DOCUMENT
66 -- VMU Cages - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2016
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Department of Veterans Affairs;Veterans Health Administration;Service Area Office (SAO) East;323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500;Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319
- ZIP Code
- 15212-5319
- Solicitation Number
- VA24016Q0110
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2016
- Point of Contact
- Lynn Portman
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego VA Medical Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Alternative Design, Inc., for additional animal racks and cages for the research department. In order to accommodate a now increasing population of rodents, the medical center needs to obtain 9 new ventilated racks (and associated parts, such as plenums, stacks and air handling units) and 1440 cages to provide caging for the racks. The Alternative Design cages, specifications below, are the only cages that will fit the current racks in the animal facility. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Tuesday, September 13, 12:00, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 1.Mouse Cage Frame a.160 cage double sided Gentle-Air mouse cage frame. b.Includes upper main supply and exhaust plenums. i.Plenums are removable for cleaning ii.Plenums are made of 22 gauge stainless steel. c.Frame Dimensions: of 33"D X 72.45"W X 82.5"H d.Frame weight: 160 lbs. e.Frame holds up to 16 removable mouse cage stacks that are 10-row high and holds 160 cages. f.Stainless steel. T304 18 gauge wall, 1" square tube frame g.Rugged blue 5" casters with zerks, 2 casters with brakes. h.1 round tube-handle on each end within frame for hand protection. i.Frame and plenums are autoclavable j.Frames used on the system shall be a double-sided, rack design k.Frames are to provide mounting of modular air supply and exhaust plenums designed for connection of the modular vertical cage stacks l.Frames must provide a vertical modular cage stack support that is removable from the frame and have silicone seals to seal the bottom of the vertical modular cage stack and around the upper main supply and exhaust plenums. m.Frames are to also provide mounting locations for Air Supply Blower Module and Air Exhaust Blower Module. n.Connections from blowers into the upper main supply and exhaust plenums shall be a 3" diameter flexible hose o.Combination of frame design to be used to adapt to room's shape and achieve room density and workflow requirements. p.Each frame will hold same cage type specified for the room. q.The mouse frame must be able to convert to hold either industry standard size mouse cages, large mouse cages and/or rat cages. 2.Watering System Frame Supplying to Mouse Cage Frame MACS GA Watering Frame 160 a.Watering system frame includes manifold and drinker assembly to be installed in a double sided MACS frame, supplying 160 mouse cages with Edstrom fixed drinkers. b.This watering frame must be easily removable from the frame. 3.Air Handling Unit (Interchangeable with all MACS frames and cages) a.Supply b.Exhaust c.Air Handling Unit includes both a HEPA filtered Supply and Exhaust Air Handler Unit. d.This Interchangeable AHU unit must work with all existing MACS ventilated frames and cages in the facility and is Top-mounted. e.AHU includes a removable LCD display touch screen for adjusting ACH, filter loading indicators, visual and audio alarms for insufficient airflow, plug-in port for remote monitor capability, on/off switch, removable power cord. f.The control panel must connect and communicate with the air handler microprocessor via a 30" pendant with the control panel, the user shall set a private passcode, select the types of cages on the system, select the air changes per hour, select positive or negative air pressure, view the filter loads and operate the system in manual mode. g.The control panel shall have overall dimensions of 7.25"W x 2.125"D x 5.25"H. h.The control panel case shall be ABS plastic. i.Control panel shall be held onto the exhaust air handler unit by a 304 stainless steel clip and loop holder design. Clip shall be riveted to the back of the control panel case. j.In case an alarm is activated, the control panel screen must have a flashing RED bar at the top of the screen. This flashing bar will be visible through a red tinted window. k.Supply AHU dimensions 20.5"Wx14.25"Dx15.25"H l.Exhaust AHU dimensions 23.25"Wx14.25"Dx15.25"H 4.Vertical Mouse Cage Stack (10 High - Removable?) a.10 High b.Removable MACS Gentle-Air Modular and removable Vertical Cage Stack. c.Approximate Dimensions per stack: 8.25"W x 13.75"D x 72"H d.Approximate Weight: 18 lbs. e.The Gentle-Air vertical mouse cage stack is 10 cages high. This stack holds either Max75 style cages with 75 sq. in. floor for 5 adult mice or Dura and/or Unistyle 65 sq. in. floor cages with the spacer added to the yellow docking latch. f.This vertical cage stack must be able to be removed completely from the GA frame for cleaning. g.The mouse cage bracket will be made of a copolymer that is a polymer resin with 30% fiberglass (Amodel ® brand or equivalent) for durability. Color is dark blue. h.High visibility yellow docking latch on the left front of the blue copolymer bracket i.Each cage stack has a supply plenum side and an exhaust plenum. j.Cage brackets are attached to the vertical stack and fold up for easy moving and storage. Ends are open for easy cleaning. k.The stack body is made of extruded aluminum with brackets molded from composite resin for durability. The stack is autoclavable. l.Both the supply/exhaust air nozzles shall be designed to be installed and removed by hand for thorough cleaning and sanitizing if needed. m.Approximate Dimensions per stack: 8.25"W x 13.75"D x 72"H n.Approximate Weight: 18 lbs. 5.Cage Bottom and Solid Vent Top a.The cage bottom must be 75 sq. in. in size and be made from Udel Resin b.Includes a stainless steel 9/16" spring door grommet for rack mounted fixed flap door grommet for the autowater valve. c.The solid Vent Top must have two spring doors at the rear for receiving the cage stack air supply and exhaust nozzles and valves d.Must have the intake and exhaust for cage airflow located above animal level toward the top rear of the cage. e.Supply air will be directed toward lower cage area via angled inlet door. f.Supply air not to exceed 0.2m/sec at animal level. g.Must include for each cage a wire bar lid for feed, automated water. 6.Mouse Card Holder (Stainless Steel) a.Horizontal Clip Top, Stainless Steel Mouse Cage Card Holders. Designed to hold 3" x 5" standard index card b.Compatible use with cages on the MACS-GA Modular Animal Caging System. Dura and Max
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