MODIFICATION
A -- Research Support/Animal Care Services
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6101 Executive Boulevard Room 260 - MSC 8402, Bethesda, MD, 20892, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N01DA-7-9911
- Response Due
- 2/5/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2007
- Description
- The previous presolicitation notice is modified to delete the description and substitute the following: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) plans to solicit proposals from qualified organizations to provide NIDAs Intramural Research Program (IRP), located in Baltimore, MD, research support and animal care services necessary to support the IRPs professional and technical animal research program. The IRP animal research program involves: 1) Studies of the expression of genes in animal tissues 2) Investigations of the distribution and function of neurotransmitters and their receptor 3) Studies of genetic variability in responses to drugs 4) Studies of the effects of drugs on behavior 5) Studies of the toxicity of drugs 6) Evaluations of drugs as potential therapeutic agent The services to be contracted will provide prompt, efficient, and high quality research lab technical services, research support and animal care services necessary to support the IRPs animal research program. This includes animal caretaking and helping in lab procedures involving animals. These services include activities to: 1) Recruit, support, and maintain a large staff up to 73 1/4 persons (with quantity options up to an additional 74 persons) with a wide range of skills and training, ranging from entry level animal caretakers to doctoral level scientists; 2) Expand and contract the staff based on the current need of the IRP; 3) Provide animal husbandry for a wide range of species including, but not limited to, rodents, frogs, pigeons and nonhuman primates in accordance the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals; 4) Provide backup veterinary services on an as needed basis; 5) Prepare for and participate in laboratory reviews by AAALAC; 6) Perform rodent and nonhuman primate surgery; 7) Develop and implement environmental enrichment programs for nonhuman primates; 8) Produce and breed transgenic and knockout mice; 9) Develop and maintain breeding colonies for selected genetic mouse strains; 10) Use standard techniques in molecular biology and neuroscience including the preparation of samples and their analysis using autoradiography, in situ hybridization, site directed mutagenesis, electrophoresis, and other techniques; 11) Use microdialysis; and, 12) Use rodents and nonhuman primates in a variety of behavioral testing techniques. This is a follow-on procurement to contract number NO1DA-2-9903 with Charles River Laboratories. It is estimated that a 5-year contract will result from this procurement. N01DA-7-9911 will be available electronically on or about December 22, 2006. You can access the RFP through the FedBizOpps http:fedbizopps.gov or through the NIDA website at http:www.nida.nih.gov/RFP/RFPList.htlm. The electronic RFP will contain all information needed to submit a proposal. No printed version of the solicitation document or source list is available. NIDA will consider proposals submitted by any responsible offeror. Proposals will be due on or about February 5, 2007. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. See Note 26.
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIDA Intramural Research Program 5500 Nathan Shock Drive Baltimore, Maryland
- Zip Code: 21224
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
- SN01195619-W 20061215/061213220333 (fbodaily.com)
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