Att-Purchase-description-Solace-75N95024Q00295.pdf

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This document is a Purchase Description for Solace Zone Heated Individual Ventilated Cages (IVC) in support of a federal contract opportunity.

The requirement is for a heated IVC rack system that provides temperature control and ventilated air to individual cages, with sufficient cages to allow a complete setup. Key features include creating a thermal neutral zone, providing heated and HEPA-filtered air at different flow rates, accommodating up to 32 cages, and having a battery backup. The government seeks to acquire one system plus 32 cages, with a 3-month delivery timeline after contract award.

The associated federal contract opportunity is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, with a NAICS code of 339999 and a small business size standard of 500 employees. The government anticipates awarding a firm fixed-price purchase order. Offerors must provide detailed product information, pricing, and other evaluation factors like technical capability and past performance. Responses are due by the closing date and time specified in the solicitation.

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Version 11-30-2016-1 FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

1. Statement of Need and Purpose: Solace Zone Heated Individual Ventilated Cages (IVC)

2. Background Information and Objective: The purpose of the research program of the Translational Gerontology Branch (TGB), NIA is to understand the basic biology of aging across species, and to develop interventions that can improve healthspan and lifespan and be translated to humans. Under standard housing conditions mice are chronically cold stressed and their physiology is profoundly altered in ways may severely impact their usefulness as models of human homeostasis and disease. We wish to gain insights on the impact of housing temperature on the rate of aging and Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis in mice.

3. Generic Name of Product: Heated IVC Rack with Thermal Neutral Zone Technology

4. Purchase Description: The purchase is for a rack system allows temperature control by balancing HEPA filter air flow and zone-controlled temperature at the individual cage level, and sufficient number of cages to allow a complete set up.

5. Salient characteristics:

• Creates a thermal neutral zone within each individual cage

• Provides heated area and HEPA filtered ventilated air at three different rates (45, 60 and 80 air changes per hour

• Unit holds up to 32 Gentle-Air style cages with 16 cages per side

• Control the temperature within the cages through the air handling unit

• Stainless steel construction, autoclavable and on casters to allow easy relocation

• Equipped with a battery to allow transporting mice or as an emergency back up (up to 24 hours)

6. Quantity: 1 system plus 32 cages (1 set + 1 changeout of cage)

7. Delivery Date: 3 months after receipt of order.

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