U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: ORDSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

R -- PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES SOL RFQ #XE0069 POC Sya M. Mayes (919) 541 3416 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, mayes.sya@epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates that this requirement will be awarded as a 100% small business set-aside. The associated Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 0742. The EPA anticipates award of a fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. It is anticipated that the purchase order period of performance will be 10/1/99 through 3/31/00 and will include an option for an additional 78 days from 4/1/00 through 9/30/00. Under this purchase order, a veterinarian who is board certified by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine shall provide on-site professional veterinary support appropriate to the needs of the EPA Laboratory Animal Care Program in the Research Animal Facilities located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The successful offeror shall review, evaluate, and make recommendations to EPA on animal care procedures to assure quality. The contractor shall provide these on-site services nine hours per day, three days a week for the contract period. The days are anticipated to be Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of every week. The contractor shall also provide on-site emergency services within 2 hours of notification. All interested parties must submit a written request for the Request for Quotation (RFQ) within 15 days from the date of this notice to Sya M. Mayes, US EPA, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Requests via e-mail will be accepted. See numbered Notes 1 and 26. Posted 06/07/99 (W-SN340064). (0158)

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