Non-Human Primates Acquisition, Testing, Transportation and Housing

This solicitation seeks proposals to provide non-human primate acquisition, testing, transportation, and housing services to support research at the National Institutes of Health. Offerors must acquire various species of non-human primates from approved sources and provide testing, transportation, and housing in accordance with all applicable regulations. Proposals will be evaluated based on corporate experience and business practices, personnel and facilities, facilities, and approach and colony management. Questions are due by April 30, 2021 and proposals must be submitted by May 22, 2021 to the National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations.

There is no set-aside designated for this requirement. Services will be acquired under NAICS 541711 and PSC code R425. The incumbent contractor is Charles River Laboratories. The period of performance is one base year starting August 1, 2021 with four optional one-year extensions and the place of performance is Rockville, Maryland. The contractor must be prepared to acquire, test, transport, and house various quantities of non-human primates as specified in individual delivery orders to support research at the National Institutes of Health.