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This Special Notice published by the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command on February 1, 2024 concerns a research opportunity related to temperature stress on test animals. The Notice includes a justification and approval document from the Naval Medical Research Center to conduct the research on a sole source basis due to there being only one contractor capable of fulfilling requirements.

The objective of the research is to study the effects of temperature stress on test animals for Navy Expeditionary Medical Research requirements. Interested contractors must have experience conducting single cell RNA sequencing from mouse brain tissue, bioinformatics analysis of sequencing data, animal biotelemetry surgery, and animal thermal stress experiments. The contractor must also have access to an automated animal brain processer and animal husbandry facilities. The deadline for proposals is February 16, 2024, and eligibility is limited to the single contractor identified as having the unique capabilities required to perform the work.