Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking a contractor to provide off-site storage for frozen compound management samples. The contractor must provide a temperature-controlled walk-in freezer maintained at a constant temperature not to exceed -20°C, 24-hour temperature logging with records available to NCATS upon request, routine maintenance, calibration, and preventive maintenance of the freezer space at no additional cost to the Government, immediate notification to NCATS of any temperature excursions or related issues that may affect sample integrity, uninterrupted power supply and REES alarm monitoring for all freezer and walk-in cold room space used by NCATS, and operations compliant with cGMP, ISBER Best Practices, and NCI Best Practices. The period of performance is one year from award.
• The contractor must provide 600 cubic feet of space in a -20 walk-in freezer at an offsite biorepository facility.
• The contractor must maintain the samples under tightly controlled frozen conditions to preserve their integrity.
• The contractor must provide temperature verification reports, documentation of calibrations, preventative maintenance, or repairs done on the walk-in freezer.
• The contractor must submit deliverables in electronic copy to [email protected].