SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Pathology Monitoring of Aged Rodent Colonies
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541940
— Veterinary Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Mental Health, Contracts Management Branch, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 8154, MSC 9661, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9661
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9661
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RFP-14-004
- Point of Contact
- Rosanne S Wilson, Phone: 301-443-4433, Yvette Brown, Phone: 301 443-2696
- E-Mail Address
-
wilsonr@mail.nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov
(wilsonr@mail.nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) intends to re-compete requirements currently being performed by The Curators of the University of Missouri (University of Missouri) under NIA Contract HHSN271201000001I. This procurement is being competed under full and open competitive procedures under NAICS 541940. It is anticipated that Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items will be used and a single indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, task orders with firm fixed price type contract will be awarded for a 5-year period of performance beginning on or about March 1, 2015. This contract is to perform clinical evaluation of mice and rats. The Contractor shall receive animals from the NIA aged rodent colonies, perform health assessments, and report the results of the tests to the NIA Contracting Officer Representative (COR). Specifically, the Contractor shall perform clinical evaluation of mice and rats selected by the COR from the NIA colonies and shipped at no cost to the contractor. Total numbers of mice and rats to be evaluated will range between 440 and 800 per year. No more than 30 animals will be shipped in any one week. As part of the assessment, the contractor shall describe general conditions of all animals, weight, and any visible lesions or symptoms, conduct a gross pathology examination on all animals, and evaluate eighty percent (80%) of the animals with the Basic Profile (below) and the other twenty percent (20%) with the Comprehensive Profile (below), which includes the Basic Profile plus additional tests listed under Comprehensive Profile. All tests are applied to both rats and mice unless indicated specific to either rats (R) or mice (M). Basic Profile: Serology- MHV (M), Ectromelia virus (M), Mouse parvovirus(es) (M), Theiler's (M), PVM, LCMV (M), Rotavirus (M), Sendai, Rat Parvoviruses (R), Rat coronovirus (R), Pneumocystis carinii (R); Microbiology - Mycoplasma pulmonis, Corynebacterium kutscheri, Streptococcus pneumonia, Citrobacter freundii (4280), Pseudomonas sp., Salmonella enteritidis; Parasitology- Spironucleus muris, Giardia sp., Cryptosporidium sp., Syphacia sp., Hymenolepis sp., Mites; Histopathology - GI tract, Small intestine, Cecum, Colon, Respiratory tract, Liver. Comprehensive Profile: Reovirus(es), Polyomavirus (M), Adenoviruses, LDV (M), TMEV (R), Hantavirus (R); Microbiology- CAR bacillus (histopathology), Pasteurella pneumotropica, Bacillus piliformis (histopathology), Helicobacter; Histology - Spleen, Thymus, Heart, Kidney, Ovaries, Uterus, Testes, Prepuce, Brain, Skin, Salivary gland, Harderian gland. Excess tissue can be disposed of upon completion of the analysis. Slides and embedded tissue blocks are to be archived for a period of one (1) year, after which they may be discarded unless otherwise specified by the COR. The Contractor must be prepared to accept delivery of archived slides and tissue blocks from the previous contract and store them for the remainder of the one year archival period. At the end of the contract period, the Contractor shall ship the archived slides and blocks to the new Contractor upon written direction from the COR. REPORTS/DELIVERABLES: (1) Individual pathology monitoring reports for each weekly accession; (2) Annual report summarizing the monitoring with any unusual developments noted; (3) Final Report summarizing the results from testing results and unusual developments over the contract period. The solicitation is expected to be released on or about May 21, 2014. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. This notice does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted.
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