(a) The Contracting Officer shall insert the provision in 352.270-5(a), Notice to Offerors of Requirement for Compliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, in solicitations that involve live vertebrate animals.
(b) Offerors having a full AWA on file with OLAW shall submit IACUC approval of the use of animals in the manner required by instructions for completion of the contract proposal, but prior to the technical review of the proposal. The date of IACUC approval must not be more than 36 months prior to the deadline for proposal submission.
(c) It is not necessary for non-assured offerors to submit assurances or IACUC approval with proposals. OLAW shall contact contractors, subcontractors and cooperating institutions to negotiate necessary assurances and verify IACUC approvals when requested by the Contracting Officer.
[74 FR 62398, Nov. 27, 2009, as amended at 75 FR 21512, Apr. 26, 2010]
