Breed and Maintain Free-Ranging Mucaca Mulatta (Rhesus) Monkeys

Sources Sought Reference Number: SBSSNIHAO201700077 Type of Requirement Follow-on (Contract No.: HHSN272201300007C) Place of Performance Place of performance is known. Address or general location: Morgan Island, Yemassee, South Carlolina 29945 Recompetition Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 15 Wormans Mill Court Frederick, MD 21701 Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Acquisitions, 5601 Fishers Lane, MSC 9821, Bethesda, MD, 20892-9821 Sources Sought Notice Information Introduction This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Background, Purpose, and Objectives The objectives of this contract are the operation and daily care of a year-round outdoor breeding colony of free ranging Indian-origin Macaca mulatta (rhesus) monkeys. The actual base size of the colony is expected to be approximately 3,000 animals at the initiation of this contract. The colony is currently located on Morgan Island, near Beaufort, South Carolina. The contractor shall be responsible for accepting the colony at the designated site with existing facilities and arranging for the lease of Morgan Island from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Project requirements The contractor shall provide for the year-round daily care and maintenance of a non-human primate (NHP) breeding colony in a free-ranging environment. The contractor shall take census data and the monitor the population for basic demographic data. The contractor shall trap, quarantine, immunize, and transport the animals as required. The contractor shall provide technically skilled personnel with experience in NHP handling, along with qualified veterinary services. The contractor shall provide clinical laboratory and diagnostic pathology support facilities and services. The contractor must maintain all facilities and equipment on the island in addition to holding the lease for the island. The contractor shall maintain a database to store, analyze and display data on all animals and provide quarterly and annual progress reports. Anticipated period of performance It is anticipated that an award will be made on or about December 1, 2017 for the period of December 15, 2017 through December 14, 2018 with four option years as indicated below: Option Year 1 - December 15, 2018 - December 14, 2019 Option Year 2 - December 15, 2019 - December 14, 2020 Option Year 3 - December 15, 2020 - December 14, 2021 Option Year 4 - December 15, 2021 - December 14, 2022 Capability statement / information sought Capability statements must include information regarding respondents': (a) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work from a technical and financial standpoint; (b) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature, references, and other related information; and (d) corporate experience and management capability. Respondents MUST have experience managing a similar type of colony to be considered capable for this requirement. Additionally, respondents must include their DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code identified in this notice. Capability statements must be submitted electronically to wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov by August 9, 2017 at 11:00am EDT. Page Limitations: Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored Capability Statement not to exceed 10 pages, excluding resumes. Capability Statements must not include links to internet web site addresses (URLs) or otherwise direct readers to alternate sources of information. Font size must be 10 to 12 points. Spacing must be no more than 15 characters per inch. Within a vertical inch, there must be no more than six lines of text. Print margins must be at least one-inch on each edge of the paper. Print setup should be single-sided on standard letter size paper (8.5 x 11" in the U.S., A4 in Europe). All proprietary information should be marked as such. Required Business Information: - DUNS. - Company Name. - Company Address. - Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address - Current GSA Schedules and/or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) appropriate to this Sources Sought. - Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. - Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/index.html/#1. This indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your Capability Statement (preferable placed under the eligible small business concern's name and address). Number of Copies: Please submit one (1) electric copy of your response as follows: All Capability Statements sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via e-mail) to Patrick Wilson, Contract Specialist, at wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The e-mail subject line must specify SBSSNIHAO201700077. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. Common Cut-off Date: Electronically submitted tailored capability statements are due no later than August 9, 2017 at 11:00 am EST. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 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)."