SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- COMFORT CAGING FOR RABBITS
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 332618
— Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Installation Division, Directorate of Contracting, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013
- ZIP Code
- 21005-3013
- Solicitation Number
- W91ZLK12T0074
- Archive Date
- 6/12/2012
- Point of Contact
- Pamela S. Paradis, 410-278-8787
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Installation Division
(pamela.s.paradis.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Installation Contracting Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE under solicitation number W91ZLK-12-T-0074 This procurement action is being conducted under FAR part 13 and 6.302-1 with the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), to Lendering Caging Product, as only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the requirement; therefore proposals cannot be submitted directly on this notice. The associated North American Industrial Classification System Code for this procurement is 423450 with a small business size standard of 100 employees. The resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-56. The requirement is to procure the following item: One (1) rabbit caging with ten (10) racks. Cage configuration is 2W X 3H for a total of3 or 6 cages. This caging system features removable dual compartment cage inserts with standard removable panels in between cages on each of three levels. It is designed to individually house six animals per rack. The center cage divider is removable allowing paired housing or enough room for breeding on three levels. Individual animal cage area is 28"WX 27"D X 18"R or 5.2 sq. ft. offIoor area (71.1cm W x 68.6cm D x 45cm R or 4830 sq. cm). Animal area with the center panels removed provides lOA sq. ft. offIoor area (9662 sq. cm). Overall rack dimensions are 64%"W X 34"D X 75"H (165cm W x 86Acm D x 190Acm H). Rack, removable doors and feeder unit are all. stainless steel construction. Rack is 1" square stainless steel tubing. Removable cages and excreta pans are made of a high temperature plastic that resists chemicals typically used in cage washers. Cage fIoor provides a smoother, warmer, more comfortable surface for rabbits to rest on. The 112" round perforations in the cage bottom have domes in between, for better passage of urine and solid waste through to excreta pan. More smooth fIoor area means less problems with sore hocks and no wires to spread t: es. Cage front door is electro-polished and includes a door mounted ".P' style feeder unit, an inl~grated 3"x 5" horizontal card holder and accommodations for an optional water bottle and holder. Standard castors are four- 5" stainless steel castors with Kryptonic wheels (two with brakes, all with zerks). Available options are: macrolon water bottles with stainless steel "Sure-Lock" holder (one per cage), Edstrom "H" style Type 316 stainless steel automatic watering system, or an enrichment bar for the hanging of enrichment devices in each cage. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes, however, all information received by 16 March 2012 will be considered by the Government. All interested vendors must respond by 16 March 2012, 12:00 noon Eastern Time, Responses shall be submitted to the point of contact Pamela Paradis via e-mail, pamela.s.paradis.civ@mail.mil. The e-mail subject line shall state: W91ZLK-12-T-0074 Notice of Intent to Sole Source. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based on upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED.
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