SOLICITATION NOTICE
88 -- Primary Rodent Production Center
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 112990
— All Other Animal Production
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bldg 427, Room 12, Frederick, Maryland, 21702
- ZIP Code
- 21702
- Solicitation Number
- N02-CM-92400-96
- Archive Date
- 9/21/2009
- Point of Contact
- Scott D Drega, Phone: 301/846-1115, Donald L Harne, Phone: (301) 846 - 1114
- E-Mail Address
-
sdrega@ncifcrf.gov, harned@mail.ncifcrf.gov
(sdrega@ncifcrf.gov, harned@mail.ncifcrf.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Biological Testing Branch of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis and Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking an organization with the capabilities and facilities for producing pathogen-free genetically defined rodents. To be considered for award of a contract, the following Mandatory Qualification Criteria must be met at the time of proposal submission to the Contracting Officer: a) In accordance with NIH policies, administered by the Veterinary Resources Program, all laboratory animals deliver to the NIH campus, NCI-Frederick, and NIH contract laboratories within the Washington, DC metropolitan area must be delivered in environmentally controlled vehicles that are used exclusively for transporting animals. Animals delivered to the airport for shipment or delivered directly to the user's facility from the contractor's facility must be in environmentally controlled trucks. The contractor must be capable of obtaining proper paper clearances when requested to make foreign shipments. Shipping boxes used for the transport of laboratory animals must be escape proof and properly filtered to protect the animals from potential pathogens. All proposers must have documented experience in this procedure/practice. b) The immune competent colonies maintained under this contract shall be housed in a maximum barrier environment. The immunodeficient colonies must be maintained in approved HEPA filtered isolators. If the animals are housed in the same room as commercial animals they must be labeled and identified in a manner that clearly separates the government and commercial animals. c) Animal monitoring shall be performed by in-house professional staff capable of monitoring all animal colonies for their health status. The in-house staff must also have the ability to genetically test mice by DNA based methods and be capable of performing pathology/histology diagnostic services. Additionally, the Principal Investigator and other key personnel should have experience and expertise with rodent breeding procedures of inbred, outbred and hybrid colonies with the production of the highest quality rodents and a willingness to participate in grantee reimbursement collections for surplus animals. The Government anticipates award of a ten-year, cost-reimbursment contract by May 1, 2010. The applicable NAICS code is 112990 and the small business size standard is $750,000. The solicitation is anticipated to be available approximately 15-30 days after this synopsis is issued at the following address: http://rcb.cancer.gov/rcb-internet/appl/rfp/published_rfps.jsp (please click on current RFPs to access). Only electronic copies of the solicitation are available. All breeding stock will be supplied by the Government. The Government reserves the right to change strains/stocks if need be once the contract is in effect. Any responsible Offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted.
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