SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Ventilated SealSafe Mouse Rack
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2009
- Notice Type
- Cancellation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch, 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- NICHD09-140
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2009
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Haun, Phone: 301-443-7786
- E-Mail Address
-
haunp@mail.nih.gov
(haunp@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), plans to procure a Ventilated SealSafe Mouse Rack, with some of the following components: a) ventilated SealSafe Mouse Rack; b) Flexible hose 1.3ml long; c) Polysulfone Cage Bodies; d) Stainless Steel Lid with Nylon Seal; e) Polysulfone SealSafe Cage Top; f) 260ml Polysulfone bottle with Silicone Ring; g) Stainless Steel Sipper Tube 65 mm Nozzle; h) Plastic Top Load Cage Card Holder. The caging system shall meet the following requirements: 1)Provide a high number of individually ventilated cages in a single-sided rack not to exceed 72 inches in length. Each cage shall provide at least 61 square inches of floor space so it can hold 4 adult mice. 2)Racks fully loaded with cages, water bottles, etc., shall be mobile and easy to move so personnel do not strain or injure themselves when moving/replacing racks. 3)Ventilation blowers shall be quiet and prevent transmission of fan vibration to the rack and cages. Prefer ventilation units that are separate from the racks and service multiple racks to reduce the number and cost of the blowers required. 4)System shall allow cages to be run in either a positive or negative pressure to the room. 5)Individual cages shall be easy to remove from the rack with a minimum of repetitive motions required, e.g., minimum drag on cage being removed from rack, self seating cages to eliminate the need for “locking” devices that shall be turned to insert or remove cages from racks, etc. 6)Individual cages shall have good visibility so animals can easily be seen in the rear of the cage during daily rounds without having to remove the cages from the racks. Racks should not have opaque shelves immediately above the cages that block light and limit visibility. 7)Cages shall have “external” water bottles, so the cage does not have to be removed from the rack in order to change/replace a water bottle. 8)Cages shall have an internal wire bar lid so one animal can be removed and handled and cage mates will still be “contained” in the cage. 9)Prefer cage wire bar lids with integral feed hopper. 10)Cages lids shall have sufficient filter media surface that cage is adequately ventilated while removed from rack or during power outages for up to 24 hours. 11)Cages shall fit special flow tops, cage dividers, and wire lids that accommodate the use of 2 water bottles. Interested vendors capable of providing the Government with the equipment specified above should submit their quotation to the below address. It is anticipated that the Request for Quotation (RFQ) NICHD 09-140 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. Request for copies of the RFQ must be in writing to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 5Z00, Rockville, MD 20852 Attention: Patricia Haun. FAX quotations must contain offeror’s name, address, telephone number and fax number. FAX quotations will be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. FAX NUMBER 301-480-8452.
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