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Building 49 Central Animal Facility Emergency/Disaster Event Preparation: Animal Feed/Bedding/Enrichment Procurement, Storage, & Delivery
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a sole-source contract to Animal Specialties and Provisions, LLC (ASP) for the procurement and delivery of laboratory animal feed, bedding, fresh produce, enrichment items, and related dry goods to its Central Animal Facility at Building 49 in Bethesda, Maryland. This action is based on the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901(a)(1) and FAR 13.106-1(b), which determine that ASP is the only responsible source capable of meeting the agency’s unique requirements, with no feasible alternative supplier available. The base performance period runs from September 21, 2026, to September 20, 2027, with the option to extend the contract for up to four additional one-year periods. All products must comply with rigorous quality, nutritional, traceability, and contamination control standards required in federally regulated research environments, including adherence to USDA, FDA, AAALAC, and NIH Guide standards, covering items such as standard and specialty rodent diets, nonhuman primate chow, rabbit and agricultural species feed, and approved bedding materials like corn cob, paper-based, and hardwood options. Responses to this Notice of Intent are limited to capability statements submitted via email to Danielle Tines by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 27, 2026, with no expectation of feedback or formal acknowledgment; the Government retains full discretion to determine whether to proceed without competition based on responses received. Delivery is required at Building 49, Central Animal Facility, Bethesda, MD 20892, and the contract will not be subject to competitive solicitation, pricing details, or formal evaluation factors, as this is not a request for proposal nor an invitation for competitive quotations. The NAICS code is 311119, and the Product Service Code is 8710 Forage and Feed, with no contract value, invoice method, payment details, contracting officer, or technical representative identified at this stage, as this remains a pre-solicitation notice.
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Contract Value
$516,901.23NAICS
Place of Performance
Bethesda, MD, 20892, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE
ID: NOI-NIH-26-PCA-NEI-03513
Post Date: May 13, 2026
Response Date: May 27, 2026
NAICS: 311119
Product Service Code: 8710 Forage and Feed
This is a Notice of Intent, NOT a request for proposal. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Animal Specialties and Provisions, LLC (ASP) for this requirement to provide laboratory animal feed, bedding, produce, enrichment, and related dry goods.
Description of need:
The contractor must provide all labor, materials, transportation, logistics, and quality control necessary to supply and deliver laboratory animal feed, bedding, produce, enrichment feed items, and related dry goods to multiple NIH animal research facilities. These supplies include, but are not limited to:
- Standard rodent chow (maintenance, breeding, irradiated, and certified diets)
- Specialty research diets
- Nonhuman primate chow and biscuits
- Rabbit diets and agricultural species diets
- Bedding materials (corn cob, paper-based, hardwood, or approved alternatives)
- Fresh produce and enrichment feed items
All products must meet strict quality, nutritional, traceability, and contamination control standards necessary for regulated research environments and must comply with applicable animal care regulations and accreditation standards.
Period of Performance: 9/21/2026 – 9/20/2027, and additional 4 option years
Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892
Deliver to: Bldg 49, Central Animal Facility, Bethesda MD 20892
The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b) only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources that could provide the required services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIH-26-PCA-NEI-03513 to Danielle Tines, danielle.tines@nih.gov, by 11:00 am eastern standard time Wednesday, May 27, 2026. All responses received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for any 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.
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