The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Intramural Research (DIR) has a requirement for an AAALAC accredited contractor to provide all necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment and facilities for the operation of maintenance of a murine pathogen-free mouse breeding facility. The contractor shall maintain a barrier design facility for approximately 6000 breeding and production cages of inbred, congenic, transgenic, and DNA-mediated gene targeted mutant mice and their off-spring. The contractor shall hold all mice arriving at the facility in a quarantine area physically removed and independently staffed and maintained from the barrier facility. The quarantine area shall provide the NIAID with a minimum of 6 polyfilm flexible isolators (72 cages) or their equivalent for housing and strain expansions when necessary before derivation. In addition, the contractor shall perform various laboratory procedures, including but not limited to obtaining blood samples, tail clips, and ear punches. It is also the responsibility of the contractor to perform all mouse care functions, including but not limited to, providing all appropriately sterilized caging material, sterile food, and bedding. In addition, the contractor shall support the NIAID Mouse Exchange Program. Functions will include but are not limited to; importing, re-deriving, breeding, and applying all other procedures specified in the contract to mice included in the exchange program; advertise, expand and distribute exchange mice; and provide marketing, inventory control, quality control, and shipping of mice. NIAID intends to award a one-year cost-reimbursement type contract beginning on September 1, 2007 with the option for four additional contract years. The NAICS code is 541990. The solicitation will be posted to www.fedbizopps.gov for download on or about February 7, 2007. No hard copies will be distributed. Please refer any questions in writing to [email protected].

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