--Annual Accreditation Fee

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office of Forensic Sciences intends to award a sole source purchase order to American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) for the reaccreditation of the nine forensic laboratories to maintain the DEA's Laboratory Certificate of Accreditation. The Drug Enforcement Administration forensic laboratory system achieved accreditation under ISO 17025 and ASCLD/LAB supplement requirements through the ASCLD/LAB - international Program in 2005 and is currently undergoing reassessment for accreditation in 2010. The proposed purchase order is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate only with ASCLD/LAB under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Closing date is February 1, 2010, 12:00 PM.