SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Stainless Steel Bulk Trucks with Autoclavable Wheels - Sources Sought 5001320
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332999
— All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211, MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9559, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9559
- Solicitation Number
- NIHDA201800303-SS
- Archive Date
- 7/24/2018
- Point of Contact
- Danielle R. Brown, Phone: 301 480 2385
- E-Mail Address
-
danielle.brown2@nih.gov
(danielle.brown2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought 5001320 - Stainless Steel Bulk Trucks With Autoclavable Wheels The purpose of this acquisition is to procure customized bulk material handling trucks for transporting and processing animal cage components from animal holding rooms to the Building 35 Shared Animal Facility (SAF) centralized cage processing facility. These bulk material handling trucks are being purchased in order to replace existing bulk trucks that are of an older design. The existing bulk trucks pose several serious operational and safety issues including: •Decibel levels in excess of 85 dB when rolled thru facility corridors, resulting in disruption to research and the potential requirement for staff to wear hearing protection •High center of gravity which has led to broken caging and staff injury when overturned •Sharp edges produced during the engineering and manufacturing process which has led to cuts and lacerations on animal husbandry staff •This award shall be placed on a sole-source basis The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducting research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders and stroke. The NINDS mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The Animal Health Care Section (AHCS) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is tasked with veterinary care, management and oversight. These animals are used by numerous NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) to carry out their research missions. There are 8 NIH Istitutes sharing in this endeavor. Due to the operational and safety issues outlined above, the NINDS/ACHS requires a sole source award for these replacement customized bulk materials handling trucks to assist with the efficient and safe processing of clean and dirty cage components. Currently, the NINDS/AHCS has more than 20 of these bulk handling trucks designed and manufactured by Allentown, Inc. These trucks have been used in our operation for several years, and were customized by Allentown, Inc. to eliminate the safety risks and research risks outlined above. Standardizing on one bulk handling truck will also provide operational efficiency for transporting the thousands of cage components between cagewash and animal holding rooms each week. This operational efficiency will provide additional cost savings to the government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN04975938-W 20180704/180702230608-5fecd9182768e307df2012549db46eeb (fbodaily.com)
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