Tecniplast Rat Housing/Cages Sources Sought

Purpose:
This is a Sources Sought notice only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified business sources. This is a market survey to determine interest of businesses to provide rat housing and cages for use at Tripler Army Medical Department of Clinical Investigation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516 and the business standard size is 1000 employees.

This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only.

Background/Objective:
Tripler Army Medical Center Department of Clinical Investigation supports the research of advance health care and support professional health education at TAMC. The critical focus of this support is the humane care and handling of research animals. The purpose of this acquisition is to expand on the existing rack and caging components that house Clinical Investigation department rodent colony. Additional rat housing tracks and caging are required due to the department being at maximum cage capacity. Currently the Tripler Department of Clinical Investigation has 4 ventilators, but only 5 racks. Each ventilator is capable of supporting 2 racks. Each rack holds 30 cages. Additional cages are required to support the mission.

Project Requirements:
The contractor shall provide Tripler Army Medical Center with Tecniplast Animal racking and caging system components as follows:
 

HOUSING RACK, RAT

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

SEALSAFE (30 cages)

Model 2H30MAC20CA

QUANTITY: 3

 

CAGE BODY

H-Temp with label holding coupling clips

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model 1291H00SUV

QUANTITY: 200

 

CAGE LID

H-Temp TopFlow Top

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model 1290D189

QUANTITY: 200

 

CAGE FILTER

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model 1290D483SU

QUANTITY: 200

 

CAGE BOTTLES

H-Temp Top-Flow 400ML

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model ACBT0402SU

QUANTITY: 200

 

CAGE SIPPERS

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model ACCP6521

QUANTITY: 200

 

FLEXIBLE HOSE

Diameter 76mm, length 0.8m

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model ACSCVF70M08BL

QUANTITY: 3

 

FLEXIBLE HOSE

Diameter 76mm, length 1.1m

MANUFACTURER: Tecniplast

Model ACSCVF70M11BL

QUANTITY: 3

Anticipated Period of Performance:
The anticipated delivery date will be determined, upon receipt of award. Capability statement /information sought. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party especially a small business, believes they can meet the above requirement, may submit a quote and statement of capabilities. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein.

All questions, quote, and the capability statement must be received electronically (via email) to Melissa Cain, Contracts Specialist, Melissa.j.cain2.civ@mail.mil. in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) by May 9, 2017 no later than 10:00 AM HST.
No telephone calls or facsimiles will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must have valid registration and certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA), through sam.gov. No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation number W912CN-17-Q-0008 on all correspondence.

Disclaimer and Important Notes:
This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality:
No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).