Q--AAALAC Accreditation (Laboratory Animal Care)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO), Washington, DC, intends to award a sole source contract to the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), Rockville, MD under FAR 6.302-1. AAALAC will provide triennial animal laboratory accreditation renewal visits to VA medical centers with veterinary medical units; interim visit (follow up) for any facility placed on withhold, provisional, probationary, or revoke accreditation status; and new veterinary medical unit accreditation. The NAICS code is 541940. Interested parties with the capability to provide the required services should submit a capability package in writing to the Contract Specialist within ten (10) calendar days after initial publication of this notice. Information received will be solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative response is received from another source with ten days, a contract will be negotiated and awarded to AAALAC. (Reference Note 22).