SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- National Toxicology Program (NTP) Chemistry Support Services
- Notice Date
- 2/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- NIHES2010084
- Archive Date
- 4/22/2010
- Point of Contact
- Patrick P Barbour, Phone: 919-541-7596, JoAnn K Lewis, Phone: 919-541-7894
- E-Mail Address
-
barbourp@niehs.nih.gov, lewisj@niehs.nih.gov
(barbourp@niehs.nih.gov, lewisj@niehs.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is soliciting proposals for the purpose of providing Chemistry Support Services for the National Toxicology Program (NTP). The objective of this project will be to provide chemistry support activities for the NTP to include chemical procurement, characterization, dose formulation, biosample analysis, and animal studies. Up to three (3) contract awards will be made with only one (1) award permitted per contractor. These contracts shall provide the chemistry services for Two-Year Bioassay, Short-Term Toxicology, Developmental Toxicology, Reproductive Toxicology, Immunology, Differential Gene Expression and Genetic Toxicology Programs; and Nanomaterials and High Throughput Toxicology initiatives. Each contract will have a period of performance of five years and contain Optional Studies which may be exercised a minimum of one (1) time and a maximum of sixty (60) times during the five year period. The Optional Studies are the following: Option (1) Logistics and Procurement, Option (2) Chemical Characterization, Option (3) Dose Formulation, Option (4) Biosample Analysis, Option (5) Animal Studies and Option (6) Special Chemical Activities. Optional Studies may include severable phases and may be exercised as such. It is anticipated that the base contract will consist of the following: Logistics and Handling - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Chemical Handling (CH), 23 estimated assignments Chemical Procurement (CPR), 35 estimated assignments Chemical Storage (CS), 21 estimated assignments Preliminary Chemistry Studies (PCS), 8 estimated assignments Shipping (SHIP), 73 estimated assignments Chemical Characterization - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Chemical Comprehensive Analysis (CCA), 7 estimated assignments Chemical Identity and Purity Screen (CIPS), 9 estimated assignments The number of CIPS assignments refers to performance of a CIPS protocol on a batch (n=100) for 1 of the anticipated number of assignments and performance of a CIPS protocol on a single chemical for the remaining number of assignments. Characterization Protocols Development (CPD), 3 estimated assignments Chemical Reanalysis (CRA), 4 estimated assignments Low-Level Impurity Determination (LLID), 1 estimated assignment Dose Formulation - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Dose Formulation Developmental (DFD), 6 estimated assignments Dose Vehicle Analysis (DVA), 9 estimated assignments Formulation Analysis (FA), 4 estimated assignments, Includes Referee Analysis Formulation Preparation (FP), 9 estimated assignments Formulation Preparation and Analysis (FPA), 7 estimated assignments Biosample Analysis - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Biochemical Measurement (BCM), 1 estimated assignment Biological Sample Analysis (BSA), 10 estimated assignments Biological Sample Method Development (BSMD), 5 estimated assignments Extended Stability Study (EXS), 1 estimated assignment Preliminary Biological Sample Analysis (PBSA), 3 estimated assignments Partition Coefficient Determination (PCD), 1 estimated assignment Animal Studies - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Palatability Study (PAL), 1 estimated assignment Preliminary Toxicokinetic Study (PTKS), 2 estimated assignments Toxicokinetic Study (TKS), 2 estimated assignments Special Chemical Analysis - Anticipated Number of Assignments Per Year. Annual Water Analysis, 1 estimated assignment Special Chemical Activity (SCA), 21 estimated assignments Special Inhalation Studies (SIS), 1 estimated assignment It is anticipated that Optional Studies (60 Maximum Per Award) may consist of the following: Logistics and Handling, 10 Optional Studies Per Award Chemical Handling, (CH), 50 estimated assignments Chemical Procurement (CPR), 50 estimated assignments Chemical Storage (CS), 50 estimated assignments Preliminary Chemistry Studies (PCS), 5 estimated assignments Shipping (SHIP), 50 estimated assignments Chemical Characterization, 10 Optional Studies Per Award Chemical Comprehensive Analysis (CCA), 2 estimated assignments Chemical Identity and Purity Screen (CIPS), 3 estimated assignments The number of CIPS assignments refers to performance of a CIPS protocol on a batch (n=100) for 1 of the anticipated number of assignments and performance of a CIPS protocol on a single chemical for the remaining number of assignments. Characterization Protocols Development (CPD), 2 estimated assignments Chemical Reanalysis (CRA), 2 estimated assignments Low-Level Impurity Determination (LLID), 2 estimated assignments Dose Formulation, 10 Optional Studies Per Award Dose Formulation Developmental (DFD), 4 estimated assignments Dose Vehicle Analysis (DVA), 2 estimated assignments Formulation Analysis (FA) Includes Referee Analysis, 4 estimated assignments Formulation Preparation (FP), 4 estimated assignments Formulation Preparation and Analysis (FPA), 4 estimated assignments Biosample Analysis, 10 Optional Studies Per award Biochemical Measurement (BCM), 2 estimated assignments Biological Sample Analysis (BSA), 2 estimated assignments Biological Sample Method Development (BSMD), 2 estimated assignments Extended Stability Study (EXS), 2 estimated assignments Preliminary Biological Sample Analysis (PBSA), 2 estimated assignments Partition Coefficient Determination (PCD), 2 estimated assignments Animal Studies, 10 Optional Studies Per Award Palatability Study (PAL), 3 estimated assignments Preliminary Toxicokinetic Study (PTKS), 4 estimated assignments Toxicokinetic Study (TKS), 4 estimated assignments Special Chemical Analysis, 10 Optional Studies Per Award Annual Water Analysis (AWA), 1 estimated assignment Special Chemical Activity (SCA), 18 estimated assignments Special Inhalation Studies (SIS), 2 estimated assignments The anticipated effective date for the subsequent awards is September 30, 2010. The performance period for each contract is expected to be five (5) years. The contract will be a cost-reimbursement completion type contract. For estimating purposes, the Government anticipates per award an approximate level-of-effort of 41,496 direct labor hours for the base contract period, 382 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 1, Logistics and Procurement, 800 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 2, Chemical Characterization, 891 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 3, Dose Formulation, 982 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 4, Biosample Analysis, 1,219 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 5, Animal Studies and 1,383 direct labor hours for ten (10) exercises of Option 6, Special Chemical Activities. The Government anticipates the participation of Senior Research Professionals (i.e. Project Leader, Principal Investigator), Research Professionals (i.e. Group Leader, Project Engineer or Task Leader), professionals (i.e. Analyst, Engineer or Scientist), technical staff (i.e., Lab, Formulation, or Animal Care Technician) and support staff (i.e. Secretary, Data Coordinator). The expected release date of the RFP is February 22, 2010 with proposals due April 7, 2010. The requirement is unrestricted utilizing NAICS Code 541712.
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