Department of Health DOH58413 BPHL Back Up Lab Testing Services RFP

1. The purpose of this contract is to establish a contingency mechanism for the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratory (BPHL) to outsource specified infectious disease testing services to a qualified commercial or hospital laboratory. These services will be engaged only under conditions such as declared public health emergencies, supply chain disruptions, equipment outages that prevent BPHL from performing the tests in-house, or disruption in ODH equipment functionality due to unapproved or lapsed maintenance contracts. Back up lab testing services will be engaged only under conditions such as declared public health emergencies, supply chain disruptions, equipment outages that prevent BPHL from performing the tests in-house, or disruption in ODH equipment functionality due to unapproved or lapsed maintenance contracts.

Offerors will need to review the attached RFP ODH #SRC0000023231. Each Offeror must submit a technical proposal and cost proposal as part of its total Proposal before the opening time on the Proposal due date. Further, the Offeror must title the electronic files with “ODH RFP #SRC0000023231/DOH55500 - Technical Proposal” and "ODH RFP #SRC0000023231/DOH55500 - - Cost Proposal” as appropriate.

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