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Date: December 11, 2007
To: Monica Rizo
Assistant County Attorney
County Attorney's Office
From: Amado Gonzalez
Procurement Contracting Officer
Department of Procurement Management
Subject: Request for Legal Opinion RFP 8514, Forensic Casework for DNA Analyses
This memo serves as confirmation of our meeting on December 11, 2007 regarding the subject RFP.
On December 5, 2007, proposals were received for RFP 8514 and subsequently reviewed for
responsiveness. The solicitation contained the following Minimum Qualification Requirements:
The Proposer shall be currently accredited in nuclear DNA testing by either the American
Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD-LAB) or Forensic
Quality Services (FQS) at the time of the proposal due date, (Note: This is a requirement
through the contract award and is a continuing condition of award.)
One Proposer, NIFSO Corporation, is currently not accredited by either ASCLD-LAB or FQS. Attached
is a copy of NIFSO's response to the Minimum Qualification Requirements.
Proposals are deemed non -responsive based on above.
Proposals are not deemed non -responsive based on above.
if you have any questions, please contact me at (305) 375-4211. Thank you for your attention to this
matter.
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Memorandum
February 5, 2008
Rita Silva
Senior Procurement Contracting Officer
Department of Procurement Management
Amado Gonzalez
Chairperson
Evaluation/Selectfai Committee
Report of Evaluation/Selection Committee for RFP No. 8514 Forensic Casework for
DNA Analyses
The Evaluation/Selection Committee has completed the task of evaluating proposals submitted in
response to the above referenced Request for Proposals ("RFP") following the guidelines published in
the solicitation as summarized below.
Committee meeting dates: December 10, 2007 (Kick -Off)
December 18, 2007 (Technical Evaluation)
February 5, 2008 (Qualification Testing Evaluation)
Verification of compliance with contract measures: Not applicable since the Review Committee did
not assign any contract measures to this solicitation due to the funding source.
Verification of compliance with minimum qualification requirements: The solicitation had
minimum qualification requirements which were reviewed by the Chairperson and Michael Hass,
Laboratory Manager of the client department, Miami -Dade Police Department. The County Attorney's
Office (see attached memo) has found the following proposer was non -responsive:
NIFSO Corporation
Summary of scores:
The technical scores for the pre -qualification testing are as follows:
Proposer Technical Price Total
Score Score Combined
Score
(max.400) (max.100) (max.500)
1. The Bode Technology Group, Inc. 338 81 419
2. Sorenson Genomics, LLC 328 73 401
3. Strand Analytical Laboratories, L.L.C. 280 59 339
4. Orchid Cellmark Inc. 301 31 332
5. DNA Security, Inc. 204 90 294
6. DNA Labs International 213 69 282
7. Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. dba 204 73 277
Fairfax Identity Laboratories
8. Florida Forensics 146 80 226
9. Human Identification Technologies, Inc. 138 35 173
Memo to Rita Silva, Senior Procurement Contracting Officer
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The Evaluation/Selection Committee decided not to hold oral presentations since the proposals did not
require further clarification. The Evaluation/Selection Committee did hold qualification testing with the
top four proposers. Price proposals were scored at the same time the technical proposals were scored.
The final scores are as follows:
Proposer Technical Price Total
Score Score Combined
Score
(max.400) (max.100) (max. 500)
1. The Bode Technology Group, Inc. 341 81 422
2. Orchid Cellmark Inc. 299 31 330
3. Sorenson Genomics, LLC 248 73 321
4. Strand Analytical Laboratories, L.L.C. 179 59 238
Local Preference: Local Preference was considered in accordance with applicable ordinances, but did
not affect the outcome since no proposal was within 5% of the top ranked proposer.
Negotiations: The Evaluation/Selection Committee recommends that the County enter into
negotiations with the following two highest scoring proposers:
The Bode Technology Group, Inc.
Orchid Cellmark inc.
The following individuals will participate in the negotiations:
Amado Gonzalez, Procurement Contracting Officer, DPM
Michael Hass, Laboratory Manager, MDPD
Copies of the score sheets are attached for each Evaluation/Selection Committee member, as well as a
composite score sheets.
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