SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Animal Husbandry Services
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-05-R-0001
- Response Due
- 11/16/2004
- Archive Date
- 1/15/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD intends to establish a firm fixed price contract for Animal Husbandry Services. The contemplated contract is for a basic contract period of 1 March 2005 throug h 28 February 2006 with four one-year option periods. The contractor shall, provide animal husbandry, cage wash, glassware, veterinary technician, and animal caretaker services for the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases ( USAMRIID) animal facilities at Fort Detrick, MD. The contractor shall perform the requirements in the SOW and conform to the professional standards identified in this contract, and shall follow all applicable instructions and directives as identified by th e SOW. Contractor tasks include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) routine animal care (husbandry, nutrition, enrichment, hygiene and record keeping); (b) sanitation and cleaning of all equipment and animal facilities; (c) animal handling, restrai nt, standard laboratory animal procedures, technical support and program support of animal health surveillance, as required by the contract directives; (d) maintenance of all related equipment; (e) operation of the glassware cleaning and storage facility; (f) and development and use of a contractor quality control program to ensure contractor compliance with all performance objectives, requirement and thresholds. Different species of rodent, rabbits, livestock, and old world non-human primates will be used in a wide variety of experiments and regulatory testing that will include microbiological and biohazard procedures. This acquisition will be accomplished as a Commercial Service pursuant to FAR part 12 and in accordance with FAR 15, contracting by negotia tions. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and make award with discussions, but reserves the right to award without discussions. If award is made without conducting discussions, offerors may be given the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of p roposals (e.g. the relevance of an offeror s past performance information and adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not previously had, and opportunity to respond) or to resolve minor or clerical errors. This solicitation is 100% se t-aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541690. The size standard is 6 million dollars. Electronic Copy of solicitation W81XWH-05-R-0001 with attachments will be available on or about 16 November 2004 on our website www.usamraa.army.mil under solicitations. Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry to receive a contract award from a DoD activity. All prospective offers interested in submitting a proposal on this solicitation mus t have a commercial and government entity code (CAGE CODE). No hard copies will be provided. Questions about this acquisition must be in writing and should be emailed to kathy.guertin@det.amedd.army.mil. No phone questions will be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street Frederick MD
- Zip Code: 21702-5014
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 21702-5014
- Record
- SN00702701-W 20041104/041102212004 (fbodaily.com)
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