SPECIAL NOTICE
N -- Request for Information and Invitation to a Site Visit to the United States Department of Homeland Security Plum Island Animal Disease Center for the Installation and Commissioning of a Baker Class III Biological Safety Cabinet - Attachment 01 - DHS PIADC NCIC Form for Glovebox Installation
- Notice Date
- 11/17/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, 40550 Route 25, Orient Point, New York, 11957-1130, United States
- ZIP Code
- 11957-1130
- Solicitation Number
- HSHQPD-17-R-00001
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Robert Marosz, Phone: 631-323-3397
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.marosz@st.dhs.gov
(robert.marosz@st.dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment 01 - DHS PIADC NCIC Form for Glovebox Installation Request for Information and Invitation to a Site Visit to the United States Department of Homeland Security Plum Island Animal Disease Center for the Installation and Commissioning of a Baker Class III Biological Safety Cabinet PURPOSE The purpose of this Special Notice is to invite prospective offerors to participate in a Request for Information (RFI) and a site visit of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) located on Plum Island, New York, regarding the installation and commissioning of a Baker Class III Biological Safety Cabinet (referred to as a "Glovebox") in laboratory space at PIADC. The information exchanged during this site visit will help the Government to develop the Statement of Work (SOW) for project. The site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2016. In the event of inclement weather, the alternate date for the site visit will be Wednesday, December 14, 2016. BACKGROUND Since 1954, PIADC has served as the nation's premier defense against accidental or intentional introduction of transboundary animal diseases (a.k.a. foreign animal diseases) including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). PIADC is the only laboratory in the nation that can work on live FMD virus (FMDV). The lab and its staff of nearly 400 employees provide a host of high-impact, indispensable preparedness and response capabilities, including vaccine Research and Development (R&D), diagnostics, training, and bioforensics among others. PIADC operates Biosafety Level (BSL) 2, BSL-3 Enhanced, Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3) and Biosafety Level 3 Agriculture (BSL-3Ag) laboratory and animal research facilities. PIADC utilizes well-established, contemporary biosafety and biosecurity practices and procedures to ensure the safety and security of personnel, the facility and materials including the animal disease-causing organisms under study. These measures help prevent laboratory-acquired infections, cross contamination within the facility and the release or escape of these organisms into the environment. The stringent and rigorously observed safety and security measures for the biocontainment facility include: •Restricted access for only authorized and trained employees and approved visitors. •Trained security professionals and various surveillance systems. •Biocontainment laboratory facility such as vivarium and effluent decontamination systems operating under strict biosafety and biosecurity requirements including meeting or exceeding those required by the federal select agent program. •A skilled operations and maintenance staff monitor laboratory air handling systems in real-time to help maintain biocontainment. The laboratory spaces on Plum Island are isolated from non-biocontainment areas using a system that draws fresh air in and filters the air before being exhausted from the facility. In addition, the inside of the biocontainment laboratory is kept at a lower air pressure than the ambient air outside. This helps ensure air inside the biocontainment laboratory does not leave the facility without first being adequately filtered. •Employees are required to take special precautions while working in a biocontainment laboratory to ensure they do not contaminate themselves or inadvertently carry disease-causing agents outside the laboratory. To accomplish this critical biosafety objective, PIADC utilizes a combination of specialized containment equipment, facility design, trained staff and established procedures and practices. For example, personnel are required to change clothes prior to entering the biocontainment laboratory and to remove laboratory-provided clothing and shower before leaving specific areas within the biocontainment facility, and again when leaving the biocontainment facility at the end of the work period. •Prior to gaining access to the biocontainment facility, all employees and visitors must agree to observe a Personal Recognizant Quarantine for a defined time period which precludes these individuals from having contact with animal species that are susceptible to the disease-causing organisms under study at the facility. •All biocontainment waste which leaves the facility must undergo biological decontamination process. These include chemical (liquid and gaseous) and physical (heat and incineration) methods. Located a mile and a half off of the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, Plum Island is accessible only by Government chartered ferry with scheduled departures and arrivals from Orient Point, New York, and Old Saybrook, Connecticut. REQUIREMENT The overall objective of this project is to install and commission a new Baker Class III cabinet in an existing laboratory space. This included having this Baker Class III cabinet verified as fully functional by a commissioning agent hired by the Contractor and approved by the Government. This project also requires that the Contractor remodel the working space and some support utilities, for instance electricity, potable water, and drains. As part of installation, commissioning, and remodeling, a commissioning agent mentioned above shall verify that the glovebox functions properly and all Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and other systems are able to maintain a negative pressure (relative to adjacent spaces) for the workspace in all normal and transient modes of operation. The Contractor shall manage all aspects of this work in conjunction with and with the approval of DHS Contracting and Engineering. In addition to the remodeling required for the Glovebox, alternate office space is required to be furnished for the PIADC Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contractor to use for biological validation support activities. This space is required to accommodate existing support functions displaced by the repurposing of two rooms in the laboratory space. This space shall consist of at least 480 square feet of office/laboratory space for processing of biological indicators, instrument storage and calibration staging and misc. office space. This space shall connect to the site communications and power systems. No plumbing is required. Power and connectivity needs are for telephones, computer work stations and sufficient power for lighting, HVAC and laboratory support operations. This space shall be located in an agreed to area behind the existing Government trailer near where temporary storage presently exists. These connections will be made by the contractor with support from the O&M contractor as needed. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code corresponding to this effort is 236220 for Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, however, other similar NAICS codes may be considered. Engineering drawings for this remodeling work and infrastructure upgrades will be shared during the site visit. SITE VISIT As stated above, the site visit will be conducted on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. The following information for each representatives from prospective offerors who plan to participate in the site visit must be submitted via e-mail to Contract Specialist Mr. Robert Marosz at Robert.Marosz@st.dhs.gov on or before Monday, December 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET): •Full name; •Citizenship (Note: U.S. Citizenship is not mandatory for this site visit); •Country of origin (Note: If other than U.S., submit copy of passport); •Choice of location from which the individual will be traveling to Plum Island (either Orient Point, NY or Old Saybrook, CT); •Company name and address; and •Work telephone number(s) and e-mail address. In addition and separate from the submission above, representatives from prospective offerors planning to participate in the site visit must be able to pass a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) background check. Please follow the instruction below: •Complete NCIC Form (see Attachment 01). All individuals planning on participating in the site visit must pass an NCIC background check. All information must be entered onto the NCIC Form. One form can be filled out for all personnel from one company. (Note: The NCIC process requires Personally Identifiable Information (PII). •E-mail the completed form back to PlumIslandSecurity@st.dhs.gov ONLY on or before Monday, December 5, 2016 by 11:00 a.m. ET (DO NOT address or copy this information to Robert Marosz). No more than two (2) participants, pending individual security/background checks, per prospective offeror/company will be allowed. CAPABILITIES STATEMENT While not a requirement, interested companies possessing capabilities that meet or exceed those needed to perform this work are asked to prepare and a submit a capability statement of 10 pages or less (excluding the cover letter), demonstrating their ability to perform the effort described above. The submission shall be prepared either as a PDF document or in Microsoft Word, single-spaced, with a minimum 12-point font, and one inch margins. Capabilities statements may be submitted electronically to Robert Marosz on or before the day of the site visit or delivered by hand as a hardcopy during the actual site visit. The cover letter shall include the following information: •Company or entity name and address; •Business size and business size status (i.e. large, small, small disadvantaged, women-owned small, HUBZone, 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, non-profit, e.g. (501)(c)(3).); •Affiliate information: (i.e. parent company, joint venture partners, potential team partners, prime contractor or subcontractors); •Point-of-contact name, phone number(s), and e-mail address; and •All applicable NAICS codes of the prospective offeror's company. Capabilities statements that are submitted will be used by the Government for market research purposes only as part of the RFI and not as part of any future source selection. NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE RESPONDENTS Please note that this RFI and site visit are NOT a request for quotes or proposals. This Special Notice is subject to the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997), and is issued solely for information/planning purposes. This Special Notice does not constitute a solicitation for proposals, a commitment to issue a solicitation for proposals, or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. This Special Notice shall not be considered as an obligation by the Government to acquire any products or services. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Special Notice. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government as a result of a Contractor submission of responses to this Special Notice or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any Contractor's input submitted in response to the Special Notice. Responses to this Special Notice will not be returned. The Government recognizes that proprietary information and data may be part of this effort and, if so included, such data should be clearly marked. The Government reserves the right to contact some or none of the responders to this announcement. All material received will be kept by DHS and will not be returned. No information received will be shared by DHS to contractor support or competitors. No fees will be paid for submission to this announcement. If you have any initial and/or logistics questions and/or comments, please submit them in writing to Robert Marosz at the e-mail addresses above, on or before 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 on or before 2:00 p.m. Thank you and we are looking forward to your responses.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US DHS PIADC, 40550 Route 25, Orient Point, New York, 11957, United States
- Zip Code: 11957
- Zip Code: 11957
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