The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must update its workplacedrug testing programs to comply with Department Of Health And HumanServices Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA), Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug TestingPrograms, effective May 10, 2010 (Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 228/November 25, 2008). The VA will meet these Guidelines for Collectortraining through training of selected VA staff, who will then providethe Guideline's mandated collector training. A contractor will providethis 'train the trainer' (Collector Instructor) training course and thecourse materials that will enable VA Instructors to train VA'Collectors' to be SAMHSA qualified in sample collection procedures andrequirements . At a minimum, the Instructor training must address the skills, knowledgeand ability (SKA) content for Collectors required at: Subpart D-CollectorsSubpart E-Collection SitesSubpart F-Federal Drug Testing Custody and Control Forms Subpart G-Specimen Collection ContainersSubpart H-Specimen Collection Procedure Training will incorporate use of the new proposed Federal Drug TestingCustody and Control Form (Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 220 / Tuesday,November 17, 2009), Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration, HHS. The contractor will deliver the following: (1) Instructor Training manuals that that address the trainingrequirements and course content for both Instructors and Collectors,including proficiency evaluations, testing criteria and a description ofmock testing equipment/supplies needed by VA Instructors to delivercollector training (Instructor's Kit). (2) A VA Workplace Drug Testing Program Collectors Manual, customizedfor VA branding and requirements. VA will provide any branding andinformation requirements to the contractor in hardcopy, electronic filecopy or both where applicable for the contractors use in this contract. (3) On-site instruction by a qualified instructor for the VA'Train-the-Trainers' Instructor courses, including proficiencyevaluations. This is to be a 100 % SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS (SDVOSB)SET-ASIDE. Offers from other than SDVOSB Concerns will not beconsidered. The applicable North American Industry Classification SystemCode (NAICS) for this procurement is 561611, Investigation Services. Tobe considered a small business under this NAICS code the SBA sizestandard in millions of dollars must not exceed 11.5 millions of dollarsper annum. The Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation will be issued on orabout March 5, 2010. All information for this solicitation will beposted on FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Potential offeror MUSTregister at FedBizOpps www.fedbizopps.gov in order to receivenotifications and/or changes to the solicitation. Potential offerors areresponsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitationpackage and any other pertinent information. The Interested Vendors List(IVL) will be activated and may be accessed and printed from theFedBizOpps website. All interested parties MUST be registered in theCentral Contractor Registration (CCR) Database and VetBiz VendorInformation Pages at vip.vetbiz.gov, and must have current record in theOnline Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) prior toaward of contract. If you are not registered with CCR, you may requestan application via phone at
+1 (555) 000-0000 or register online athttp://www.ccr.gov. You may register in VIP at http://vip.vetbiz.gov. Tocomplete representations and Certifications with ORCA, you may go onlineat https://orca.bpn.gov. The Contracting Specialist for this procurementis Courtney Redic, email:
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