Contractors should be prepared to provide evidentiary support, such as documentation on the condition, care, and assessment of any seized animals and expert witness services regarding the seized animals as needed.
The NINDS mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.The Animal Health Care Section (AHCS) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is tasked with veterinary care, management, and oversight of the Shared Animal Facility that houses rodents used by numerous NIH Institutes and Centers to carry out their research missions.NINDS
The Animal Health Care Section (AHCS) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) requires storage of equipment and supplies that have been purchased to support the future growth of its vivarium and to support changing program requirements. Due to a lack of space within the Building 35/35A Shared Animal Facility (SAF), the AHCS has an immediate need to contract off-site warehouse storage.
The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s (NINDS) Animal Health Care Section (AHCS) has a requirement for 400 plastic bottle crates that are brand name or equal to Tecniplast USA Inc’s BC-Matic Plastic Crate; 18-260 ml Bottles with Sliding Plastic Lid.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Animal Health Care Section (AHCS) requires brand name or equal customized bulk material handling trucks for transporting and processing animal cage components from animal holding rooms to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Building 35 Shared Animal Facility (SAF) centralized cage processing facility.
BACKGROUNDThe Laboratory Animal Care and Use (LACU) Section of the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) supports all intramural researchers and animal users for their animal protocol, and laboratory animal activities.
The services will be performed at designated NIH animal care facilities located in Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Poolesville, Fort Detrick, Baltimore, and Rocky Mountain Laboratories.The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals¹ provides the national guidelines applicable to research animal care.
