PWS Animal Services Subscription

ANIMAL CARE ETHICS TRAINING ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 2

1.1 Acronyms 2

2.0 Summary of Requirements 3

Attachment 1 4

STATEMENT OF WORK

For Animal Services Subscription 29 Jan 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 program have such a comprehensive training program in place and that these training programs are funded in an efficient manner.

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, and that training modules can be customized to meet each institution’s specific needs. The service must accommodate an estimate 900 new personnel or 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).

1.1. Acronyms

1.2. Acronyms-list

2.0 SUMMARY of REQUIREMENTS:

2.0.1 The vendor shall:

· Provide services to each AF institution as an independently managed site

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

· Provide access to electronic training records that training coordinators at each AF institution (site) shall have access to individual training files

· Provide access to 16 training monitors to pull and review all records on students

· 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 must 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 the contract for access and use by each individual institution

· 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 monthly or as new content is published

Attachment 1:

Wright-Patterson AFB Wright-Patterson AFB OH

AFRL Brooks City-Base Brooks City TX

Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX

DoD Military Working Dog Center Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX

Clinical Research Lab Keesler AFB MS

United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs CO

David Grant Medical Center Travis AFB CA