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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 31, 2003 FBO #0703
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABL-3) Laboratories with Aerosol Capabilities for National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center

Notice Date

10/29/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
 

ZIP Code

21702-5014
 

Solicitation Number

W81XWH-ABL-3-RFI-SS
 

Response Due

11/21/2003
 

Archive Date

1/20/2004
 

Point of Contact

Cheryl Miles, 301-619-7148
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(cheryl.miles@det.amedd.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA This Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). NBACC is located in Frederick, Maryland. Its mission is to support national security, law enforcement, and medical communities by improving our understanding of the use of biological weapons (BW) against U.S. targets, biological agent pathogenesis, and dissemination principles for the purpose of improving our protection of human health and agriculture against BW and sustaining homeland security through knowledge of the threat, prevention of surprise, and attribution of use. NBACC is conducting a market survey to identify current and currently planned within the next year, Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABL-3) laboratories and test facilities capabilities along with the accompanying personnel capabilities to support research and te sting with aerosols of etiologic agents. These capabilities must be Good Laboratory Practice-compliant and are needed for aerosol challenges of nonclinical models and aerosol characterization. Facilities must be capable of accommodating at least 16 nonhu man primates (NHP) per single study and the number of such studies that can be conducted simultaneously with different etiologic agents is sought. Also please indicate the largest single NHP study that could be performed at your facility. This is not a R equest for Proposal (RFP). No RFP is available and NBACC does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted or NBACC??????s use of such information. Responses should be identified with ABL-3 RFI/SS, and are due no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on November 21, 2003. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Responses will be held confidential. Please submit your response to t he attention of: SAIC, ATTN: ABL-3 RFI/SS, 5340 Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD 21703. E-mail responses may be sent to This Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed a s a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). NBACC is located in Frederick, Maryland. Its mission is to support national security, law enforcement, and medical communities by imp roving our understanding of the use of biological weapons (BW) against U.S. targets, biological agent pathogenesis, and dissemination principles for the purpose of improving our protection of human health and agriculture against BW and sustaining homeland security through knowledge of the threat, prevention of surprise, and attribution of use. NBACC is conducting a market survey to identify current and currently planned within the next year Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABL-3) laboratories and test facilities capabilities along with the accompanying personnel capabilities to support research and tes ting with aerosols of etiologic agents. These capabilities must be Good Laboratory Practice-compliant and are needed for aerosol challenges of nonclinical models and aerosol characterization. Facilities must be capable of accommodating at least 16 nonhum an primates (NHP) per single study and the number of such studies that can be conducted simultaneously with different etiologic agents is sought. Also please indicate the largest single NHP study that could be performed at your facility. This is not a Re quest for Proposal (RFP). No RFP is available and NBACC does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted or NBACC??????s use of such information. Responses should be identified with ABL-3 RFI/SS, and are due no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on November 21, 2003. All proprietar y information should be marked as such. Responses will be held confidential. Please submit your response to the attention of: NBACC, CAPT Lauren Iacono-Connors, Ph.D., ATTN: ABL-3 RFI/SS, 5340 Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD 21703. E-mail responses may be sent to Lauren.Iacono-Connors@DET.AMEDD.ARMY.MIL.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street Frederick MD

Zip Code: 21702-5014

Country: US
 

Record

SN00461582-W 20031031/031029213326 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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