National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Acquisitions Management Branch, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Building 4401 Research Commons, P.O. Box 12874, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

R -- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 273-98-P-0005 DUE 022098 POC Contact James E. Patterson, Contract Specialist, 919-541-2724, Contracting Officer, Antoinette Bridges WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: none, none. The National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) located in Research Triangle Park, NC is seeking (8(a) firms capable of providing Animal Husbandry Support Services on site at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Firms are requested to submit capability statements that illustrate their management expertise and capability to provide care and maintenance for laboratory animals, seven (7) days per week including weekends and holidays for a 55,000 square foot laboratory animal facility with a daily inventory of 25,000 animals. This includes feeding and watering animals; observing health and condition of animals; sanitation and cleaning of cages and rooms; animal health surveillance; identifying animals by performing ear punch, tail tattoos or microchip implantation's as directed. Administer routine treatments to animals when prescribed by Veterinary Staff, and maintenance of animal room equipment and supplies. Order, receive, inspect and inventory deliveries of feed, bedding, equipment and supplies. Receive, inspect, and within a 25-mile radius of NIEHS deliver shipments of incoming and in-house animals. Operate and monitor performance of autoclaves, cage washers, rack washers, bottle washers and bottle fillers, clothes washers and dryers, vacuum cleaners and floor scrubbers. Provide housekeeping to entire animal facility and support areas. Establish pedigreed rodent breeding colonies, performing complicated surgical techniques, and diagnostic evaluation of laboratory animals in support of research programs and objectives. Responsible for the breeding, perpetuation, and possible expansion of the various strains of research colony rodents. Evaluate the reproductive efficiency of all in-house rodent breeding colonies including transgenic colonies. Identify reproductive problems and make recommendations for improvement. Prepare working protocols for each breeding colony. Assist with the preparation of standard operating procedures regarding animal husbandry, animal care, and rodent breeding. Perform veterinary tasks such as clinical, preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic animal health measures, week-end and holiday coverage included. Perform the data management of animal inventory, cost accounting, and the animal study proposals using the GCS animal facility management software. Performs necropsies, including sentinel animals, record all lesions observed on Animal Health Report. Perform sample collection (urine, feces, tissues, whole blood and/or blood products, parasites, microbiological cultures) fixation and/or freezing of samples. Capability statements should be mailed to the National Institute of Environmental Sciences Attention: James E. Patterson, Building 4401, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Size status: SIC Code 8731;500 employees.***** (0029)

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