The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration has awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, to provide mice and husbandry services in support of the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) in Tucson, Arizona. The contract has a potential value of $75,449.72 with a base period of performance from April 2020 through September 2024. Under this IDV, the VA has issued multiple firm fixed price delivery orders to the University of Arizona, the largest of which was for $22,176.44. These delivery orders fund the provision of laboratory mice and associated housing, care, and other husbandry services to aid the VA's biomedical research programs at the SAVAHCS facility. As a major research university, the University of Arizona has extensive experience supporting federal agencies through both contract and grant awards, including providing animal care services for VA medical research initiatives. No set-aside designations were applied to this IDV or its associated task orders.
This IDV allows the VA to efficiently procure the mice and husbandry services needed to support its ongoing research efforts at the SAVAHCS without having to conduct separate competitive procurements. The University of Arizona, through its Arizona Board of Regents entity, is well-positioned to fulfill these requirements given its strong capabilities in life sciences research and animal care operations. The flexible, indefinite delivery nature of the contract provides the VA with an effective means to acquire these critical research inputs on an as-needed basis over an extended period.
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