IGF::OT::IGF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY - TASK ORDER 3 - SPECIMENS

标本任务单的主要目的是管理和保护属于流行病学分支研究者的所有标本。 承包商将支持与标本管理相关的活动，并协助所有流行病学分支研究者完成实验室任务（如果这些任务不属于特定研究任务订单的一部分）。 例如，对先前完成的实地研究或从其他研究工作或机构继承的标本采集的支持将包括在本任务订单中。标本任务单还包括承包商实验室的运行和维护，其中包括与合同期内所有正在进行的研究所需的设备和实验室用品有关的费用。 标本活动将包括采集、接收、库存管理、处理、数据库报告、储存和运输。这将需要协调收集体液和组织的方案，按照严格的规格运输标本，分成等分试样，简单的细胞分离和冷冻保存，小样本组的DNA提取，长期储存的处理，以及进行基本细胞计数和尿液分析。

The primary purpose of the Specimens Task Order is to manage and safeguard all specimens belonging to the Epidemiology Branch Investigators. The Contractor will support activities related to management of specimens and assist with laboratory tasks for all Epidemiology Branch investigators where these tasks are not part of a specific study Task Order. For example, support for specimen collections resulting from prior completed field studies or those inherited from another research effort or institution will be covered under this Task Order. The Specimens Task Order also covers the operation and maintenance of the Contractor’s laboratory, which includes the costs associated with equipment and laboratory supplies that will be needed for all ongoing studies during the Contract period. Specimen activities will include collection, receipt, inventory management, processing, database reports, storage, and shipment. This will require coordination of protocols for the collection of body fluids and tissues, transport of specimens according to stringent specifications, separation into aliquots, simple cell isolation and cryo-preservation, DNA extraction for small sample sets, processing for long-term storage, and performing basic cell counts and urinalysis.