Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Cap Bap Accreditation Services For Biorepository
Deadline: 14 Jul 2017
Posting Date: 13 Jul 2017
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 14789559
Document Ref. No.: VA24117Q0506
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: -
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Background
the va central biorepository, located at the massachusetts veterans epidemiology research and informatics center (maveric), va boston healthcare system, conducts human specimen processing and storage services for multiple research studies. The biorepository has been tasked with the responsibility of processing over one million blood samples on behalf of the million veteran program (mvp). Important to the mission of the central biorepository is adherence to standards and best practices to ensure the production of high quality specimens for research purposes. The international society for biological and environmental repositories (isber) has developed consensus best practices that reflect the collective experience of its members. Also, the national cancer institute (nci) has developed best practices for biobanking. The college of american pathologists (cap) has instituted a program specifically for the accreditation of biorepositories (cap bap) that incorporates the wisdom of both isber and nci. A specific goal of the central biorepository is cap bap accreditation. Toward this goal, the central biorepository has implemented a quality management system (qms).
Scope
the central biorepository is requesting the services of a vendor to assist with implementation of the qms and achievement of cap bap accreditation. The contractor should have thorough knowledge of cap bap programs and isber practices, and have experience in establishing qms in biorepositories. Proficiency in providing high quality, high throughput genomic resources, and integrating robotic automation processes into biobanking will also be needed to successfully provide support for the biorepository in achieving accreditation. Improvements to biospecimen processing procedures, sample inventory management, error tracking, quality control, inspections, and document control will be put into place. The contractor shall engage the biorepository staff to understand all processes and o...
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