Director, USAMRAA, 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014

J -- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, INSTALLATION, MONITORING, CERTIFICATION AND DECONTAMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS AND CHEMICAL FUME HODS SOL DAMD17-98-R-0017 DUE 070198 POC Contract Specialist Archie Cardwell (301) 619-2630, Contracting Officer Raegon B. Clutz (301) 619-2395 The US Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Buildings 1412, 1425 and 1301, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5011 has a requirement to ensure that all Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC) and Chemical Fume Hoods (CFH), located in USAMRIID are certified in accordance with (IAW) USAMRIID Regulation 385-7 and National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Standard # 49 which is the industry accepted standard for certification of BSC and CFH. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor for on-site monitoring, certification, preventive maintenance, repair, installation and decontamination of BSC and CFH. The Government will provide on-site storage for materials and equipment, all repair parts, HEPA filters and chemicals required for decontamination. All work shall be conducted on-site of Cabinet or Hood to be certified. The Contractor shall be responsible for effective documentation of Cabinets and Hoods. The Contractor shall provide all testing and monitoring equipment with a minimum of two (2) complete sets necessary to conduct certification IAW NSF#49 (i.e. DOP Generator, Hot Wire Anemometer, Light Meter, Photometer, Screwdrivers, Wrenches, Ratchets, etc). All test equipment used by the Contractor must be calibrated and maintained IAW equipment manufactures and/or NSF#49 guidelines at the Contractor's expense. Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) documentation of calibration of test equipment upon request within fourty-eight (48) hours. The contractor shall provide service personnel who have had NSF Accrediation and be NSF Accredited and possess experience in the maintenance, certification, and decontamination of the types of equipment and facilities previously described. Immunizations are required to perform the maintenance and repair of BSC and CFH located in or integral to the biological containment areas of Bldgs. 1412 and 1425. Immunizations currently required for BSC and CFH are as follows: Rift Valley Fever, Yellow Fever, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, "Q" Fever, Anthrax and Plague. These vaccines are currently being used in the containment areas of Bldgs. 1412 and 1425. It shall be understood that the following vaccines may also be required at some point in the future: Small Pox, Tularemia, Hepatitis B, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Tickborn Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis, Botulism, Junin, Rabies and Japanese Equine Encephalitis. It shall be understood by all Contractors that immunizations may be added or deleted as experiments in the laboratories require. The contract duration shall be for one (1) Base Year with four (4) one year options-All requests must be made in writing, FAX requests are authorized and should be sent to (301) 619-2505. This is not a 100% small business set-aside action . The SIC Code for this action is 8734 with average annual receipts of not more than $5.0 million-No issuance date has been determined for this action at this time. (0154)

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