Specifications include, but are not limited to: Line Item 1: Comprehensive Validation Services, Single QIAsymphony SP Instrument Quantity: 1 Delivery Location: 78752 Referenced Brand/Product No.: Qiagen/Cat. #9243650 A. The Comprehensive Validation Support plan is provided for new or existing instruments (EZ1, QIAcube, QIAsymphony, QIAgility PRE-PCR, QuantiPlex/QP Hyres, or other Extraction, Quant or PCR systems) under a service warranty contract, and is specific to a laboratory’s validation needs. The services completed will meet or exceed all the requirements for the internal validation guidelines from the FBI’s Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) and SWGDAM Validation Guidelines for DNA Analysis Methods. B. The Comprehensive Validation Support service includes the following: 1. All travel and labor charges for the QIAGEN Validation Team 2. All laboratory bench work 3. Data analysis using GMID or GMIDX 4. Internal validation summary report 5. Electronic data return to the laboratory 6. Support of laboratory data review C. The scope of work must be arranged and specified on the agreement prior to purchase. SCOPE OF VALIDATION: • Reproducibility • Sensitivity study • Contamination study • Precision study • Mixture study (2 contributors only) 1. Duration of validation will be approximately ten days onsite and six weeks for data analysis. 2. The validation study plan will comply with the FBI’s Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) for Forensic DNA testing laboratories (effective September 1, 2011) and the ASCLD/LAB accreditation criterion.