The vendor is required to provide that drug testing services to the services of a licensed forensic toxicology laboratory that has trained, experienced technicians and a staff supervisor is a toxicologist for all 42 agency facilities located.
- Agency anticipates approximately 500 tests statewide per month. the term is expected to be for 5 years.
- All federal, state, and local laws regarding confidentiality of information and patient privacy.
- A separate single screen will test for either department. a single screen for either opiates or marijuana may be ordered in conjunction with a separate synthetic screen or exclusively.
- The cost for drug screen tests should be all inclusive if there will be an additional charge for required confirmation testing it should be specified on the cost sheet.
- The provision of one pre-paid mailer for every specimen. all test results shall be received and documented in writing within 72 hours of specimen receipt by contractor. if the contractor provides results through fax or electronically, then the official hard copy confirmation results shall be received within 48 hours of fax receipt or electronic provision.
- All supplies relating to specimen handling and analytical testing conducted. contractor will provide all mailers/shipping containers, labels, forms, and security seals, that are required to mail the specimen cups to the contractor for testing.
- All supplies must be received by the agency facility at the requested level within 5 calendar days of an official request. in addition, the contractor will be required to develop a method of automatic re-supply for each facility to be approved by agency.
- Contractor must designate someone in their organization to be agency official contact for supplies.
- Contractor shall provide initial tele-video training or remote hosted training for all facilities in in the areas of:
• Specimen gathering and packaging;
• Specimen submission and test request selection;
• Analysis of report results;
• Presentation of lab reports and results for use in agency administrative hearing processes;
• Procedural updating;  
• Orientation of new personnel.
- The data will be transferred securely using a process to be jointly decided by agency network administrator and the contractor.
- Data must be searchable by incarcerated individual name, departmental id number, specimen id, date range, test results, etc.
- Contractor must verify that the data is complete, accurate, and error free prior to it being transmitted to agency.
- Contractor shall also provide any necessary software for agency to access their server securely. in the event that there is a transfer problem, the contractor will maintain a back-up of the daily files for a minimum of 60 days.
- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 19, 2025