Animal Care and Laboratory Support Services to the Vaccine Research Center

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking a contractor to provide animal care and laboratory support services to the Vaccine Research Center (VRC). The contractor will be required to provide qualified personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities for the housing and care of Non-Human Primates (NHPs) and to support vaccine and therapeutic development. The contract will have a mandatory qualification that the contractor's facility must be within 60 minutes from the VRC NIH Bethesda campus. The contractor must also demonstrate their ability to meet strict sample transport timelines, have ABSL-2/3 operational capability, and have valid IACUC/IBC, Safety, and animal welfare compliance. Key requirements include: • Providing Biosafety Level-2 (BSL-2) and Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) animal holding facilities • Handling up to 500 NHPs annually • Maintaining a secure and compliant environment • Ensuring the humane treatment of NHPs • Supporting long-term and high-containment infectious disease studies • Providing regular reports on animal care, veterinary services, and technical procedures • Maintaining detailed records of all activities conducted under the contract