Notice of Intent – Ferret and Mink Cages
| Location: | Maryland |
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| Posted: | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Due: | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Agency: | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
| Category: |
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| Solicitation No: | 25-008599 |
| Publication URL: | To access bid details, please log in. |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
- Original Published Date: Sep 05, 2025 11:37 am EDT
- Original Response Date: Sep 15, 2025 06:30 am EDT
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Original Inactive Date: Sep 16, 2025
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 6640 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
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NAICS Code:
- 339113 - Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
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Place of Performance:
Bethesda , MD 20892USA
Notice of Intent – Ferret and Mink Cages
Product Service Code (PSC): 6640
NAICS Code: 339113
Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
POTS Number: 25-008599
Description
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for quotation. No solicitation will be issued, and no quotations will be requested.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, on behalf of the Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD), intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to Tecniplast, 1345 Enterprise Drive, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380-5964, to provide large rodent-specific cage systems for ferret and mink studies in a BSL-4 environment.
The CCMD has a requirement for six (6) ferret-specific cage systems. One of the CCMD investigators, collaborates with the Laboratory of Virology (LV) at the NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), which has Animal Biosafety Level (ABSL)-4 access. The cages will support filovirus pathogenesis research and therapeutic intervention studies.
RML currently uses Rocky Mountain Vet Branch (RMVB) cage systems for ferrets. Additional cages identical to existing units are required to accommodate an increased animal population in BSL-4. All new cages must match current specifications and be approved for BSL-4 use at RML.
Required Items
Catalog No. RE2108401 / 3-00010303-0
Big Rodents Cage to house mink and ferrets — Qty: 6
Catalog No. RE2108402 / 3-00010730-0
Nest for mink and ferret cages (two required per cage) — Qty: 12
Authority
This acquisition is being conducted under the policies of FAR Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1). For purchases not exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from a single source if determined that only one source is reasonably available. Contracts awarded under FAR Part 13 are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6 (Competition Requirements).
Submission of Capability Statements
Interested parties capable of providing the same or similar products or services must submit a Capability Statement electronically. Responses will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Deadline: September 15, 2025, at 6:30 AM EST
Submit to:
Shasheshe Goolsby
Lead Contract Specialist
Office of Purchasing and Contracts
Email: shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov
- 6707 DEMOCRACY BLVD, SUITE 106
- BETHESDA , MD 20892
- USA
- Shasheshe Goolsby
- shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov
- Phone Number 3018274879
- Sep 05, 2025 11:37 am EDTPresolicitation (Original)
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