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88 -- ANIMALS (RATS) FOR RESEARCH SOL 263-96-Q-(M6)-0043 DUE 083096 POC Contact Point: Contract Specialist, Anthony Gaither, or Contracting Officer, Clarence Jackson, Jr., 301-496-3704. The NIH, Clinical Center has a requirement to procure a total of 963 each rats for research purposes on a sole source bsis under the authority of 41 USC 253 (c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.301-1,with Zivic-Miller Labs. The animals are needed for continuing on-going research projects in which baselines were established using animals from Zivic-Miller Labs. To reduce the introduction of new variables, it is essential to use the exact procedures until completion of the research. The contractor shall provide male or female Sprague-Dawley Strain ZML: (SD) VAF rats varying in age, weight, and surgical modification. The contractor shall regularly engage in the breeding, raising, and shipping of the species of animals specified herein for a period not to exceed six months of the effective date of award or a 963 animals. Animals supplied under this agreement shall be reared and maintained in the Contractor's facilities. The contractor will place permanent central venous catheters and arterial catheters in the animal as needed for use by the researcher. In some cases the animals will require two (2) catheters of each type. Approximately 308 will require double catheters and 628 will require single catheters. The contractor shall provide the rats on a weekly basis; 36 minimum to 72 maximum per week as requested by National Institutes of Health researchers, and with required catheters already inserted. Any other firm that believes it has the ability to meet the Government requirements is invited to respond to this notice. See Numbered Note (a):22. (0226)

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