SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Animal Care Services and Research Laboratory Glassware Services - FTC - Draft SOW FTC
- Notice Date
- 7/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- CDC_ACLS_2013-02
- Point of Contact
- Gordon D. Barritt, Phone: 770 488 2724
- E-Mail Address
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ins4@cdc.gov
(ins4@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work for Animal Care Services and Laboratory Glassware Support Fort Colllins Research Animal Care Services - Fort Collins Description(s): Introduction. 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 NACIS code for this acquisition is 541990 with a size standard of $14,000,000. Background. Critical to the mission and organization of CDC is the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID). NCEZID provides national leadership in the identification, investigation, diagnosis, prevention and control of infectious diseases. NCEZID conducts research in the definition, characterization, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of those infectious diseases that are considered to be public health priorities. NCEZID also provides reference laboratory services, laboratory surveillance, technical assistance, and epidemiological aid to states and nations throughout the world in the diagnosis, control, and prevention of infectious diseases. As one of seven divisions in NCEZID, the Division of Scientific Resources (DSR) uses cutting edge technology to produce high quality products and services to support the public health efforts of CDC laboratorians and CDC's emergency preparedness and response activities. The services included in this contract are provided by two of the four branches within DSR: CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) is a geographically-remote division of NCEZID, and is located in Fort Collins, Colorado on the Colorado State University Foothills Campus. The Office of the Director (OD) provides oversight for four branches in the division. Vector-borne diseases involve complex interactions with the pathogen, host, and vector. DVBD's scientists include a range of disciplines, including physicians, ecologists, entomologists, virologists, microbiologists, laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists and statisticians that together form the unique, interdisciplinary group required to lead development efforts in this area. Purpose: The purpose of this contract is to ensure CDC research animals are provided care and maintenance as set forth in SOPs and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations are followed. In addition, this contract provides Glassware, Laundry, and Insectary Services. Project Requirements. The potential requirement will include the following tasks: Receipt of Incoming Laboratory Animals The Contractor shall receive, examine, quarantine and cage all incoming laboratory animals. The Contractor will ensure adequate caging, spacing, equipment and personnel are available. Handling, Restraint and Common Techniques The Contractor shall be responsible for the daily handling and restraint of animals including, but not limited to, rodents, ferrets, rabbits, nonhuman primates, prairie dogs, and bats. The Government will provide equipment appropriate for handling animals. Feeding and Watering The Contractor shall feed and water all animals housed in the Fort Collins Facility. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining records of all feeding and watering performed. Cleaning/Sanitizing Animal Cages, Racks, Equipment, Rooms, Hallways and Service Areas The Contractor shall keep the animal facilities clean and free of vermin and contaminants. The sanitizing procedures shall minimize the presence of vermin and microbiological organisms and conditions that may adversely affect the health of all the animals housed in the Facility. The Government will furnish cleaning agents, disinfectants, and bedding materials. Autoclave Operation and Preventative Maintenance The Contractor shall operate and maintain the appropriate autoclaves in animal facilities. The Contractor will use the autoclaves to decontaminate appropriate caging, equipment and waste. Collection and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes and Chemicals The Contractor shall collect, contain, and dispose of wastes daily. The Contractor will use the autoclaves/incinerator to decontaminate appropriate caging, equipment and waste. Equipment Maintenance The Contractor shall maintain and perform minor repair of animal handling and care equipment to ensure effective and efficient management of the Facility. The Government shall provide repair parts and supplies. Cagewash Operation and Maintenance The Contractor shall clean cages and equipment, and operate the cage wash area ensuring that soiled cages and equipment are sanitized, disinfected and washed. Glassware Processing Operation and Maintenance The Contractor's glassware staff will clean, inspect, sterilize, and stock laboratory glassware and discard containers, ensuring that all glassware is properly prepared. The Contractor's glassware staff will load and operate glassware washers. The contract glassware staff will maintain an inventory of clean, sterile, general use glassware in the stockroom, ensuring that adequate supplies are available for the various laboratories. Laundry Services The Contractor's staff will wash laundry on an as needed basis. Maintenance of Clean Insect Colonies The Contractor will maintain pans of mosquito larvae and containers of adult mosquitoes to ensure there is no loss or contamination of the colony, to include feeding, harvesting eggs from selected colonies, drying, labeling and storing containers of eggs The contractor will maintain the mosquito insectary. The Contractor will maintain the tick insectary. The Insectary staff will maintain the flea insectary SPF Breeding Colony Management and Maintenance The Contractor will breed mice for approved research protocols, ensuring that animals are bred in sufficient quantities to meet researcher needs. The Contractor will provide animal breeding colony management and recordkeeping services for approximately 1800 rodents. Anticipated period of performance. The period of performance consists of a base year with four option period to be exercised at the discretion of the Government. Capability Statement/Information Sought. PAGE LIMIT 8 PAGES. Interested offerors should submit a capability statement specifically addressing the criteria listed below: a. Your opinion about the difficulty and or feasibility of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition, possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts; b. Your staff expertise, including your availability, experience, and formal and other training; c. Your current in house capability and capacity to perform the work; d. Your completed projects of similar nature; e. Your corporate experience and management capability. Provide any examples of prior completed Government contracts, reference, and other related information; and f. Provide a rough order of magnitude of the labor categories, labor hours, and costs that may be required for completion of the work. Information Submission Instructions: Cover page does not count against the page limit for the capability statement. Please include a cover page with the following business information: a. DUNS b. Organization Name and Address c. Do you have a Government-approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved this system. d. Business Size and Type of Business (e. g., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code 541990 with a size standard of $14,000,000. e. Point of Contact, phone, fax and email address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the response. f. GSA Schedule. If you are on a GSA Schedule, please provide the schedule number Page Limitation: Capability Statements shall be limited to EIGHT (8) single-spaced pages not including cover page. Pages shall be formatted as follows: MS Word, 8 ½ x 11, 12 pitch, Times New Roman font with one (1) inch margins. Response Due Date: Submit capability statements via email to Gordon D. Barritt, Contracting Officer at ins4@cdc.gov. Should you have any questions concerning this sources sought, please direct your questions to the Contracting Officer, Gordon D. Barritt at ins4@cdc.gov. Responses must be submitted not later than 10:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday, August 12, 2013. The Government will not return capability statements received. A draft version of the associated Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached to this Sources Sought Notification. This draft will likely be modified prior to formal issuance of the solicitation. SOPs referenced in the draft PWS will be posted to this site in the near future. Disclaimer and Important Notes. 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 to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. 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. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. 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(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: CDC Facility, Ft Collins, Colorado, 80521, United States
- Zip Code: 80521
- Zip Code: 80521
- Record
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