Charles River Laboratories, Inc. was awarded an indefinite delivery contract by the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to provide research mice, rats, gerbils, rabbits, hamsters and guinea pigs over a five year period from September 2018 to September 2023 with a potential value of $2.49 million. The Bureau supports Navy and Marine Corps medical readiness through programs such as research and development.
Under the contract, Charles River has been issued over 40 firm fixed price delivery orders for the supply of various research animal models to date. Delivery locations have included Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and Wilmington, Massachusetts. Animals supplied encompass strains of rats including CD, Long-Evans, Brown Norway and Sprague Dawley of varying sexes and weights to support ongoing research requirements. Delivery orders range in value from $300 to over $27,000. The last date to issue orders against the contract is September 2023.
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