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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 27, 2005 FBO #1370
SOLICITATION NOTICE

88 -- Provision of Barrier Reared and Maintained Rabbits, Rats, Mice, Hamsters, Gerbils, and Guinea Pigs

Notice Date

8/25/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

112990 — All Other Animal Production
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902
 

ZIP Code

20892-7902
 

Solicitation Number

NHLBI-PS-ORS-05-090
 

Response Due

10/3/2005
 

Archive Date

10/18/2005
 

Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR), Office of Research Services (ORS), Animal Procurement Service (APS), seeks readily available sources of barrier reared and maintained rabbits, rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs. The overall objective of this acquisition is to maintain uninterrupted support of the research animal needs of NIH intramural investigators, maintain compliance with various federal, state, local laws and NIH regulations affecting the use of laboratory animals, assure the authorized placement of individual animal orders, provide monitoring and oversight of the genetic quality and health status of research animals introduced into the NIH animal facilities. Successful offerors shall furnish the following: various strains and stocks of barrier reared and maintained rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits which meet specific species, strain, health status, sex, age, weight, and/or pregnancy requirements, blood, tissues, organs and other biological specimens, surgical and technical procedures to include embryo cryopreservation and rederivation, quarantine services, shipping crates and containers. All contractors shall have a minimum of 5 years experience providing laboratory animals to biomedical research facilities and be accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) for regulated species under this contract. The contractor shall be registered with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), if proposing to provide regulated species. The Contractor shall be regularly engaged in the breeding, raising, and shipping of the animals described. The animals, tissues, organs, and blood or serum supplied under this contract shall be maintained and collected in the Contractor?s facilities. The Contractor shall operate any and all proposed facilities for services related to rederivation of animal models for the elimination of the vertical and horizontal transfer of pathogens, parasites and other undesired organisms, and the cryopreservation of mouse and/or rat embryos. The requirement includes presentations by the Contractor?s professional and technical staff of an overview of their products, services, animal health surveillance program and technical capabilities to the Government Animal Program Directors and Clinical Veterinary Staff (either in person at the NIH or via video teleconference, at the Government?s preference). This Contractor presentation shall be required, at minimum, one time within the first year of performance and every third year thereafter. Contractors shall have established health surveillance and disease control programs developed, administered, and directed by a veterinarian who is board certified or eligible for certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). Further information regarding the requirement is discussed in detail in the Statement of Work (SOW). The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 112990, All Other Animal Production, with a size standard of $0.75M. The Government anticipates that there will be multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts awarded for this requirement. A five year period of performance is anticipated. The planned release date of the solicitation document is on or about August 29, 2005, with a due date of October 3, 2005. The planned contract award date is January 20, 2006. Interested parties must submit a written request for a copy of solicitation number NHLBI-PS-ORS-05-090 to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge Building 2, Suite 6042, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902. Telephone number: (301) 435-0366, fax number (301) 480-3345, Attention: Jeffrey Curry. Written requests may be submitted by fax to (301) 480-3345 or e-mail to curryj@nhlbi.nih.gov.
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20892, and, National Institutes of Health, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709,

Zip Code: 20892

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00879217-W 20050827/050825211827 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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