3.3
3.3.1
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3.3.1.2
Provide a brief narrative describing the history of your firm. Identify the number of employees in your firm, the ownership and if the company has ever filed bankruptcy, been in loan default, or if there are any pending liens, claims or lawsuits against the firm.
Provide demonstrated experience that supports your firms’ ability to perform the services identified in the goals and intent of this RFP. State any other experience that indicates the qualifications of your firm for the performance of the services as requested in this RFP.
3.3.1.2.1
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT – Identify by location (street address) and operational hours per location all testing locations that are available to CNM students and staff for forensic urine drug testing.
3.3.1.2.2
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT – Confirm your firm’s adherence and compliance to all laws and regulations governing drug screening service providers including but not limited to DOT Certified Laboratory & Collection
Protocols, DEA Permit, CAP Accredited, and FDA Blood & Tissue Permit. Include copies of all permits and certifications as applicable with your response to this RFP. Identify the internal policy(ies) in place to conform to these laws and regulations. NOTE: CNM reserves the right to perform a site survey to verify compliance.
3.3.1.2.3
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT – Confirm your firm’s ability to perform drug screening for approximately 3,000
CNM students and staff per year (approximately 1,300 screenings at the beginning of CNM’s Spring Term, 500 screenings at the beginning of the Summer Term, and approximately 1,200 screenings at the beginning of the Fall
Term).
3.3.1.2.4
Describe whether your firm offers any hands on training at your facility(ies) to CNM students currently enrolled in
CNM’s Phlebotomy, Medical Lab Sciences and Patient Care Tech programs. Please note that CNM and CNM’s students do not pay for this type of community service training.
3.3.1.3
Describe the proposed project staffing/organization and internal controls to be used during the course of the project services.
3.3.1.4
State the name, title or position, telephone number and e-mail address of the individual who would have primary responsibility for the potential project services resulting from this RFP.
3.3.1.5
Identify names, responsibilities, qualifications and location(s) of staff who will be assigned to projects.
All changes to staff assigned to projects must be mutually agreed to by the parties.
3.3.1.6
3.3.1.7
Provide an organizational chart of your firm indicating lines of authority for personnel involved in performance of this potential contract and relationships of this staff to other programs or functions of the firm. This chart must also show lines of authority to the next senior level management.
Describe if your firm has had a contract terminated for default in the last five (5) years. Termination for default is defined as notice to stop performance due to the Offeror's non-performance or poor performance or if the issue of performance was either (a) not litigated due to inaction on the part of the Proposer, or (b) litigated and such litigation determined that the proposer was in default. Submit full details of their terms for default including the other parties’ name, address, and telephone number. Present the Offeror’s position on the matter. CNM will evaluate the facts and may, at its sole discretion, reject the proposal on the grounds of the past experience. Indicate if no such termination for default has been experienced by the Offeror in the past five (5) years.
3.3.2
3.3.2.1
Confirm your firm’s adherence to and describe your process for testing only those CNM Students and/or Faculty with a signed authorization form.

3.3.2.2
Confirm that your firm shall provide CNM’s Program Identification code together with the student/staff test information on all test results accessed electronically.
3.3.2.2.1
Confirm your firm’s adherence to and describe your process for validating Students valid picture ID (driver's
3.3.2.3
license) with the signed authorization form.
Confirm your firm’s adherence to and describe your process for providing receipts to students with tracking information including their name, date sample taken, and specimen number.
3.3.2.4
Confirm whether negative results are accessible electronically with 48 hours of collection, and if so, identify how this information is accessible (e.g., website).
3.3.2.5
Confirm that Positive & Dilute results are reviewed by a third party Medical Review Officer (MRO).
3.3.2.6
Discuss the information and support that would be required from CNM.
3.3.2.7
Identify any subcontractors which would be used during this project and describe their role(s).
3.3.3
List a minimum of three (3) references the Offeror may have had with institutes of higher education, or institutions of similar size during the last three (3) years that relate to the Offeror’s ability to perform the service(s) as requested in this RFP. List references by company, address, contract period of performance, contact person’s name, E-mail address and web address. The Offeror must grant permission to CNM to contact the references.
CNM WILL CONTACT REFERENCES VIA EMAIL, SO BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR EACH REFERENCE. NOTE: Do not include CNM as a reference.
3.3.4
Proposals should include all charges associated for services requested.
CNM’s students pay for drug testing services through their student fees. Student fees can only be updated yearly in
February, but any changes will not go into effect until August of the same year. CNM’s goal is to keep costs down for our students. As such, we strongly desire the awarded Contractor to keep pricing the same for at least 3 years.
Thereafter, we would prefer that pricing increase by no more than 3% per year or by CPI, whichever is lowest.
CNM prefers to pay the below standardized rate for forensic drug testing inclusive of review by a Medical Review
Officer (MRO) and electronic access to test results.
$17.65 per test. Retests, if requested by the student/staff should also be at this rate.
Confirm your firm’s agreement to the above standardized rate, or identify your proposed per test rate. Include details on how long your firm’s proposed rate will be valid for (e.g., 3 years) and the maximum escalation per year for a total term not to exceed eight (8) years.