Primary Barrier Equipment and Decontamination Services

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the US Federal Government's focal point for medical research. As such, it is the largest biomedical research complex in the United States. Included in this complex are research laboratories at all Biosafety Levels up to and including Biosafety Levels 3 and 4, animal care and use facilities, a clinical research facility, administrative offices, and industrial shops and services. These activities are located on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, the Baltimore/Washington area, the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, and the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, MD. The NIH Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) is responsible for conducting a comprehensive intramural safety program to create and maintain a safe and healthful environment for NIH patients, employees, visitors, and guest workers.

This contract is for use by the entire NIH community with orders being issued by OLAO acquisitions. NIH authorized ordering officials are expected to place orders against this contract directly with the contractor in accordance with the terms and conditions, herein.

Note: A Request for Proposal (RFP), is antiscipated to be released on or after Friday, July 19, 2019. The (RFP) is Full and Open.
The contractor shall be responsible for the following types of work under this contract and for the instrumentation identified herein:

1. Monitoring
2. Certification
3. Preventive Maintenance
4. Repair
5. Decontamination
6. Neutralization
7. Inspection/Assembly/Disassembly
Contract Coverage

Only instruments/equipment identified herein are covered by the terms and conditions of this contract. Stored instruments/equipment is not covered under this contract.

Resources

The contractor shall be responsible for, independently, and not as an agent of the Government, furnishing all necessary personnel, labor, special tools, engineering upgrades, facilities, diagnostic equipment, parts, materials (except filters), and supplies to provide required technical support and expertise for on-site preventive maintenance, inspection, certification, decontamination, and repair of Government owned instruments, equipment and laboratory areas identified herein.

Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Information (GFI) Facilities

a. The contractor shall maintain an inventory accounting system for GFE. The contractor shall provide the COR with the information necessary to manage GFE under this SOW. All Government Property should be maintained per FAR Clause 52.245-1-Government Property

b. The contractor will have access to use five (5) Government owned Certek HR 1414 Formaldehyde Gaseous Decontamination Machines and two (2) Nextek 5K Formaldehyde Gaseous Decontamination Machines located at Building 28, Rocky Mountain Lab; six (6) Certek/Nextek HR 1414 Formaldehyde Gaseous Decontamination Machines at the Frederick Integrated Research Facility and two (2) Government owned Certek HR 1414 Formaldehyde Gaseous Decontamination Machines located on the NIH Main Campus for use to decontaminate HVAC HEPA filter housings and small rooms as appropriate. The contractor will have access to use, if required by the Government, one (1) Government owned ClorDiSys Minidox-M Chlorine Dioxide Decontamination System located at Building 28, Rocky Mountain Lab, and one (1) Government owned ClorDiSys Minidox-M Chlorine Dioxide Decontamination System located at the Frederick Integrated Research Facility.
c. Upon completion of development, tablets will be supplied for secure data entry by technicians. Each tablet will be equipped with a power supply, rugged case and stylus. Tablets will be supplied for technicians working at Building 33 on the Main Campus in Bethesda, the Integrated Research Facility, Frederick, MD and Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, MT.
d. All network accessible equipment (pc's, tablets, printers/copiers) are securely configured by ORS/ITB before use. Tablets will be supplied with secure wireless access to the NIH CERTS application.
e. On-site space for administrative staff and technicians will be provided with desktop workstations, as necessary, wired and wireless network connectivity, NIH helpdesk support to troubleshoot PC-related problems, laser printer/copier access, and shredder to allow the disposal of Privacy Act Materials. Some GFI may include PII.
f. Contractor is expected to maintain an accurate and up to date inventory of all government supplied equipment in its possession. The contractor shall be responsible for equipment that are lost, stolen or damaged while the equipment is in the possession of Contractor personnel.

Performance Requirements/Work Areas

Performance Requirements

Each performance requirement will contain the following three elements. In each case when taken together, these elements constitute a performance requirement. Any non-acceptable service such as failure to achieve a performance requirement shall be promptly rectified by the contractor at no additional cost to the government.

Performance Objective - A statement of the outcome or results expected in a specific task area. These objectives may be identified in the basic contract for each task area.

Performance Measure - The critical few characteristics or aspects of achieving the objective that will be monitored by the Government, those things about
which the Government will be gathering data.

Performance Expectations - The targeted level for range of levels of performance for
each performance measure. These expectations may be identified in the basic
contract.

Equipment and Systems to be serviced

The following types of equipment and containment system components shall be serviced under this contract:

- Class I Biological Safety Cabinets
- Class II, Type A Biological Safety Cabinets
- Class II, Type B Biological Safety Cabinets
- Class II, Type C Biological Safety Cabinets (non-ducted)
- Class III Biological Safety Cabinets
- Air exhaust and supply plenum HEPA filters
- Autoclave vent/vent stack HEPA filters
- Breathing air/vacuum/CO2/oxygen HEPA filters
- Magnehelic HEPA equivalent filters
- HEPA filtered vacuum cleaners and HEPA filtered powered exhaust units (asbestos
barrier filters)
- Chemical Fume Hoods
- Calibration of Chemical Fume Hood Alarms
- Local Exhaust Systems (i.e., downdraft tables and sinks, slot hoods, and
miscellaneous systems)
- Laminar Flow Clean Benches
- Laminar Flow Patient Isolator HEPA filters
- HEPA filtered Animal Care Modules (including, but not limited to, animal racks and
turbo units)
- Autoclaves

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