SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Techniplast Animal racking and caging system
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 3155, MSC 9593, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-723
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- Gwennifer Epps, Phone: 3014519242
- E-Mail Address
-
eppsg@mail.nih.gov
(eppsg@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: 334516 and the business standard size is 1000 employees. 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. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. Description: The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads the federal government in conducting and supporting research on aging and the health and well-being of older people. The Institute seeks to understand the nature of aging and the aging process, and diseases and conditions associated with growing older, in order to extend the healthy, active years of life. Background: The NIA, Intramural Research Program (IRP) Comparative Medicine Section (CMS) supports the research of NIA scientists. A critical focus of this support is training in the humane care and handling of research animals. The training offered through NIA CMS ensures that all animal handling is in compliance with NIA, NIH, and federal regulations and guidelines for the continued assurance of full accreditation by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALACi). The NIA CMS also develops and/or recommends refinements in humane care and handling and provides training to NIA intramural researchers. CMS is responsible for housing and care of research animals and for ensuring their well-being. The animal program and animal laboratory areas are inspected and evaluated twice each year by the ACUC, in compliance with federal regulations and guidelines. Consequently, the time has come for the required animal equipment to be replaced. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this acquisition is to replace worn and broken Techniplast rack and caging components, with the objective of maintaining the rodent racking systems that house the NIA/CMS research rodent colony. Project requirements: The contractor shall provide the NIA with a Tecniplast Animal racking and caging system: • Animal rack, cage and blower unit components • Mouse cage bottoms (1145T00SUV), rat cage bottoms (1291H00SUV), H20 bottles (ACBT0262SU), Rabbit bottles/sippers (ACBT0752, ACCPS1246), supply/exhaust hoses (ACSCVF70M15RGM ), supply/exhaust blower units (BOX110SF), H20 Transport trolley (ACCACBO1036), trolley wheels (PAMRSF10000), H2O baskets (9LBCBM18263), HEPA filters (9ARMVFH01US, 4-08169-01-0-0A), pre-filters (4-08170-01-0-0A), reemay lid filters (1145T422R). • Cages, H2O bottles, HEPA filters, pre-filters, hoses, transport trolleys, H2O baskets, supply/exhaust blower units and cage lid filters. • And, 3000 Mouse cage bottoms,1500 rat cage bottoms, 5000 H20 bottles, 100 rabbit bottles, 100 rabbit sippers, 24 supply/exhaust hoses, 3 supply/exhaust blower units, 8 H20 Transport trolley, 16 trolley wheels, 100 H2O baskets, 152 HEPA filters, 8 pre-filters, 100 reemay lid filters. Anticipated period of performance: The anticipated delivery date will be determined, upon receipt of award. Capability statement /information sought. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party especially a small business, believes they can meet the above requirement, may submit a quote and statement of capabilities. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow NIA to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. All questions, quote, and the capability statement must be received electronically (via email) to Gwennifer Epps, Contracts Specialist, eppsg@mail.nih.gov. in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) by August 29, 2016 no later than 11:00 AM EST. No telephone calls or facsimiles will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must have valid registration and certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA), through sam.gov. No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-723 on all correspondence. 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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-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
- SN04242386-W 20160827/160826000920-c042a8a8a248f6b36f2c9f537b685972 (fbodaily.com)
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