Notice of Intent to Establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement with a Single Firm for Glove Finger Tip Sampling, Media Fill Test, Surface Sampling Incubation and Microbial Analysis for Gallup Indian Medical Center

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Gallup Service Unit in Gallup, NM, intends to award a single Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for various testing services including glove finger tip sampling, media fill test, surface sampling incubation, and microbial analysis. The contractor will be required to provide training on how to take samples and pack/return media. The anticipated period of performance is 12 months from the time of award with one optional one-year extension. • The contractor must provide Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) with Lecithin/tween including certificate of analysis for growth promotion and quality. • The contractor must provide Media Fill Test: Hazardous and Non-Hazardous including certificate of analysis for growth promotion and quality. • The contractor must provide Microbial Testing required by USP <797> including but not limited to Finger Tip/Thumb Sampling, Surface Sampling, and Media Fill including sample processing, incubation at dual temperatures, preliminary plat counts, morphology counts for all bacterial and/or fungal growth, and identification of all growth recovered and official final reporting – microbial analysis report.