SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- OER-Grants Policy
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-RFQ-03-148-KDR
- Response Due
- 6/18/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2003
- Point of Contact
- Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
kr33v@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to procure professional support services for the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH), on a sole source basis with each of the following individuals via separate purchase orders: Ronald G. Geller, Ph.D., Potomac, MD; Steven Bernard, Darnestown, MD; Robert Carlsen, Olney, MD; Edward Donohue, Silver Spring, MD; John Garthune, Gaithersburg, MD; Herbert J. Kreitman, Baltimore, MD; and, James Pike, Potomac, MD 20854, for a continuation of services to review the grants oversight processes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in its mission to improve the quality of its scientific programs and processes in pursuing its mission to "uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone." NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. It is the largest Federally funded agency of health science research and is the Federal focal point of biomedical and health research. Its mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical information. The individuals listed above will continue to review, assess and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of all pertinent grant oversight processes relating to the following four areas (1) NIH Other Support; (2) NIH Prohibited or Restricted Research; (3) NIH Grant Close-out; and (4) NIH Confidentiality of Grant Review. The Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) program staff has determined that Ronald Geller, Steven Bernard, Robert Carlsen, Edward M. Donohue, John Garthune, Herbert J. Kreitman, Jim Pike are the only source possessing the unique combination of knowledge, skills, and understanding of the complex Grants activities that are necessary to accomplish the specified tasks. Ronald G. Geller, Ph.D. Dr. Geller has a total of 33 years experience at the NIH, the last 29 years of which have been in positions of leadership, management, and supervision. During the last 3 years of his Federal career, Dr. Geller served as the Director, Office of Extramural Programs. In that position he provided leadership over the development and monitoring of policies and procedures that impact across the NIH. He and his staff performed NIH-wide guidance and oversight for: 1) peer review policies, 2) publication of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 3) resolution of issues related to human subjects concerns, 4) research misconduct, 5) research training and career development programs, 6) the Small Business Research Programs, 7) the Academic Research Enhancement Award program and 8) overall extramural staff training. Dr. Geller also served as the Acting NIH Research Integrity Liaison Officer during this period and actively worked with the DHHS Office of Research Integrity in that context. On September 4, 2002, Ronald G. Geller, Ph.D., retired from Federal civilian service to be a self-employed consultant specializing in advising investigators and institutions on research grant application procedures. Steve C. Bernard Mr. Bernard has a total of 25 years experience at the NIH in grants administration. During his last years at NIH, 1986-1987, Mr. Bernard served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Director for Extramural Research and Training, Office of the Director, NIH. In that position he directed a high priority initiative to update the NIH grants manual series of policy and procedure chapters and related issuances. Mr. Bernard served as the NIH Grants Policy Officer from 1980-1986. He was responsible for establishing and maintaining policies and procedures for all NIH assistance (grants and cooperative agreements) programs. This encompassed all types of awards including research, training centers, research resources, fellowships, career awards, general research support and construction grants issued by 14 separate awarding units and comprising approximately two-thirds of the entire NIH annual appropriation. On January 3, 1987, Steven C. Bernard retired from retired from Federal civilian service to be a self-employed consultant. Robert Carlsen Mr. Carlsen has over 31 years of experience in acquisitions at the NIH, the last 19 years of which have been in positions of leadership, management, and supervision. He was the Director of the Division of Extramural Affairs (DEA) at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute from September 26, 1999 to April 30, 2001. Prior to becoming the Director, he held the role of Acting Director, DEA from March 15, 1999 to September 25, 1999. The Division of Extramural Affairs (DEA), provides grant and contract management and processing support to the NHLBI program divisions. The DEA was responsible for conducting the initial scientific and technical merit review of research grant applications, cooperative agreements, and contracts. He was responsible for the committee management functions for NHLBI and served as a service center for a number of Institutes and Centers (ICs). Mr. Carlsen held every possible position with Contracts Operations Branch (COB) from trainee, to team leader, to Section Chief, to Deputy Chief and for seventeen years was Chief of COB, January 1982 to March 14, 1999. The career path has provided Mr. Carlsen with invaluable broad administrative and technical experience which has enabled him to manage responsibly and reliably all phases of station support and research contracts programs of NHLBI and their service center customers. The COB was one of the first acquisition shops at NIH to be reviewed and certified by the Department in 1990. Mr. Carlsen retired from Federal civilian service in May 2001 to be a self-employed consultant specializing in grant and contract management. Edward M. Donohue Mr. Donohue has 35 years of experience in the extramural programs of the NIH, in both the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Twenty-six years of Mr. Donohue's experience has been in grants management, of which 14 years were as the Grants Management Branch Chief of NINDS. This entailed ensuring that grant policies and procedures were being correctly applied, as well as developing new policies while also assessing the effectiveness of existing policies. In February 2002, Ed Donohue retired from Federal civilian service to be a self-employed consultant specializing in grants management. John Garthune Mr. Garthune has a total of 39 years experience in at the NIH, the last 30 years of which have been in positions of leadership, management, and supervision. Mr. Garthune's entire career has been in grants at NIH, starting first as a Grants Management Specialist, 1966-1971, and then moving on to become a Grants Management Officer, 1971-1980 and Chief Grants Management Officer, 1980-1983. From 1983 to 1997, he was the Assistant Division Director for Grants and Contracts, National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (now NIDDK). He then became the Special Assistant to the Institute Director for Grants Analysis and Control, NIDDK, from 1997 to 2001. In January 2001, John Garthune retired from Federal civilian service to be a self-employed consultant specializing in grants management. Herbert J. Kreitman Mr. Kreitman has a total of 26 years experience in at the NIH, the last 24 years of which have been in positions of leadership, management, and supervision. Thirteen years of Mr. Kreitman's experience has been in grants at NIH as an Assistant Grants Policy Officer, 1986-1990, and the Coordinator, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs, 1991-1999. In January 1999, Herbert J. Kreitman retired from his Federal civilian service position to be a self-employed consultant specializing in SBIR/STTR and other award mechanisms of support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH); providing consulting services to government agencies on SBIR/STTR and other program policies and procedures; and as Small Business Consultant with Research and Management Systems, a company providing e-Commerce solutions for researchers and grant managers. James Pike Mr. Pike has a total of 36 years experience in at the NIH, the last 25 years of which have been in positions of leadership, management, and supervision. Mr. Pike has had a wide variety of responsibilities including 6 years in information capture, storage and retrieval, and 30 years in research grant administration and management. Mr. Pike served as the Executive Officer, Division of Research Grants (now Center for Scientific Review (CSR)) and was responsible for all executive and administrative interests including receipt, referral, and scientific peer review of most grant applications submitted to NIH and for computerized information systems critical to the review and award process. James Pike retired from Federal civilian service in 1996. From 1996-2001 he was a Senior Business Developer for Logicon Inc./FDC/R.O.W. Sciences, Inc. From 2000 to the present, he serves as a Grants Consultant for Z-Tech Corporation. He also operates as an independent consultant specializing in grants management and peer review processes. This requirement is for a one-year period of performance. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the NLM. The NAICS code is 514199 with a small business size standard of $5.0 million. RESPONSES TO RFQ-NLM-03-148/KDR ARE DUE BY 12:30 PM (EDT) on JUNE 18, 2003, AND SHALL BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO: KR33V@NIH.GOV. The following clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition and may be obtained from the web site http://www.arnet.gov/far/: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and FAR Clause 52-212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Room B1N20, Bethesda, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
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