TO3R: SPECIMENS

标本任务令的主要目的是管理和保护属于流行病学调查科的所有标本。承包商将支持与标本管理有关的活动，并协助所有流行病学处调查人员完成实验室任务，如果这些任务不是特定研究任务令的一部分。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收集的支持将包括在本任务令之下。样品任务订单还包括承包商实验室的运营和维护，其中包括合同期间所有正在进行的研究所需的设备和实验室用品的相关费用。

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 the 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.