National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6100, MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892

65 -- MEDICAL, DENTAL & VETERINARY EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES SOL NHLBI-PS-98-341 DUE 092698 POC Deborah Coulter, Purchasing Agent, (301) 435-0368 Fax (301) 480-3345 It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to purchase Mobile Modular Housing System for Primates. The housing system shall include wheeled cage modules that can be rolled from colony rooms to cagewashers to research sites. Each module has side doors to allow animals to be moved directly from one unit to another, without a transfer box. The side doors of the modules should align to allow the mix or max of the modules to a variety of configurations. The Construction Materials for the housing systems is as follows: Frame stainless steel angle, Fronts stainless steel wire mesh, Sides stainless steel panels, Movable back stainless steel wire mesh, Side doors clear acrylic sheet, Observation doors Laminated glass, Flooring aluminum grate, Perch stainless steel rod, Movable squeeze back stainless steel mesh and frame, Refuse pan-flush pan stainless steel sheet, Safety feeder cup stainless steel and acrylic sheet, Casters stainless steel, and Wheels phenolic resin. Item #1. Apartment Module, Six (6) each, must have two compartments, one located over the other, with the following minimum specifications: External width 36.00"; External height 79.00"; External depth 46.00"; Compartment Internal width 33.12"; Compartment Internal height 32.50"; Compartment Internal depth 39.26"; Internal floor area 9.02 sq. ft.; Pearch area 1.95 sq. ft; and Floor & mezzanine area 13.31 sq. ft. Item #2. Activity/Observation Module, Eleven (11) each, Single full- height enclosure, with the following minimum specifications: External width 36.00"; External height 79.00"; External depth 46.00"; Internal width 33.12"; Internal height 68.00"; Internal depth 41.00"; Internal floor area 9.43 sq. ft.; Mezzanine area 3.88 sq. ft; and Floor & mezzanine area 13.31 sq. ft. Item #3. Automatic Watering System, Seventeen (17) each. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3399, Size Standard is 750 employees, is applicable to this requirement. Award will be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable Offeror meeting the Government's Specifications. The Offeror must provide descriptive literature inclusive of specifications as part of the quotation. The Offeror must include in their quotation, the unit price, the list price, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The quotation must reference "Request for Quotation"# NHLBI-PS-98-341. Quotations will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Heart, Lung, and blood, Institute, Contracts Operation Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge Building 2, Room 6143, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817-7902, Attention: Ms. Deborah Coulter, Purchasing Agent. Fax quotations will only be accepted if dated andsigned by an authorized representative. Posted 09/11/98 (W-SN248806). (0254)

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