Atch_1_-_Statement_of_Work.docx

Statement of Work Live Animal (Swine) Transportation in support of Surgeon General Approved Protocol The 59th Clinical Research Division 28 April 2016

1. Description of Requirements: The contractor shall provide Live Animal (Swine) Transportation in support of a Surgeon General Research Protocols, FWH2016011A. This requirement is based on services needed to continue a line of research dealing with safely and effectively demonstrating white matter injury (brain MRI changes) seen with hypobaric (high altitude) exposure in our high altitude pilots and aerospace physiology altitude chamber inside observers, in order to determine the mechanism of hypobaric related white matter injury in the brain, and develop strategies to mitigate or prevent this injury in the future. This protocol investigate Brain MRI and Serological Effects of Hypobaric Exposure to 30,000 Ft and Hyperoxemic Exposure At Sea Level in a sus scrofa domestica Model. The service is needed to ensure that a Temperature Specific Rush Delivery of 12 (6 separate shipments of 2 pigs) pigs from JBSA Lackland, Texas to Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio is conducted in accordance with all applicable animal regulatory requirements. The shipments will take place on the dates below during the period of performance for this requirement. These dates are subject to change per mission requirements and notification will be sent 3-4 weeks in advance.

2. The contractor shall

a. Pick up animals in the morning of transport at the 59th Clinical Research Division, Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, TX and delivered the next morning to the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB. Animals must be transported “door to door” in same ground vehicle.

b. Transport animals in an environmentally controlled enclosed ground vehicle to prevent temperature related stress.

c. Ensure animals are caged in enclosure meeting AAALAC(i) standards for space (8.0 sq/ft per animal) and caging must be design as to prevent harm to the research animals.

d. Ensure Animals have food and water available within the enclosure of the transport ground vehicle, and exposed to outside weather conditions or viewing by the public for the entire length of the trip. Animals cannot be released from caging for feeding and watering.

e. Meet all AAALAC(i) standards and hold a USDA Class 1 registration.

3. The government shall

a. Provide pigs for testing to:

4. The government representative/principal investigator for the Protocol is:

PAUL M. SHERMAN, Col, USAF, MC, SFS Director, Neuroimaging Research

711HPW/USAFSAM/FHOH

Operating Location San Antonio/59MDW