Animal Care and Research Support Services   3

The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is the intramural research program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The DIR's mission is to conduct a coordinated, multidisciplinary program of research to improve its understanding of the causes and consequences of drug abuse, and to develop more effective treatment and prevention programs.

Research using animals is an important part of this program. Such research involves:

studies of the expression of genes in rodent animal models
investigations of the distribution and function of neurotransmitters and their receptors
studies of genetic variability in responses to drugs
studies of the effects of drugs on behavior and at the cellular level
studies of the toxicity of drugs
evaluations of drugs as potential therapeutic agents
studies on how drugs affect neural pathways using genetic and molecular biology methods

The project provides labor services and management for the provision of prompt, efficient, and high-quality animal care including animal husbandry, clinical care, procurement of animals, and procurement of animal care supplies, data management, rodent breeding production, and support of internal customer services necessary to operate the animal research program.

This is a follow-on procurement to contract number HHSN271201700050C with Scitech Services, Inc. It is estimated that a cost reimbursement contract will result from this procurement with a possible total of one (4) four month base period; and eight (6) six month option periods and the total contract shall not exceed 52 months.