Description
The State of Missouri is seeking a vendor to provide Forensic Toxicology Analysis Services for the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory. The contractor shall provide quantitative analysis of a wide variety of drugs and metabolites in biological fluids. The contractor must have at least one year of experience with pursuing publications and presentations within the forensic community, a DEA registration number, and accreditation by the ANAB or A2LA in the discipline of human performance toxicology and postmortem toxicology categories of testing. The contract period will be for one year, and the contractor must provide a price list catalog of services within 15 business days of the effective date of the contract award. Key responsibilities include:
• Providing Forensic Toxicology Analysis Services for the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory
• Performing quantitative analysis of a wide variety of drugs and metabolites in biological fluids
• Maintaining chain of custody records for all samples
• Providing prepaid shipping containers for transportation of samples to the contractor's laboratory
• Performing all testing at the contractor's laboratory using only personnel employed or contracted by the contractor
• Maintaining financial and accounting records and evidence pertaining to the contract
• Providing testimony at hearings if required by the state agency
• Complying with the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Guidelines prepared and distributed by the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), Toxicology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists