, and EOHHS is seeking to determine if there are any other interested and qualified vendors beyond the initially identified vendor, Color Genomics, Inc. There are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The Broad Institute is the designated laboratory and EOHHS will not consider working with other laboratories. The pricing provided by Color Genomics, Inc. establishes a benchmark, but the final award value or budget range is not specified in the available documents.