SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Professional, Administrative, Management Support Services
- Notice Date
- 3/5/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ4033
- Response Due
- 3/15/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/30/2004
- Point of Contact
- William Rosa, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-402-6655, Fax 301-480-3695, - John Foley, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-2284, Fax 301-480-0689,
- E-Mail Address
-
wrosa@niaid.nih.gov, jfoley@NIAID.NIH.GOV
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is issued as a Request For Quotes; RFQ4033. This RFQ is a small business set aside. This solicitation and its incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01- 20. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541690 and the size standard is $6 Million. The National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases is soliciting proposals from offerors with the capability to oversee the development of a Bio-safety level (BSL) 2, 3, and 4 facility that will be utilized to conduct clinical research in bio-defense using a “medical approach” in animal models. The successful candidate will manage and oversee the planning, coordination, and implementation of the NIAID's planned Integrated Research Facility and will guide the project development of this facility as a Program Manager from its concept through the initial construction phases. The successful offeror will interface with program contacts internal as well as external to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Facilities (ORF), Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and non-governmental Architect, Engineering, and Construction Management organizations. As the program manager, the contractor will be responsible for the management and oversight of the project during the design, and initial construction phases. Some of the duties of the program manager may include but are not limited to: program guidance, revision, and oversight; maintaining clear communications by participating in group meetings with NIAID and other interagency officials; monitoring milestones relevant to the ORF; identifying and overseeing operational management needs. The successful candidate to serve as the program manager must meet the following minimum qualifications to be eligible for award: a) at least twenty five years (which must include some senior level) cumulative experience in the fields of architectural and engineering design, project management and construction management; b) management of at least five construction projects costing at least $50,000,000.00 each; c) at least five years of specialized experience working as a project manager on NIH laboratories with Biosafety Level (BSL) 3 emphasis; d) past experience in BSL-4 facility planning; e) at least eighteen months of work as a project manager an NIH laboratory with a specific Biodefense scientific mission; f) at least two years experience in Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD); and g) a U.S. Citizen. Award will be made as a best value determination based upon price and other factors. The government reserves the right to make award to other than the lowest price offeror. Offers will be evaluated on the following factors: 1) Technical acceptability, to include meeting the eligibility criterion; 2) an understanding of NIAID high-containment programs as distinguished from other nationally planned high-containment laboratories, to include an organizational understanding of NIAID and the specific and unique role it plays in Biodefense research and the dynamics of NIAID interagency level communications and meetings; 3) Approach to Program Management Services specific to this program to include the delineation of work plans, work schedules and documented deliverables and planning for overcoming difficulties regarding communication and coordination, as well as the organization of the program with clear lines of responsibility; and 4) price. The place(s) of performance are Bethesda, MD and other areas within a 60-mile radius of Bethesda, MD. The period of performance will be twelve (12) months. All offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http//www.ccr.gov/ to be eligible for award. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.21-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders Commercial Items. A completed Copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items must be included. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request. Offers must be submitted no later 4:00P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST), March 15, 2004. Any response to this solicitation must be submitted in writing to William Rosa, Purchasing Agent, at wrosa@mail.nih.gov or by fax 301-480-3695. For delivery through the postal service the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, Room/2NE70C, MSC/4811, Bethesda, Maryland 20817-4811. All offers will be considered by this agency.
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/RFQ4033/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland and areas within 60 mile radius
- Record
- SN00538220-F 20040307/040305233306 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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