Summary
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Finance and Administration Cabinet's Office of Procurement Services on behalf of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Department for Public Health), is soliciting bids to establish a Master Agreement for courier services to transport newborn screening specimens and other clinical/environmental specimens. The awarded vendor will provide daily pickups (Sunday through Friday) from 46 Kentucky birthing hospitals and 12 health departments (including one correctional facility) and deliver the specimens to the Kentucky Division of Laboratory Services in Frankfort, KY by 7:00 AM EST the following morning. The initial contract term is one year with renewal options for up to four additional two-year periods, with an estimated contract value between $200,000 and $500,000.