4.1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office is attempting to find acceptable vendor(s) to provide forensic toxicology services for death investigation cases. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office Conducts death investigation inside Dane County and has forensic pathologists that conduct autopsy medicine for Dane County cases as well as for several outside County Coroner and Medical Examiner Offices. The population of Dane County is just over 500,000 people. The Medical Examiner has three forensic pathologists and the office currently conducts between 700 and 900 examinations per year for which toxicology samples are submitted on a regular basis. Minimally, blood, vitreous and urine are submitted for testing on every autopsy case where those samples are available. The samples are submitted for a comprehensive drug panel testing. Additional testing based on results from preliminary testing is also requested at times. Dane County seeks a provider who has a proven familiarity with Coroner / Medical Examiner testing requirements in a forensic setting as well as the ability to offer a varied comprehensive qualitative and quantitative toxicology tests on various postmortem as well as antemortem samples to include blood, vitreous humor, urine, stomach contents, bile, all solid organs, hair, bone and nails, teeth, and injection site samples. 4.2. NEEDS & OBJECTIVES The objective of this contract is to facilitate accurate and timely Forensic Toxicology services. The Medical Examiner’s Office requires forensic toxicology testing and expert testimony performed by an accredited laboratory with properly trained toxicologists.
