Specifications include, but are not limited to: Department of Agriculture, and the Delaware Thoroughbred and Harness Racing Commissions are soliciting proposals for equine drug testing services. The services willinvolve screening equine urine and blood samples using thin layer chromatography (TLC)and immunoassays (ELISA), quantitation of furosemide and phenylbutazone using highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC), urine specific gravity measurement, totalcarbon dioxide blood gas measurement, and confirmation using gas chromatography/massspectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The anticipated yearly volume of samples to be analyzed in the drug testing program will be approximately 800 Thoroughbred blood and urine samples and 2,000 Harness blood and urine samples, and there will be approximately 250 "blood only" samples. These quantities are estimates only and are based on previous volume. These estimated quantities will be used to compare the proposal prices for evaluating the bids. The number of tests ordered will be the number of samples actually submitted by the Commissions and the estimates provided here cannot be construed as a guarantee of the quantities that will be submitted. Samples to be tested will be collected at three racetrack locations in the State of Delaware, including Delaware Park in Stanton, Delaware, Harrington Raceway in Harrington, Delaware, and Dover Downs in Dover, Delaware. Delaware Park holds approximately 81 days of Thoroughbred racing from mid-May through early October. There will be approximately 240 days of Harness racing shared between Harrington Raceway from late- April through early July, and one day in late July, mid August through end of October and Dover Downs from early-November through late April
