SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Consolidated Support Services for the National Cancer Institute
- Notice Date
- 4/23/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Br., 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Room 604, Rockville, MD, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SS-NCI-ESS-2003
- Response Due
- 5/7/2002
- Archive Date
- 5/22/2002
- Point of Contact
- Robin Irving, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 496-8611, Fax (301) 480-0241, - Robert Barnie, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-3779, Fax 301-480-0241,
- E-Mail Address
-
ri23j@nih.gov, rb355w@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total HUB-Zone
- Description
- REQUEST FOR COMMENT/SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE - CONSOLIDATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. This Request for Comment (RFC)/Source Sought Notice (SS) is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The purpose of this RFC/SS is to identify approved hubzone sources that are interested in and capable of performing the work described herein. The NCI does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Acknowledgment of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of NCI's evaluation of the information received. As a result of this RFC/SS, the NCI may issue a Request for Proposal (RFP). However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NCI shall arise as a result of a response to this RFC/SS or the NCI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Request for Comment: The National Cancer Institute seeks qualified hubzone contractors capable of performing consolidated support services for the NCI. The contractor shall provide operational support to the NCI through the issuance of Task Orders for a vast array of activities including the conduct of scientific meetings, dissemination of information to scientific and medical communities, as well as to the public, and tasks in support of these activities, which are vital to the success of NCI's mission. The government may issue individual task orders in one or all of the following functional areas: (1) Scientific Meeting Support; (2) Documentation; (3) Communications; (4) Administrative Support; (5) Evaluation; and (6) Data Manipulation. The contractor must be able to perform in at least 3 of the 6 functional areas. This effort will represent the main source of support for meeting planning, preparation of reports, correlated communications, data management, evaluation, and various administrative functions. The goal of these efforts is to help monitor research programs, transfer research results to health care providers and other researchers, assess the state-of-the-science on topics of special interest, convey clinical recommendations, create opportunities for collaborations, and inform the public of cancer-related health concerns. The scope of NCI's activities are both national and international. A copy of the draft Statement of Work (SOW) pertaining to this requirement may be accessed on the NCI Research Contracts Branch External Website at URL: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/ Once there, click on Current Requests for Proposals. Under the section entitled Sources Sought/Request for Information click on number SS-NCI-ESS-2003 entitled, Consolidated Support Services for the National Cancer Institute. Interested hubzone organizations should submit a capability statement of approximately 10 pages that details the ability to perform the aspects of the statement of work described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Responses will be reviewed only by NIH personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. All respondents are required to certify that they are approved hubzone organizations. In the event an RFP is issued, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561110 with a size standard of $6,000,000 is being considered. Responses are due no later than 3:00pm eastern prevailing time on May 7, 2002. Please submit three (3) copies of your response to the attention of: Robin M. Irving, Contracting Officer, Epidemiology and Support Section, Research Contracts Branch, OM, National Cancer Institute, and if using regular mail - Executive Plaza South, Suite 600, Room 6001, MSC 7196, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892-7196. If courier service is used, the address is the same except for the city and zip code (Rockville, MD 20852). Facsimile responses may be submitted by FAX to 301/480-0241 or e-mail responses may be sent to irvingr@mail.nih.gov. Telephone inquiries should be addressed to Robin Irving at 301/435-3777.
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