Operation of Glassware Unit at RML

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), Hamilton, MT, is seeking small business sources that can provide glassware cleaning service. The successful offeror MUST be able to furnish all management, supervision, labor, and services to necessary to receive soiled laboratory glassware and plastic ware from 5 research laboratories, segregating, cleaning, processing and returning the cleaned items to designated pickup shelves or to stock shelves in the Glassware Department at RML in Hamilton, MT. The Glassware Department is a fully equipped unit containing adequate counters, sinks, automatic washing machines, autoclaves and drying ovens. Items cleaned or processed by the unit are a broad variety of laboratory glassware, plastic ware and instruments, some of which are small and/or very delicate and require special handling. A sampling of the items is as follows: bottles, jars, aspirator jugs, pipettes, tubes, caps, Petri dishes, flasks, beakers, volumetric, graduated cylinders, magnetic stirring bars, syringes, surgical instruments, etc., and thus there is considerable hand work involved. It is expected that all work be performed in a highly professional manner to meet the standards for cleanliness and/or sterility required by the research laboratories for all items processed in the glassware department. All utilities, equipment and supplies needed to perform the tasks encompassed by this contract will be supplied by the Government. NIAID intends to award a one year fixed-price contract beginning on or about November 1, 2008 with the option for four additional contract years. This is not a request for proposals. The intention of this announcement is to survey the market for potential offerors. All interested small businesses including veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns must provide a capability statement to Amber Harris at harrisam@niaid.nih.gov on or before April 30, 2008 at 3:00pm EST. Teaming arrangements are encouraged. (No large businesses should respond to this announcement.) Capability statements must reference similar work that has been performed by the offeror and must indicate the business size of the company.