SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Housing and Maintenance of Non-Human Primates
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2007
- 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, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NIHAO2008008
- Response Due
- 11/27/2007
- Point of Contact
- LaDonna Stewart, Contracting Specialist, Phone 301-451-8117, Fax 301-480-0689, - Terrie Nestor, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-6790, Fax 301-480-0689
- E-Mail Address
-
lstewart@niaid.nih.gov, tnestor@niaid.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Office of Acquisitions, Acquisitions Management and Operations Branch (AMOB) is currently seeking small business sources to house, feed, and care for an estimated 300 nonhuman primates of the following species: Macaca mulatta; Macaca fasicularis, Macaca nemestrina; Cercopithecus aethiops; and any other combination of Old World and New World species. Offerors will also be required to conduct up to 20 procedures per month for experimental groups consisting of 4 to 12 nonhuman primates for immunogenicity and viral challenge studies of various strains including Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV); Simian- Human Immonodefiency (SHIV) strains; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Vaccinia wild type and recombinant viruses; attenuated and wild type adenoviruses, including recombinant adenoviruses; and attenuated and wild type Influenza viruses. Offerors must be able to provide secure and adequate storage and isolation facilities including dedicated, environmentally-controlled procedure and containment rooms; necessary equipment; and qualified, experienced personnel for animal care and maintenance, and procedures conducted at the ABSL-2 and/or ABSL-3 level of containment. In order to facilitate exchange of samples, the offeror's housing facility must be within 50 miles of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) facilities located at 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The NIAID intends to award a one-year contract with four (4) one-year options beginning on or about March 1, 2008. This announcement is specifically for small businesses. No large businesses should respond to this announcement. Small businesses including veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns should respond with a capability statement, in writing, by mail or e-mail to LaDonna Stewart at lstewart@niaid.nih.gov by November 27, 2006 at 11:00am EDT. (Teaming arrangements are encouraged). Capability statements must specify the offeror's business size and type, and demonstrate similar work that has been performed in the past and the dollar value of that work. Capability statements should also demonstrate the offeror's ability to fully meet the operational and facility requirements specified above, including the ability to house animals and perform procedures at up to the ABSL-3 level of containment. Offerors should also possess, and note within their capability statements, the following: current AAALAC International file number, OPRR Animal Welfare Assurance number, and USDA Class 'R' Research Registration number. This is not a request for proposals. The intention of this announcement is to survey the market for potential offerors. Questions regarding this requirement must be submitted in writing and directed to LaDonna Stewart at lstewart@niaid.nih.gov before the closing date of this announcement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's Facilities
- Zip Code: 00000-0000
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 00000-0000
- Record
- SN01451930-W 20071116/071114223559 (fbodaily.com)
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