SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Care and Maintenance of a U.S. Government Horse Herd
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Acquisitions Management, Contracts, & Grants (AMCG), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR), Department of Health and Human Services, 330 Independence Ave. SW, G640, Washington, District of Columbia, 20201, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20201
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-OS-ASPR-BARDA-SBSS-14-001
- Archive Date
- 4/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Joseph A. Tam Lung, Phone: 2022052860, Francine L. Hemphill, Phone: 2025731113
- E-Mail Address
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joseph.tamlung@hhs.gov, Francine.Hemphill@hhs.gov
(joseph.tamlung@hhs.gov, Francine.Hemphill@hhs.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. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) (a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) is seeking capability statements from small businesses having the ability to provide the following services: • Provision of husbandry and veterinary services to maintain a herd of 90 to 100 draft horses owned by the U.S. government; • Procurement of additional horses to maintain or increase the size of the herd; • Immunization of horses with toxoids and toxins representing up to seven different toxin serotypes to achieve hyperimmune serum titers; • Collection of plasma from hyperimmune horses, and; • Shipment of collected plasma to a storage facility designated by the U.S. government. The narrative (including figures, schematics, diagrams, photographs, etc.) should describe the capabilities of the small business and demonstrate its ability to meet the below criteria: • Document at least 10 year experience with draft horse management (including nutritional requirements, hoof care, and safe handling procedures). • Provide plat of land indicating a minimum of 150 connected acres (cannot be separate parcels at different locations). • Must not have any other livestock on acreage and acreage must not adjacent to horse farm. • Provide qualified draft horse equine veterinarian with documentation of a minimal 10 years of equine veterinary practice experience, as well as a minimum of 2 on call equine veterinarians. • Provide 24/7 (including weekends and holidays) equine veterinary medical care and sufficient farm staff to provide daily feed, water and herd management. • Be located within 10 mile radius of equine referral hospital that has a 1 or more full time board certified equine veterinary surgery specialist, anesthesiologist, radiologist and internal medicine specialist. Hospital must provide documentation of past draft horse abdominal surgical procedures and outcomes. • Have strong metal wire mesh fences at least 5 foot tall with inside electric wire located near the top of the fence and sufficient electric fence charger to supply current across total distance of one stand electric wire. • Provide at least 2 separate treatment paddocks with a minimum of 4 inches of sand for comfortable footing. Treatment paddocks should be a minimum of 25 ft. X 25 ft. and have sufficient shade coverage for 2-4 horses per paddock. All farm fields or paddocks must have sufficient shade available (either by trees or by run in sheds or portable shade structures). • Have designated quarantine area at outer edge of farm. Quarantine area must contain at least 10 acres with barn for 2 or more stalls. • Have horse barn containing a minimal of 10 (12ft. x 12ft.) stalls and adjacent treatment room with draft horse retention stocks. • Have the following veterinary equipment available on farm: • Avid Mini Tracker Microchip reader • Portable X ray machine (100 kVP or larger) • Digital X ray processor and cassettes (CR or DR) • Diagnostic ultrasound equipment with either multi-frequency probe or separate rectal or external probes. • Video endoscopes including gastroscopes, bronchoscope, and colonscope • Equine veterinary dental equipment including electric or hydraulic power • Floats, dental speculum and light source. • Retention stocks (large enough for up to 2500 lb draft horses) • Microscope, refractometer, centrifuge, validated digital rectal thermometer • Have card key access security gate, sufficient surveillance cameras and recording equipment to oversee horse pastures and gate entrance. • Have 3/4 ton or larger truck capable of pulling a 4 horse draft trailer. • Have aluminum draft horse trailer (minimum 4 horses) with minimum interior height of 6ft. 8in. • Have documented past experience with targeted immunization and collection of equine plasma and sufficient equipment to collect plasma (commercial plasmapheresis equipment, blood collections tubing and catheters). • Provide routine equine herd health immunizations (Flu/Rhino, EWT, Rabies, West Nile, Strangles) and dewormers as needed. Potomac fever vaccine may be indicated depending on location of applicant's farm. • Provide annual coggins test (EIA) through approved lab. • Provide CBC and Chemistry panel (every 6 months ) on each U.S. government horse. Results must be reported to designated BARDA equine veterinarian. • Maintain veterinary medical records on each horse that list the immunization information (vaccine name and manufacturer, date of immunization, batch number, lot number, date of expiration). • Provide thorough veterinary care including medical treatment of colics, foot abscesses, sub-solar bruises, cuts, scrapes, lacerations, skin problems, respiratory problems, dental and sinus conditions, opthalmic exams and routine treatments, neurological exams, lameness exams and treatments and diagnostic radiology and ultrasound. All veterinary procedures must be clearly documented in individualized horse records. • Provide a communication plan so that all emergency cases must be discussed with BARDA veterinarian ASAP. • Provide BARDA equine transportation to referral hospital or board certified veterinary pathologist when approved by attending BARDA equine veterinarian. • Provide necropsy diagnostic services by board certified pathologist. • Have approved procedures for disposable of deceased horses. • Have approved IACUC panel. CAPABILITY STATEMENT/INFORMATION SOUGHT: The established NAICS code is 541712. Information submitted should be relevant and specific in the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications: 1) Experience: An outline of previous similar projects, specifically the techniques employed in the areas described above; 2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience in the work requested and knowledge of, and experience in, the field of research; 3) Facilities: Availability and description of the facilities and equipment required to conduct this type of work. Also, we will consider appropriateness of professional and technical personnel classifications; any other specific and relevant information about this particular area of procurement that would improve our consideration and evaluation of the information presented. Organizations should demonstrate capability to administer and coordinate interrelated tasks in an effective and timely manner. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, government and commercial contracts the organization performed, references (i.e., names, titles, telephone numbers) and any other information serving to document the organization's capability (e.g., awards, commendations, etc). All capability statements must provide the following: 1) company name and address; 2) point of contact, 3) phone/fax/email; 4) NAICS Code(s), 5) business size and status; 6) capability information in response to the requirement and qualifications identified in this notice; and 7) type of small business your organization classifies itself as (i.e.: women-owned, HUBZONE, etc.). Written capability statements must be RECEIVED NO LATER THAN March 24, 2014 and e-mailed to the Contracting Officer. Only electronic capability statements will be accepted by the point of contact. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. 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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