# Center for Veterinary Medicine Assistance with Diagnostic sample collection and Subject Matter Expertise for Vet- LIRN Proficiency Exercises and Consumer Complaint Follow-up

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/75f40124q00508

- Solicitation number: 75F40124Q00508
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was October 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: Food and Drug Administration
- Contracting office: FDA Office of Acq Grant SVCS (75F401)
- NAICS: 541940 Veterinary Services
- Product or service code: Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing
- Place of performance: Silver Spring, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Silver Spring. https://abierto.us/cities/silver-spring-md-2472450
- First posted: September 17, 2024
- Last posted: September 17, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f28aa3658583447696128b27c31715cf/view

## Description

The contract objective is to award a fixed price contract with a base year and four (4) one-year option periods to support the needs of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network’s (Vet-LIRN) Proficiency Exercise Program and consumer complaint follow up.

The purpose of the contract is to obtain services of a contractor that will assist the Vet-LIRN program office and network laboratories during Proficiency Tests (PTs), Interlaboratory Comparison Exercises (ICEs), and consumer complaint follow up related to animal food and drug issues to support the Center for Veterinary’s mission of protecting human and animal health.

Vet-LIRN needs a contractor to provide diagnostic samples that will be used for diagnostic test method development and validation, consumer complaint follow-up testing, proficiency tests (PT), and interlaboratory comparison exercises (ICE). Offeror must be a Vet-LIRN member laboratory and accredited by AAVLD.

## Publications

- September 17, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due October 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 19e7cb0cb6b84dc6b34c725030e93f26. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/19e7cb0cb6b84dc6b34c725030e93f26/view
- September 17, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due October 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice f28aa3658583447696128b27c31715cf. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f28aa3658583447696128b27c31715cf/view

## Points of contact

- Nicholas Bisher, Nicholas.Bisher@fda.hhs.gov

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