Brand Name or Equal Live Animals (Goats) not Raised for Food

Solicitation No: W81XWH-15-T-0014 will be issued on 08 October 2014 and quotes will be due on 20 October 2014 @ 4:00 PM EST. The Government requirement is to provide live animals not for consumption of food. The goats will be used for research in support of U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD. All animals must be the Q Fever Testing and the goats will be within the weight range of 30 to 49 pounds. Must be ready for delivery in a climate control delivery by Spring of 2015. Brand Name or Equal and will specify all or none. Please follow what the requirement will be according to the Minimal Essential Characteristics (MEC). Any questions pertaining to this solicitation will be submitted to my attention NLT: 14 October 2014 @ 2:00 PM EST. The competitive solicitation, solicitation amendments and all other questions and answers relating to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at http://www.fedbizops.gov. This requirement will be best value technically accepted, delivery, past performance and price. The establish Purchase Order (NAICS) code for this procurement is 112420 with a size standard of $750,000.00. There will not be any hard copies of the solicitation be issued by this contracting office. All interested parties can view, download and print a copy of the solicitation, attachments (MECS), and any resulting amendments. View Additional Solicitation on the ASFI website. All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency. The competitive solicitation, solicitation amendments and all questions and answers relating to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at http://www.fedbizops.gov. In accordance with FARS 13.5, all contractors wishing to do business with the Department of Defense must be registered in the System for Award Management registration (SAM) can be accomplished at the following website: www.sam.gov. This procurement is for unrestricted open market. Quotes will be evaluated on a Commercial Firm Fixed Price and any resulting contract will be issued as a Firm Fixed Price Award. POC for this action is Wanda King at wanda.d.king.civ@mail.mil.