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M -- ANIMAL CARE SERVICES SOL 263-96-P(GF)-0100 DUE 111595 POC Barbara Schultz, Contracting Officer 301/402-2851. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks to procure the managment, expertise, services, and other resources necessary to provide a wide range of technical and support services required for the proper care, use and humane treatment of laboratory animals within barrier, Specific Pathogen Free Facilities. Functions include: general management of Contractor staff, veterinary medical assistance, animal care, animal technical support, data management, cage and environment sanitation, routine maintenance of animal care equipment and supplies, logistical, research and clerical support. Support shall be provided to animal projects involving the full range of biomedical research and scientific disciplines, especially transgenic science. Animal species may include: mice, rats, hamster, guinea pigs, gerbils, rabbits, frogs, sea urchins, fish, and other vertebrates and invertebrates. All contract activitites shall be responsive to the NIH research requirements and in strict compliance with AAALAC accreditation standards. The services are required mainly for Bldg 6B and 10/6C127 animal facilities and the Bethesda campus of NIH. A minumum of services will be needed at the National Institutes of Health Animal Care Center In Poolesville, MD. The Government estimates that approximately 142,000 work hours of support are needed from the following labor categories: Supervisor, Laboratory Animal Caretaker, Animal Health Techncian, Transgenic Technologist, Embryo/Cryopreservation Specialist, Biologist, Laboratory Technician, Cagewasher, Physicians Assistant, various Administrative Staff. The applicable SIC code is 8744 with a size standard of $20M. This is a full and open competition. RFP requests may be faxed to the Contracting Officer at 301/402-3406. (0243)

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