Specifications include, but are not limited to: Department of Health Notice of Request for Proposal for Phlebotomy and Clinical Specimen Collection Master Contract The State is seeking qualified vendors to provide phlebotomy and other clinical specimen collection services performed on an ad hoc basis on individuals or groups of individuals in non-health care settings (including but not limited to individuals’ homes). Requests by the State may be urgent in nature (i.e., immediate specimen collection needed within four hours of the request) or scheduled weeks ahead of time. Other services requested may include staffing ad hoc clinics set up by and conducted in collaboration with local public health for specimen collection, medication dispensing, and home or community visits to administer vaccine or other biologics, administering consent forms, and other forms as appropriate or requested. All services are requested for purposes of infectious disease surveillance and disease prevention and control per Minnesota Statutes §144.05 and Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4605; and for special research studies and program evaluations.