RFSQ - DNA Laboratory Services
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INTRODUCTION The Los Angeles County (County) Sheriff's Department (Department) is seeking qualified companies (Vendors) to enter into Master Agreements with the County to provide as-needed DNA Laboratory Services (Services) for the Department's Scientific Services Bureau. VENDOR'S MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS Interested and qualified Vendors who can demonstrate their ability to successfully provide the required Services outlined in Attachment 1 (Statement of Work) of this Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ) are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ), provided they meet the following Minimum Mandatory Qualifications: 1. Vendor's DNA testing laboratory must be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017-'General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories', and accompanying Forensic Science supplemental accreditation requirements. The organization providing the accreditation must be either the American National Standards Institute-National Accreditation Board (ANAB) or American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Vendor's scope of accreditation shall cover the capabilities requested below. Vendor shall submit a copy of their most recent accreditation documentation and a copy of their most recent annual inspection. 2. Vendor must have a DNA testing laboratory that complies with the current standards for a quality assurance program for DNA analysis, issued by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to the DNA Identification Act of 1994, entitled Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA Testing Laboratories. Vendor shall submit copies of their most recent annual audit documentation. 3. Vendor must affirm that Vendor's DNA testing laboratory has the capability to: a. Perform DNA testing using Short Tandem Repeat (STR) kits, including a male-specific STR (Y-STR) kit, with Applied Biosystems™ GeneMapper™ ID-X (GMID-X), on a capillary electrophoresis (C…