SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Housing and Care for Research Primates
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NIAID-DIR-07-42
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2006
- Description
- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Acquisitions Management and Operations Branch (AMOB) has a requirement to house, feed and care for an estimated 116 Old World and/or New World nonhuman primates, 6 chimpanzees, and 12 small animals (e.g. rabbits) at all times. Offerors will also be required to perform annually approximately 22 six-week studies utilizing monkeys, 1 study utilizing chimpanzees and 4 small studies utilizing small animals. Most of the studies can be conducted at the ABSL2 level of containment, however offerors must be able to provide the ability to house and study up to 48 non-human primates at the ABSL3 level of containment. In order to facilitate exchange of samples, the offeror?s housing facility must be within 50 miles of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus located at 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The NIAID intends to award a one-year contract with four (4) one-year options beginning on or about March 1, 2007. Offerors must: have appropriate facilities available to house and care for the animals specified; have the ability to perform studies at both the ABSL2 and ABSL3 levels of containment; and possess an AAALAC International file number, an OPRR Animal Welfare Assurance number, and a USDA R Registration (Class ?R? Research). This is not a Request for Proposals. The intention of this announcement is to notify potential offerors that the Request for Proposals will be available for download on or about August 15, 2006 from www.fedbizopps.gov. No hard copies will be distributed. All questions must be submitted in writing to Alexander Kramer (kramera@niaid.nih.gov).
- Record
- SN01101971-W 20060802/060731220338 (fbodaily.com)
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