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88 -- SUPPLY SPECIFIED STRAINS AND STOCKS OF BARRIER REARED RATS AND MICE SOL NHLBI-RR-P-96-123 DUE 062397 POC Christopher Belt, Contract Specialist, (301)435-0358, Fax number (301)480-3345 NIH intends to procure on a sole source basis to Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc., P.O. Box 29176, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46229-0176, for the requirement to provide specified strains and stocks of barrier reared and maintained rats and mice including, but not limited to the following: Hsd:Sprague Dawley rats, LEW/SsNHsd rats, Hsd:WI rats, BN/SsNHsd rats, SHR/NHsd rats, C57BL/6NHsd mice,BALB/cAnNHsd mice, Hsd:NIHS mice, Hsd:ND4 mice, B6C3F1/Hsd mice, FVB/NHsd mice, Hsd:ICR(CD1) mice, MRL/Mp01aHsd mice. Thes e mice shall be supplied at the specified age, weight or sex, shipping and crates, or surgically altered as required for bio-medical research as requested to meet the needs of NIH investigators for ongoing research projects. The Contractor shall be regularly engaged in the breeding, raising, and shipping of the rats and mice. The rats and mice supplied under this contract shall be maintained in the Contractor's facilities. The Contractor shall be accredited by the American Association for Accreditation ofLaboratory Animal Care or shall be eligible for accreditation. The period of performance will be for one twelve (12) month period, with options to renew for four (4) additional twelve (12) month periods. It is believed that Harlan Sprague Dawley is the sole source for this requirement because of the following: NIH investigators have established baseline research data using animals that were consistently obtained from Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. Deviations in the procedures used by different vendors to h ouse, breed, feed, water, handle, monitor health, perform timed matings, ship, etc. result in production of animals that may slightly or significantly change response to different types of experimental manipulation. Furthermore, the cost to the Government to re-establish baseline data using mice and rats acquired from a different source would be prohibitive and potentially unsuccessful. Also, if another source were used to acquire animals for these studies, it would be necessary to duplicate some portions or all previously conducted studies, thus necessitating inappropriate utilization of greater numbers of animals. The industrial classification (SIC) code 0279, size standard $0.5M, will be used for this requirement. Any competing firm that believes it is capable of providing the above requirement is invited provide sufficient documentation to demonstrate that capability to the Contract Specialist. See Numbered Note 22. (0094)

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