OUSW Drug Demand Reduction Quality Assurance Services

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel & Readiness (OUSW(P&R)) Office of Drug Demand Reduction (ODDR) Drug Demand Reduction Program Quality Assurance Services May 28, 2026 Part 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1. INTRODUCTION: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP) Quality Assurance Support Services as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. 1.1. BACKGROUND: The DoW mandates urine drug testing for all Service members. The program was established in December 1981, and the technical requirements are codified under DoW Instruction 1010.16, “Technical Procedures for the Military Personnel Drug Abuse Testing Program”. The program is administered by the Office of Drug Demand Reduction (ODDR) within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness (OUSW(P&R)), herein termed the Government. Current drug testing operations include >25,000 worldwide collection sites; five accredited Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratories (FTDTL); one support lab, and >4 million urine specimens tested annually for a panel of >25 drugs, including fentanyl, LSD, psilocin, and synthetic cannabinoids. 1.2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: The Contractor shall provide forensic toxicology quality assurance (QA) support services in support of the Department of War (DoW) military drug testing laboratories. These services shall ensure that DoWs drug testing program is forensically sound, scientifically supportable, and efficient. These services shall include proficiency testing, inspection and evaluations of the five joint service military drug testing laboratories, reference materials, and consultation services. The services provide by the Contractor are in the capacity of an Independent Contractor. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the government. The ODDR is responsible for technical oversight and accreditation of all military drug testing laboratories. This includes maintaining an external quality assurance program to monitor the quality and accuracy of the analysis performed at each FTDTL. The quality assurance program was historically an internally governed program; however, to reduce costs and better align with National Laboratory Standards, a contract is being established for independent, external QA services. DDRP Quality Assurance Services includes the open and blind proficiency program, inspection and evaluation of five FTDTLs, inspection coordination, reference material services, and consultation services. The support services under this contract will encompass the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to support the accreditation of the DoW FTDTLs per guidelines set forth by DoW Instruction 10101.6 and ODDR policies. 1.3. OBJECTIVES: -- 1 of 42 -- • Management of the blind proficiency testing program, which includes the manufacture and distribution of blind proficiency specimens to all five participant laboratories (100 blind specimens per laboratory) as well as compiling and analyzing submitted results and report generation in accordance with DoW requirements. • Management of the open proficiency testing program, which includes the manufacture and distribution of open proficiency specimens to all participant laboratories as well as compiling and analyzing submitted results and report generation in accordance with DoW requirements. • Accreditation inspections, which include inspecting, evaluation, and assessment of all laboratory processes for forensic soundness, scientific supportability, and compliance with DoW requirements. • Coordination of accreditation inspections, which includes scheduling, document preparation, inspection checklist maintenance, and trend analysis of inspection findings in accordance with DoW requirements. • Reference material services to include the manufacture, distribution, and analysis for quality control materials to support validation of new methods or challenges to existing methods in accordance with DoW requirements. • Scientific consultation to support forensic requirements for new instrumentation, testing methodologies, interference testing requirements. 1.4. SCOPE: The scope of the external QA services requirements ensures that FTDTL laboratory results are accurate, and procedures meet the required forensic, scientific, and quality standards established by the Government. The services specified in this contract shall be performed in accordance with current DoW requirements and the principles and ethics of the forensic toxicology profession. The quality of services provides shall meet or exceed the current recognized standards established by applicable Federal laws, ANSI/ASB standard 153-23, by the American academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), American Board of Forensic Toxicologists, Inc (ABFT), DoW Drug Demand Reduction Program, and those other professional associations that specify standards of performance for forensic toxicology such as the Society of Forensic Toxicologists. The Government may evaluate the quality of both professional, technical, and administrative services for purposes of contract inspection and acceptance. All functions will be conducted in accordance with the following: • DOW Instruction 1010.01, “Military Drug Abuse Testing Program” (latest revision) (Attachment 1). • DOW Instruction 1010.16, “Technical Procedures for the Military Personnel Drug Abuse Testing Program” (latest revision) (Attachment 2). • Placeholder: need an ODDR issued version of the DoWQA…