The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) has a requirement for the following:

This is to request the provision and weekly delivery of a rodent bedding material, specified in attachments, to the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, MD for a base period of 12 months plus four 12-month option years.

USAMRIID houses rodents that must be kept on an approved consistent bedding material throughout the year. Lack of adequate storage space necessitates the weekly delivery of rodent bedding material to this location.

This requirement is being solicited as unrestricted. The standard classification NAICS code is 424990.

All responsible sources may submit a quote, which shall be considered by the agency. The competitive solicitation, solicitation amendments and all questions and answers relating to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ or https://www.fedbizopps.gov.

The solicitation is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about, June 29, 2011 and will only be available until July 29, 2011. Specifications of the requirement are provided in solicitation: W81XWH-11-T-0423.

Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the website. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. To be eligible for an award, offerors MUST be registered with the Central Contractor Registry at https://ccr.gov/ and may have completed its representations and certification found at https://orca.bpn.gov/.

All questions should be addressed in writing to Colleen Barnes, Purchasing Agent at [email protected]. Questions shall be submitted not later than 1200 hours (Eastern Day Light Savings Time) on 15 July 2011. Only one set of questions shall be received from each offeror. Numerous emails from one offeror shall not be accepted. Telephone requests will not be honored and bidder lists will not be maintained.

All interested parties shall provide their quote to Colleen Barnes at [email protected] by 10:00 a.m. ET on July 29, 2011.

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