Glassware and Media Services

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
75N96024Q00019
Agency
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
561210 Facilities Support Services
PSC
S201 Housekeeping- Custodial Janitorial
Place of performance
Durham, North Carolina 27709, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is seeking a contractor to provide on-site personnel for centralized media processing and glassware services at its facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The contractor will be responsible for collecting, washing, sterilizing and stocking glassware, as well as preparing biological media, tissue cultures, and buffers. The contractor must have experience preparing sterile custom media and glassware to industry quality standards, and observe NIH safety procedures. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical capability, past performance, and price, with the award going to the offeror that provides the best value to the government. Quotes are due by April 4, 2024.

This procurement has a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 561210. The incumbent contractor is Evergreen Consulting, Inc. under a firm-fixed-price sole source contract valued at $420,000 for the period 11/06/2023-04/30/2024. The period of performance for the new contract is one base year plus four option years, to be performed at the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Notice text

The purpose of this effort is to provide on-site personnel to complete the actions and tasks necessary to provide centralized media processing and glassware services.  Independently, and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all necessary services and qualified technical personnel, not otherwise provided by the Government to provide preparation of biological media, tissue cultures, and “buffers”, as well as washing, sterilizing, issuance, and collection of glassware as required at the NIEHS in RTP. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide restocking service for disposable plastic ware and service to prepare sterile custom media using Government-furnished chemicals and media supplies.  

The Contractor shall provide trained personnel with experience in preparation of sterile custom media and sterile laboratory glassware. All workmanship performed by the Contractor shall be of acceptable industry standard quality and shall be immediately rectified at no additional cost to the Government upon notification of non-acceptability by the Government. In addition, the Contractor shall observe commercially accepted safety and precautionary procedures pertaining to handling of laboratory equipment and biological and chemical materials.

The Contractor shall provide and require its employees to use appropriate personal protective equipment (i.e. safety glasses, uniforms, safety shoes, respiratory protection, etc.) as provided by the Government.  The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government property such as autoclaves, tunnel washers, dryers, DI water systems, water baths, biological safety cabinets, and other assorted laboratory equipment. that will be provided for use by the Contractor under this contract. The Contractor shall be held responsible for the cost of any repairs caused by negligence and abuse on their part. All Contract personnel must observe all regulations in effect at NIEHS.

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3-Addendum 1_75N96024Q00019.pdf PDF
3-CSS_75N96024Q00019.pdf PDF

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