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B -- NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODELS OF AIDS: PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STUDIES SOL N02-BC-17009-74 DUE 092900 POC Odessa S. Henderson, Contract Specialist, 301-435-3819 or Richard L. Hartman, Contracting Officer, 301-496-8605 WEB: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm, http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: oh4o@nih.gov, oh4o@nih.gov. The Division of Basic Sciences of the National Cancer Institute has a requirement for a contractor to provide continued studies of Old World Monkeys in support of the intramural research program. This contract will provide animal facilities adequate to house up to 100 nonhuman primates, including but not limited to Erythrocebus patas (patas monkeys) Macaca fascicularis (cynomologous macaques) Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaques) and Macaca memestrina (pigtail macaques). The animal facility shall have the capability to hold nonhuman primates, singly and under Biosafety level 2/level 3 containment, as required by individual protocols. All nonhuman primates will be provided by the Government. The contract will start with approximately 30 patas and 70 rhesus monkeys. Caging must be of a size and configuration to meet current USDA/APHIS standards and requirements for housing nonhuman primates. The contractor shall be responsible for record keeping, housing, care, collection of tissues, caesarian sections and necropsies of the nonhuman primates. The contractor must be able to deliver perishable fresh monkey tissues, removed during experiments or necroopsies, to the laboratories of the Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute,located on the Bethesda, Maryland campus of the National Institutes of Health, within one (1)hour of their removal. This acquisition is a recompetition of contract N02-BC-62601, Bioqual, Inc. The Government anticipates that one (1) contract will be awarded on an incrementally funded basis for a period of five (5) years. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this acquisition is 8731. The solicitation is scheduled for electronic release on August 18, 2000. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch Home Page by using the following internet address: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/RFP.HTM It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the above Internet site for the release of this soliticitation and amendments, if any. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. NO COLLECT CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Posted 08/01/00 (W-SN480728). (0214)

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