Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is conducting market research to identify potential sources that can provide laboratory animals for the research department at the VA Portland Health Care System. The contract will be a firm-fixed price contract with a base period and four option years. The contractor will be required to deliver animals on a regular basis, provide free consultation services, and provide free shipment of animals. The contractor must deliver animals within one week of routine orders and within one day of orders placed in emergency situations.
* The contract covers the supply of animals for the research department at the VA Portland Health Care System.
* The contractor must provide exactly the types, brands, and amounts of animals as ordered, with no substitutions.
* The contractor must deliver animals on the date specified on the order.
* The contractor must provide free consultation services with board-certified pathologists.
* The contractor must provide free shipment of animals and deliver them directly to the VA Portland Health Care System.