PWS_Animal_Services_Subscription_(AFDW)_12 Feb_10(Mod).pdf

ANIMAL CARE ETHICS TRAINING ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

1.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 2

1.1 Acronyms 2

2.0 Summary of Requirements 3

3.0 Period of Performance 4

Attachment 1 4

STATEMENT OF WORK

For

Animal Services Subscription

12 February 2010

1.0 DESCRIPTION of SERVICES:

SGE-C is responsible for the regulatory oversight and compliance of all Air Force programs that utilize animals for Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation

(RDT&E) and training. This involves assuring that each program conducts its animal use activities within the law (9 CFR, Animal Welfare Act regulations) and in accordance with federal and DoD regulations. An important part of compliance is the training of

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Institutional Animal Care and Use

Committee (IACUC) members and animal users in animal ethics, laws, regulations, and proper animal handling and techniques. It is important that each AF institution have such a comprehensive training program in place.

Training services shall be provided for animal care & use programs at seven Air Force sites (See attachment 1). We require that the service offers interactive, internet-based

IACUC and animal handling training for multiple sites. The service shall accommodate up to 900 new personnel (subscriptions) annually. Scope and objectives are to provide comprehensive animal care & use, ethics and compliance training for IACUC members, veterinarians, and managers, investigators working with animals, and technicians who work with animals. Training services must meet requirements of the Animal Welfare Act regulations, as amended in the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 9 CFR, Ch. 1, Subchapter A, Parts 1-4), the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of

Laboratory Animals, Department of Defense Directive 3216.1 “Use of Laboratory

Animals in DoD Programs”, Army Regulation 40-33/AFMAN 40-401 “The Care and

Use of Laboratory Animals in DOD Programs”, and for accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC).

The vendor shall provide all such required training content; however, each AF institution

(site) coordinator/monitor should be permitted to request to the vendor modifications of content for their particular site in order to satisfy site-specific training needs.

1.1. Acronyms

1.2. Acronyms-list

AAALAC Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory

Animal Care, International

ALAT Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

LAT Laboratory Animal Technician

LATG Laboratory Animal Technologist

OLAW Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

PHS United States Public Health Service, DHHS

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

RDT&E Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation

2.0 SUMMARY of REQUIREMENTS:

2.0.1 The vendor shall:

Host the domain for the government personnel to access

Provide services to each AF institution as an independently managed site

Supply the content for all training modules in a finished, easily accessible format

Provide individual access to internet-based training modules and database programs

Provide a comprehensive array of training modules that meet federal

United States Department of Agriculture & Office of Laboratory Animal

Welfare (USDA, OLAW) requirements for essential training in the humane care and use of animals in research and testing. This must encompass training for veterinarians, managers, technicians, IACUC members and coordinators, and investigators working with animals.

Training shall include IACUC and regulatory compliance, animal care & husbandry, animal health, disease and medicine, animal use methodologies, occupational health and safety, and management skills.

Training in animal use techniques or methodologies shall include anesthesia & analgesia, and working with fish, amphibians, rodents, rabbits, swine, ruminants, ferrets, dogs, and nonhuman primates. All the training should be in accordance with Title 9 of Code of Federal

Regulations, “Animals and Animal Products,” Chapter 1, Subchapter A, “Animal Welfare”(Link)

Provide courses designed to assist animal technicians to prepare for certifications (ALAT, LAT and LATG), meet training mandates of regulatory agencies, and improve their knowledge in technical areas.

Provide individual access to an online library of laboratory animal informational resources

Maintain training records for the entire period of performance of the contract for access and use by each individual institution (site)

Provide access to training monitors/coordinators (up to 2 at each AF site and up to 16 total) to view all subscriptions and individual training records at their particular site

The site is available (24/7x365) days a year excluding website maintenance requirements

Provide 30 days prior notice of accessibility unavailability resultant from upgrade or other electronic maintenance requirements. Notice shall be accomplished: by submission of an email to the Technical POC identified, by submission of an email to the COR or POC and by posting a notice to the website

Update the content as needed or requested, or as new content is published

3.0 PERIOD of PERFORMANCE

1 Mar 10 – 28 Feb 11 Plus 4 One Year Options

Attachment 1:

Base City State

AFRL Wright-Patterson AFB Wright-Patterson AFB OH

AFRL Brooks City-Base Brooks City TX

59 CSPG Wilford Hall Med Center Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX

DoD Military Working Dog Center Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX

81 MDSS Clinical Research Lab Keesler AFB MS

United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs CO

60 MDG David Grant Med Center Travis AFB CA