SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Management, Operation, Professional, Technical and Support Services for NIAID Animal Care Facilities
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support 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, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIAID(AO)-SBSS-11-063
- Point of Contact
- Patrick Wilson, Phone: 301-402-6835
- E-Mail Address
-
wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov
(wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is seeking sources that can provide on-site management, operations, and professional, technical, and support services to the DIR animal care program. Contractor services will be performed in AAALAC accredited Government-owned or leased laboratory animal facilities and in research laboratories located in the Bethesda/Rockville area of Maryland. Functions include but are not limited to: supervision and management of Contractor staff, veterinary medical assistance, animal care, technical support, data management, cost accounting, cage and environmental sanitation, routine maintenance of animal care equipment and supplies, transportation, logistical, clerical and administrative support. Support is to be provided to animal projects involving the full range of medical research, scientific disciplines, and animal species, which may include: mice, rats, cotton rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, rabbits, nonhuman primates, chickens, dormice, and other vertebrates and invertebrates. Although animal populations will vary with time, the following lists the anticipated average daily inventory of laboratory animals to be maintained in NIAID facilities: Mice, 65,104; Rats, 217; Cotton Rats, 40; Hamsters, 108; Guinea Pigs, 143; Gerbils, 103; Rabbits, 16; Primates, 424; Dormice, 306; Ferrets, 266. Approximately 200 contractor personnel, working in eight or more separate animal facilities which range from Animal BioSafety Level 1 (ABSL 1) to ABSL 4, will be required. Care of animals will be in accordance with all current animal welfare regulations and policies. It is anticipated that an award will be made in March 2012 and include one base year and four option years. Any potential contractors should respond with a capability statement submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist referenced in this notice by July, 18 2011 at 9:00 am EDT. Capability statements must be limited to 10 pages or less and must reference relevant work of similar scope that has been performed by the contractor and the dollar value of that work. Capability statements must also detail current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work and information regarding management staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training. Offerors that do not include this information will not be deemed capable for the purposes of this survey. Potential offerors must indicate business size and type (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc) in their capability statement. All small businesses must demonstrate that they are capable of performing 51% or more of the required services. Respondents should also include company DUNS number, organization name, and address along with the capability statement. This is a market survey, not a request for proposals. All questions must be directed, in writing, to Patrick Wilson at wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/HHS-NIH-NIAID(AO)-SBSS-11-063/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institues of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States
- Zip Code: 20817
- Zip Code: 20817
- Record
- SN02485463-W 20110701/110629234829-b583ecbc849a69edec07b6ce22d47f25 (fbodaily.com)
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