Animal cages with HEPA filtering system

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Background/Overview: The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, MD is looking for replacement caging for cages that are broken or disfigured through normal wear and use.The required supplies are HEPA filtered individually ventilated caging used to house rodents on a Tecniplast rack system. The system includes; mouse cages, rat cages, and auto-watering lixits. The Veterinary Services Program currently has 25 similar rack systems and several rodent cages in the facility from Tecniplast.
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Attachment 2.

The requirements listed in the table below shall be accommodated by the responder offering a complete Cage system. Please indicate Y (yes) or N (No) if your system meets each requirement in the requirements list below, and use the comments column to further justify how your product meets the requirement.




REQUIREMENTS/ SPECIFICATIONS

MEETS REQUIREMENT?
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COMMENTS
SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES:


DATABASE:


1
Four (4) 35 cage, single-sided, Individually Ventilated Cage (IVC) rat rack with auto watering and cage setups



2
Three (3) 70 cage, single-sided, IVC mouse rack with auto watering and cage setups



3
Cage setups will consist of: high-temperature polysulfone cage body, stainless steel wire lid w/ food hopper, high-temperature polysulfone cage top w/bottle depression and microbiological filter, and universal card holder.



4
Four air handling units with HEPA filtration specifically designed to operate with mouse and rat rack.



Rat Rack and Cages


5
Rat IVC rack must hold 35 cages on a single-sided rack



6
Rat IVC rack must have automatic watering



7
Rat IVC rack must be compatible with the Tecniplast cage: GR900SUED - Polysulfone Cage Bodies with Autowatering Grommets and BOX110SF blower unit.



8
210 Additional High-Temp cage setups



Mouse Rack and Cages


9
Mouse IVC rack must hold 70 cages on a single-sided rack



10
Mouse IVC rack must have automatic watering



11
Mouse IVC rack must be compatible with the Tecniplast cage: 1285L00SUEDV - Polysulfone Cage Bodies with Autowatering Grommets and BOX110SF blower unit.


12
315 Additional High-Temp cage setups



AIR HANDLING UNITS (AHU)


13
AHU must be compatible with Tecniplast rodent racks and caging.



14
AHU must have a digital touch panel for visualization of air change rates and positive or negative air flow.



15
AHU must have HEPA filters for supply and exhaust





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