SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- MARKET SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILTY AND CAPABILITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO MONITOR AND SERVICE INSTRMENTS/ EQUIPMENTS.
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, MD, 20892-7663, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOD2007028
- Response Due
- 9/25/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2007
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and capability of Small Businesses (e.g., small, small disadvantaged businesses, woman ?owned businesses, 8(a), HUB Zone small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service ?disabled veteran owned small businesses, etc) to monitor and service instruments/equipment. The intended procurement is under NAICS code 541990, with a size standard of 6.5 million. 1. The Period of Performance shall be one (1) year from the date of award plus four (4) option years. 2 The Contractor shall provide monitoring, certification, preventive maintenance, repair, decontamination neutralization and assembly/disassembly on the following types of equipment and containment system components: - Class I Biological Safety Cabinets. - Class II, Type A Biological Safety Cabinets. - Class II, Type B Biological Safety Cabinets. - Class III Biological Safety Cabinets. - Air exhaust and supply plenum HEPA filters. - Autoclave vent/stack HEPA filters. - Other vent/stack HEPA filters. - Vacuum line/centrifuge exhaust HEPA equivalent filters. - HEPA filtered vacuum cleaners - HEPA filtered powered exhaust units. - Chemical Fume Hoods. - Local Exhaust Systems (canopies, downdraft tables and sinks, slot hoods, misc. systems). - Laminar Flow Clean Benches. - Laminar Flow Patient Isolator HEPA filters. - HEPA filtered Animal Care Modules (including, but not limited to, animal racks and turbo units. - Autoclaves. 3. The Contractor shall perform annual certification for specified equipment which shall include all scheduled service requested by the Project Officer. Annual certification for each piece of equipment shall be performed once each fiscal year and within one year of the previous certification. However, certifications associated with the Clinical Center Pharmacy and animal facility pharmacies shall be performed on a six (6) month basis. 4. The Contractor shall provide on-site supervision at the National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland and the Baltimore/Washington area; the National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories Hamilton, Montana; the NIH Animal Center, Poolesville, Maryland to accomplish coordination and continuity of regular and emergency services and assignment of new work received from the Project Officer. 5. The Contractor shall be responsible for scheduling annual certification and emergency work with the principal user with coordination through the Project Officer regarding these services. 6. The Contractor shall determine whether decontamination of equipment is necessary prior to commencement of work. 7. The Contractor?s on-site supervisor shall be responsible for daily coordination with the Project Officer to receive new work assignments, such as new equipment to be certified and rooms or equipment to be decontaminated 8. The Contractor shall obtain a completed Biological Safety Cabinet Use Record Form (format provided by the Project Officer) from the principal investigator before proceeding with any certification of a biological safety cabinet or service which may pose a potential risk to contractor or NIH personnel. The contractor shall attach completed forms to the Service Report form, or the contents of the form may be entered on the contractor?s Service Report form. 9. Services shall be performed during normal working hours, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, local time, excluding Federal holidays, except as specifically approved by the Project Officer. The on-site supervisor hours of service shall be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 10. The Contractor shall conduct a monthly meeting with the Project Officer, no later than the fifteenth (15th) of the following month, in which the Contractor shall provide a short written explanation of overdue equipment cited in the comments section of the Contractor?s Service Report. Documentation to back-up the explanations shall be available to the Project Officer upon request. With the exception of the first month of the contract, the Contractor shall produce two (2) lists: - List of equipment which was due to be certified the previous month with last date of previous certification. - List of equipment which is to be certified for the current month with last date of certification. 11. The Contractor shall comply with the appropriate laboratory practices described in the following documents: - Bio-safety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, CDC-NIH, February, 2007 (or most current edition). - NIH Chemical Hygiene Plan, May, 2006 (or most current edition). 12. The Contractor shall provide full-time service personnel who have had training and experience in the maintenance, certification, and decontamination of the types of equipment and facilities as described herein. 13. The Contractor shall provide a full-time, on-site supervisor for the NIH Bethesda, Maryland and Washington/Baltimore area locations. The supervisor shall be an NSF Accredited Biohazard Cabinet Field Certifier and any temporary or permanent substitution for the on-site supervisor shall meet the same requirement and shall require the approval of the Project Officer. 14. The Contractor shall provide a full-time, on-site supervisor for the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana. The supervisor shall be an NSF Accredited Biohazard Cabinet Field Certifier and any temporary or permanent substitution for the on-site supervisor shall meet the same requirement and shall require the approval of the Project Officer. 15. The Contractor shall provide a full-time, on-site supervisor for the Frederick Integrated Research Facility upon completion. The supervisor shall be an NSF Accredited Biohazard Cabinet Field Certifier and any temporary or permanent substitution for the on-site supervisor shall meet the same requirement and shall require the approval of the Project Officer. 16. These monitoring, certification, preventive maintenance, repair, decontamination neutralization and assembly/disassembly services listed herein shall be provided in future labs in select foreign countries (to be determined). 17. The Contractor shall provide the following reports as required: ? Daily Service Reports ? HEPA Filtered Service Reports ? Chemical Fume Hood and Local Exhaust System Service Reports ? Monthly Data Entry Work Summary and Status Reports This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Information received will also be considered for the purpose of determining whether sufficient businesses within any of the socio-economic programs possess the capability to fulfill the Government?s requirement and to ensure competition if a set-aside acquisition situation occurs. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement as a set-aside based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested organizations must provide a capability statement on the above requirements and provide NAICS codes and business size and status.
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