Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Support Services

Added: Apr 18, 2018 10:52 am PRESOLICITATION - NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACQUISITION
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Management, Office of Acquisition (OA)
Neurosciences Consolidated Operation Acquisition Center (COAC)
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(FAR Subparts 5.101(a) (2) & 13.105)

Announcement Number: NIHDA201800148

Date Notice Posted: April 18, 2018

Date Notice Expire: April 30, 2018

Date Solicitation Issued: April 18, 2018

Date Responses Due: April 30, 2018 at 9 am Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Proposed Award Date: May 8, 2018

Project Title: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Support Services

Contracting Office: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Neurosciences Consolidated Operation Acquisition Center (COAC), Office of Acquisition (OA)

Contact Points:
Contracting Officer: Kenneth Goodling, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852
301-827-5854/kgoodlin@mail.nih.gov
Contract Specialist: Michelle C. Morelli, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852
301-827-814/ michelle.morelli@nih.gov
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Acquisition Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the resultant contract award will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-97, dated January 24, 2018

North American Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541715 -Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Small business size standard: $15.0 Million

Classification Code: R499 - Other Professional Services

Set-aside Status: Total Small Business Set Aside

Competition Status: This requirement is posted as competitive

Description of Requirement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is mandated by the PHS Animal Welfare Policy (Item IV, Section 1.3b) to have an individual(s) who is not affiliated with NIH in any way other than as a non-affiliated member for the IACUC. The purpose of this requirement is to satisfy the PHS Animal Welfare Policy by acquiring a consultant to serve as a non-affiliated member for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this notice to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the Statement of Work (SOW) will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Refer to attached "Statement of Work" for specific requirements, period of performance and evaluation criteria.

Summary Statement:
All responses to this notice must be received by 9 am EST, on April 30, 2018 and must reference the announcement number specified above.

Responses may be submitted electronically to Michelle Morelli, Contract Specialist, michelle.morelli@nih.gov.

Fax responses will not be accepted.

In addition, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

Closing Statement:
All responsible sources may submit response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency.