Whole Blood Program

Frederick County, Maryland is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors for the provision of Low Titer Group O Whole Blood for the Division of Fire & Rescue Services to administer in the field.  The awarded contractor will be responsible for the collection, storage, and shipment of Whole Blood units.  The County will maintain a predetermined inventory and the contractor must promptly restock any units used in the field to maintain the required inventory level.  Whole Blood units within the County’s inventory must be replaced after two (2) weeks if not used at no cost, subject to verification of an intact temperature indicator.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 27-006
• Department: Division of Fire & Rescue Services
• Department Head: TBD (TBD)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-08-24T20:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-08-17T14:00:00.000Z — Microsoft Teams Meeting Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/243971508962157?p=vC9JQ02JLMSc3G3Sc0 Meeting ID: 243 971 508 962 157 Passcode: Ue9oW65Z

Evaluation Criteria

• WORK PROPOSAL (25 pts)
• QUALIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTOR (25 pts)
• REFERENCES FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS (10 pts)
• PRICE PROPOSAL (10 pts)
• PRESENTATION AND INTERVIEW (20 pts)
• NEGOTIATIONS (10 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Technical Proposal Signature Page (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Acknowledgement of Addenda (required) —

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• Affidavit Form (required) —

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• Two (2) Certifications of Compliance (required) —

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• Insurance Requirements (required) —

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• Technical Proposal from Vendor (required)
• Price Proposal (required) —

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• Is this project for Services or Commodities? (required)
• Pricing (required) —
  • Choose Option 1 when you have set line items, for example:
    • This is a quote for goods or commodities.
    • This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into OpenGov Procurement from an Excel spreadsheet.
    • Seeking services for hourly rate schedules.
  • Choose Option 2 when you need vendors to provide you with the line items.
• Will there be a Pre-Proposal Conference? (required)
• Attendance for Pre-Proposal Conference (required)
• Phone Number for Vendors to Call-In for Pre-Proposal Conference (required)
• Will there be a Site Visit for this project? (required)
• Attendance for Site Visit (required)
• Date of Site Visit (required)
• Time of Site Visit (required)
• Location of Site Visit (required)
• Tentative Presentation/Interview Dates (required)
• Agreement Term (required)
• Is a Bid Deposit applicable to your project? (required)
• Bid Deposit Amount (required) —

  If bid deposits do not apply to your project, insert "Bid Deposit Amount is not applicable."

• Is a Performance Bond applicable to your project? (required)
• Performance Bond Amount (required) —

  If performance bonds do not apply to your project, insert "Performance Bond Amount is not applicable."

• Is a Payment Bond applicable to your project? (required)
• Payment Bond Amount (required) —

  If payment bonds do not apply to your project, insert "Payment Bond Amount is not applicable."

• Can you provide the Estimated Contract Value Group for the resulting contract? (required)
• Estimated Contract Value Group (required) —

  Insert amounts, i.e.= $250,000.00 and $500,000.00

• Description of items/services (required)
• Minimum Years of Experience (required) —

  Enter number in words and number in (): Example Five (5).

• How the County is going to award this project (required) —
  • Select "to award" if there will only be one contractor awarded the contract.
  • Select "make one or more awards" if there will be more than one contractor awarded the contract.
• Length of Contract Period (required) —

  Enter number only.

• Contract Start Date (required)
• Number of Renewal Options (Spelled out) (required)
• Number of Years Prices are protected from increase (Spelled out) (required)
• Which is applicable to your project? (required)
• Do you require the contractor to supply samples? (required)
• Type of Item/Service being solicited (required)
• Date work must be completed by: (required) —

  Enter the date that the work must be completed by. If there is no completion date, please enter N/A.