SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- NIDA Animal Care and Research Support Services
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-163
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Gwennifer Epps,
- E-Mail Address
-
eppsg@mai.nih.gov
(eppsg@mai.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FEDBIZOPPS – Pre-solicitation – Notice of Intent Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-163 Short Title: NIDA Animal Care and Research Support Services North American Industry Classification System code: 541990 – All Other, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP), to award a cost-reimbursement type, contract, for the re-compete of the NIDA’s Animal Care Services contract which provides prompt, efficient, and high quality animal care including rodents breeding, production, and supportive internal customer services necessary to support the NIDA - Animal Research Program. EXTENT OF COMPETITION: This acquisition is full and open with no set-aside restrictions. The REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) solicitation will be available on or about, May 31, 2016, and the receipt of date of proposals on or about July 19, 2016. Please reference the solicitation number: RFP-HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-163 on all correspondence. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541990 with a Size Standard of $15.0 Million. REGULATORY AUTHORITY: NIDA’s anticipated acquisition strategy will be a negotiated, competitive acquisition conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.101-1, "Tradeoff Process". Description: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) requires animal care services to support the research mission of the Intramural Research Program. The drug research program moved from Lexington, Kentucky to Baltimore, Maryland in the late 1980’s. Animal research has always played a vital role in the program’s research on the causes of drug abuse, the consequences of drug abuse, drug characterization, and the development of more effective programs for drug abusers. Purpose and Objectives: The objective of this contract is to provide prompt, efficient, and high quality research lab technical services, and animal care and research support services necessary to support the DIR's animal research program. This includes high quality animal care including rodent breeding production and supportive internal customer services necessary to support the DIR's animal research program. The contractor will be required to provide all labor necessary for the husbandry and animal care of approximately 4300 cages of mice, 2700 cages of rats, 50 squirrel monkeys and 4 Rhesus monkeys. Labor is also needed for veterinary technical support, sentinel monitoring, and ordering of animals and supplies. The contractor must provide: research technical staffing support to investigators in performance of animal research projects and, technical support for a centralized rodent breeding and production of transgenic mice and rats used in the NIDA research program. There are approximately 260 transgenic lines to be maintained, expanded, crossed, and backcrossed. The contractor must comply with all NIH guidelines, USDA regulations, and all requirements for AAALAC accreditation. Project requirements: The contractor shall: 1. Personnel: The Contractor must provide (animal facility contract managers, animal care technicians, vivarium supervisors, breeding production assistants, cagewash technicians, and housekeeping attendants, etc.) sufficiently trained, qualified, and proficient to provide comprehensive professional and humane care of the DIR experimental animal population. 2. Animal health technician: The AHT serves in performance and training of research staff in basic biomethodology, provides NHP anesthesia and monitoring, handles and records use of controlled substances, participates in the NHP and rodent preventative medicine (e.g. TB testing and sentinel rodent program) and veterinary care programs, and provides animal care duties, as needed. 3. Animal Research Support Services: shall provide research personnel, dedicated to support specific investigators’ animal research protocols, to perform research services. While the particular constellation of techniques and procedures will depend on the specific research projects. 4. Laboratory Animal Technical Services - must provide technical laboratory animal services. 5. Laboratory Animal Husbandry Services - shall provide or shall ensure provision of food and water to all animals on a daily basis, house animals in sanitized cages of appropriate size with accessories according to SOP defined intervals, and perform other animal care procedures, as described in SOPs. 6. Rodent Production and Breeding Technical Services - must provide technical rodent production and breeding services. 7. Environmental Enrichment Program Services - must provide services to support a program for environmental enrichment of animals. 8. Logistic Support and Materials Management Services - must provide maintenance and logistical support for equipment and supplies, including animals, needed to execute the contract. 9. Animal Housing, Support Areas, and Cagewash Equipment Services - must provide services to support functions in animal housing rooms, vivarium support areas, and cagewash areas. 10. Animal Testing Room Housekeeping Services - must provide light housekeeping services to animal testing/procedure rooms within both vivariums and to a few rooms located outside of the vivariums. 11. Vermin Control Support Services. 12. Equipment and Facilities Maintenance Services. 13. Data Systems Support Services. 14. Emergency Veterinary and Animal Care and Consulting Services. 15. Animal Care and Use Committee Support Services. 16. Administrative Support Services. Other important considerations: It is imperative that the upcoming and future contract is capable of continually running in harmony for the maintainability of NIDA's Animal Care Service award. The resulting contract(s) will involve the use of live vertebrate animals. In addition, animal care and research support services will be necessary on a continued basis for this animal research program. No matter the contractor the quality and services of the contract must be maintained as this award deals with the care of a large number of animals. Anticipated period of performance: The anticipated period of performances of this contract will include a 5 year contract that includes: a 9 month Base period; 8 six month option periods, and one 3 month option period. The six month options are needed to accommodate not uncommon changes in level of effort, changes in research needs, and adjust levels of NIDA anticipates the base year to begin September 1, 2016 – May 31, 2017. Disclaimer and Important Notes: The RFP may be accessed through http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Please note that the RFP for this requirement will include the Statement of Work, Deliverables and Reporting Requirements, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the electronic RFP package. All responsible small business sources are encouraged to submit a proposal that will be considered by the NIDA. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. Please contact Gwennifer Epps, Contract Specialist, electronically at eppsg@mail.nih.gov or call 301-451-9242 for further information.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20879, United States
- Zip Code: 20879
- Zip Code: 20879
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