Consulting Laboratory and Testing Services

The Vendor is required to provide consulting laboratory and testing services to perform urine and oral toxicology tests to patients that treat at the city substance abuse treatment division. 
- In addition, processing bloodwork for physical.
- Services include:
• Reviewing the orders for the laboratory tests from the patient's clinician(s).
• Collecting specimens.
• Labeling the collected specimens.
• Recording the number and kind of specimens collected.
• Recording the number of specimens to ensure that the test requisition forms are properly completed (test orders, billing information, patient and physician signatures) pursuant to orders from the patient's physician(s).
• Causing adequate and sanitary supplies and equipment related to the Collector Services to be maintained at the facility.
• Causing the adequate and sanitary disposal and storage of hazardous waste (derived from the specimen collection procedures) maintained at the Facility.
• Taking steps necessary to ensure the integrity of specimens that are stored at the Facility.
• Taking steps to ensure that the medical reports related to the specimens collected at the
Facility are delivered to the physician(s) at the Facility in a timely manner.
• Lab shall provide to the Facility, at no extra cost, routine supplies necessary to submit samples for testing.
• At a minimum the consulting laboratory shall meet the following requirements:
• Clinical Medical Laboratory with all required Accreditations / Certifications
• Consulting laboratories shall submit the following sample reports with their proposals:
• Analytics Report
• Validity Testing including testing for masking agents and counterfeit urines
• Consistent/inconsistent Medication Reports
• Sample report with embedded PDMP data o Results to be available within 24-48 hours of collection
• Consulting Laboratories shall also meet the following IT Requirements:
• Bi-Directional Interface
• Pay for Interface
• Supply implementation team
• Provide Escalation List
• Furnish office supplies, printers, computers for phlebotomist/collectors
• HL7 Compliant
• Compatibility with EHR
• Ability to connect remotely to our server
• Be familiar with our EHR
• 24/7 IT Support
• EDI, VPN Network built into our System
• Consulting laboratories shall also l identify other entities that they have serviced, and they shall include a disaster preparedness plan of action.
- Contract Period/Term: 2 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: July 8, 2025