D-Attachment SOW Signature of Aging Outcomes.pdf

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

STATEMENT OF WORK (SERVICES)

(SOW)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Project:

Signatures of aging outcomes

Statement of Need and Purpose:

The purpose of this requirement is to perform immohistochemistry analysis of 2184 tissue samples from mice from different age groups to identify age associated phenotypic changes in different organs.

Background Information and Objective:

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is in need of a contractor to perform comprehensive immunohistochemistry analysis of mice tissue samples from a project aimed at building proteomic signatures of aging outcomes. This requirement will cover the histological analysis of 2184 mice tissue samples starting from tissue trimming, cassette preparation, paraffin embedding and sectioning to staining and imaging of the sections.

Period of Performance:

The period of performance for this contract will be One (1) year.

SCOPE OF WORK

General Requirements:

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work below:

Specific Requirements:

The Contractor shall perform a immunohistological study on 2184 tissue samples from different organs of mice, including trimming, cassette preparation, paraffing embedding, sectioning and imaging and the generated images will be shared with the NIA via digital platform.

LEVEL OF EFFORT:

Senior Researcher or Technical Researcher

GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The government shall provide adequate tissue samples fixed in formaldehyde to the contractor to enable the further histological analysis detailed above.

DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall provide electronic copies of the images and the stained slides as well as any unused tissue sections and unstained slides, both to be delivered within 364 calendar days of receipt of the samples by the contractor.

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

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall submit via e-mail as PDF or a MS Word document a progress report during the contract period of performance. The progress report shall include tasks completed and a list of tasks to be completed, inclusive of timeframe. This report shall also describe any problems that arose and state the resolution or provide an explanation if a solution was not identified.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Travel:

N/A

Key Personnel:

The key personnel requirements for the Senior Researcher or Technical Researcher are as follows:

A Masters or PhD in a laboratory science field

Five or more years experience in histological methods

Information System Security Plan:

Data Rights:

The National Institute on Aging shall have unlimited rights to and ownership of all deliverables provided under this contract including reports, recommendations, briefings, work plans and all other deliverables. This includes the deliverables provided under the basic contract and any optional task deliverables exercised by the contracting officer. In addition, it includes any additional deliverables required by contract change. The definition of “unlimited rights” is contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 27.401, “Definitions.” FAR clause 52.227-14, “Rights in Data-General, ” is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract/order.

Section 508—Electronic and Information Technology Standards:

The contractor is not required to develop, procure, maintain, or use Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) in the performance of the SOW.

Publications and Publicity:

Confidentiality of Information:

The government will not provide to the contractor any information or data about project or proprietary information or data pertaining to an institution or organization which is confidential.