SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Quality Assurance Support for Conduct of Audits and Inspections.
- Notice Date
- 5/22/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Contracts Branch, DERT P.O. Box 12874, 79 T.W. Alexander Dr, Bldg 4401, RTP, NC, 27709
- ZIP Code
- 27709
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-ES-03-03
- Response Due
- 7/8/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/23/2003
- Point of Contact
- Jacqueline Osgood, Contract Specialist, Phone 919-541-7596, Fax 919-541-2712, - Don Gula, Supervisory Contracting Officer, Phone 919-541-0423, Fax 919-541-0423,
- E-Mail Address
-
osgood@niehs.nih.gov, gula@niehs.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The purpose of this contract is to obtain independent quality assurance monitoring and retrospective auditing support resources. Through these support resources, the NTP will be better informed to take action to assure the high quality of studies, ascertain areas of vulnerabilities in the conduct and documentation of studies, and develop acceptance standards for the performance of high quality studies. The tasks will be carried out based on priorities established by the Project Officer. The base contract will provide NIEHS with a resource for auditing various materials and reports from toxicological and carcinogenicity studies. The base contract will encompass 4 tasks and two options: Task 1- Audit of NTP Technical Report: Toxicity (A/TxR) or Technical (A/TR); Task 2 - Audit of Reports Submitted by an NTP Testing Laboratory: Laboratory Report for Standard Toxicity Study (A/LR) or Report for Other Toxicity Study (A/OR); Task 3 - Audit of Pathology Tables (A/PT); Task 4 - Audit of Internet Information (A/II); Option 1 - Tasks 1 to 4. Additional Audits beyond Base-Contract Projections, and Option 2 - Task 5 - QA Site Visit Support for Monitoring Work in Progress. Two options will expand the effort in the contract pending the need for additional assessments and the availability of funds. Option 1, which may be exercised once per contract year, will provide support for additional Task 1 - 4 audits, for up to 40% of the level projected in the base contract. Option 2, which may be exercised once per contract year, will provide support for site visit inspections at two designed laboratory facilities. All work will be handled confidentially and reported for review to the Project Officer or as otherwise directed by the Project Officer. Award of one cost-reimbursement , performance based, term form, level of effort type of contract with an estimated period of performance of two years with options up to an additional eight years for a total of ten years is contemplated as a result of this solicitation. This is a 100% set aside for Small Business. The Government estimates that the project will require approximately 1,530 senior professional hours, 5,712 technical hours, and 1,120 clerical hours for a total of 8,362 labor hours on an annual basis for this award. Option One is estimated at a total of 2,258 labor hours and Option Two is 344 labor hours on an annual basis. Interested organizations should telefax a request for RFP NIH-ES-03-03 to the attention of Mr. David Sedgley, Procurement Technician at (919) 541-2712 or send an e-mail at: sedgley@niehs.nih.gov. The electronic version of the CBD synopsis is available on the Internet at: http/www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/rcb/rfp.htm. An electronic copy of the RFP will be posted to this site on or about June 6, 2003. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. Expected release date of the RFP is June 6, 2003 with proposals due July 8, 2003. This requirement is 100% set aside for Small Business. The NAICS is 541710.*****
- Record
- SN00330608-W 20030524/030522213318 (fbodaily.com)
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