SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Professional,Operation,Technical,Admin, and Management Support Services that will provide animal care/husbandry staffing for mixed experimental animal species in an AAALAC accredited facility
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7605
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7605
- Solicitation Number
- NIAID-VRC-02-55
- Response Due
- 7/1/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/16/2002
- Point of Contact
- John Foley, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-2284, Fax 301-480-3695,
- E-Mail Address
-
jfoley@NIAID.NIH.GOV
- Description
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories located in Hamilton, Montana is seeking sources with appropriate qualifications and experience that are interested in receiving a solicitation for comparison in connection with a potential A-76 direct conversion for a service contract with a base year and 4 twelve-month option periods to provide sufficient animal caretaking staff to care for laboratory animal colonies in an AAALAC accredited facility. The Offeror must be able to supply personnel certified, at a minimum, at the ALAT level, capable of maintaining experimental animal colonies which include approximately 8,000 -10,000 mice, 3,000 hamsters, 50 rabbits, 100 mink, 100 macaque monkeys, and small numbers of rats, guinea pigs, cattle and sheep. These animal colonies are housed in 5 different buildings and an outdoor livestock area. Work includes routine husbandry (cage changing, feed, water and facility cleanliness), daily animal health evaluations, maintenance of breeding colonies of transgenic, knockout and conventional strains of rodents, and maintaining accurate daily records for breeding, genetics, colony census, and environmental factors. Staffing must be provided to include weekends and holidays. The experimental animals are used in infectious disease studies, many of which require specific vaccination protocols for personnel working with the animals and semi-annual TB testing. Experimental animals are housed at Biosafety Level-2 and -3 levels. All interested firms should submit a capability statement (in triplicate) addressing the above types of services in sufficient detail so as to allow for proper evaluation of resources and related experience, including references for past performance. Capability statements should briefly explain the qualifications and experience that might enable the contractor to submit a proposal in the competitive range. Capability statements should be addressed to John Foley, Contracting Officer, NIAID, Acquisitions Management and Operations Branch, 6700B Rockledge Drive, Room 1129, MSC 7605, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7605. Closing date for this sources sought is 45 days from publication date of this notice.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT
- Zip Code: 59840
- Zip Code: 59840
- Record
- SN00078142-W 20020518/020516213104 (fbodaily.com)
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