A -- Management and Support of the National Toxicology (NTP) Archives and Frozen Tissue Bank (FTB) and Data and Specimen Repository for the NTP National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is soliciting proposals from small business concerns who have the capabilities and facilities to provide management and support of the National Toxicology Program (NTP)/ NIEHS Archives and Frozen Tissue Bank (FTB); and the Data and Specimen Repository for the NIEHS. The Contractor shall store, manage and maintain a variety of data, biological materials and environmental samples from a variety of studies. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, materials from NTP acute, subchronic, and chronic rodent carcinogenicity/toxicity studies, developmental toxicity, teratology, sperm morphology, immunotoxicity, chemical disposition, continuous breeding studies and from in-house NIEHS or contract-supported research. The Contractor shall provide qualified professional and technical personnel, materials, equipment and facilities to store (1) histological slides, paraffin-embedded tissues, formalin-preserved wet tissues, microfiche and associated study data; digital histological images; kodachrome slides; (2) conduct reviews of study materials; (3) transfer of selected study records on paper to long term storage medium (4) coordinate the flow of pathology data from NTP studies; (5) maintain a frozen tissue bank; (6) inventory, receive, manage and distribute repository samples. The facility must be located within 30 minutes driving time of the NIEHS South Campus facility located at 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The Government estimates that this ten-year period may require 50,000 professional labor hours; 350,000 technical labor hours and 50,000 clerical labor hours. NOTE: This requirement is 100% set aside for small business.