SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Grants Management
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-04R000114
- Response Due
- 4/1/2004
- Archive Date
- 4/10/2004
- Point of Contact
- Darren Jansen, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-1857, Fax 301-443-3238, - Joe Pirrone, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-443-4852, Fax 301-443-3238,
- E-Mail Address
-
djansen@psc.gov, jpirrone@psc.gov
- Description
- The Department of Health and Human Services/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, through the Program Support Center provides the following: This is is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of potential small businesses (e.g., veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business) that can provide the following: Process a wide range of approved AHRQ grant applications for award, including but not limited to continuation grants, complex competing grants and cooperative agreements with multiple components. Contractor assigned to this task must have the following prerequisites (1) prior experience in the activities listed below; (2) familiarity with the Application Forms 398 and 2590; (3) expertise in processing continuation grants, complex competing grants and cooperative agreements; and (4) proficiency in using automated systems to generate necessary paper work and documents. With respect to processing approved AHRQ grant applications for award, the Contractor shall provide the following services on site at OPART - Grants Management, John Eisenberg Building, Suite 4210 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850. The scope of work will entail competing and continuation grant award of grants and cooperative agreements, including funding mechanism such as K02, K08, T32, F32, R01, R03, R13, R18, R21, R24, R36, P01, P20, U01 & U18. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/2590/2590.htm The contractor shall process approved AHRQ grant applications for award -- i.e., review forms 398 and 2590 and use automated systems to generate award documents. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html The contractor shall process approved AHRQ grant applications for award -- i.e., review forms 398 and 2590 and use automated systems to generate award documents. Review the applications for completeness, assurances, overlaps, etc. and ensure that all deficiencies noted are corrected. If necessary, establish an entity identification number with DHHS Central Registry. Review management and financial capabilities of first time DHHS grantees. Establish institutional file for each first time DHHS grantee. Review budgets for allowable costs and appropriate justifications. Ensure that personnel costs do not exceed salary cap. Resolve all overlap and over-commitment issues such as overlap with K awards and VA efforts. Address and resolve any budget issues raised in the summary statement of the applications. Contact potential recipients to clarify budget issues or discrepancies. Resolve budget issues with AHRQ project officers. Verify Facilities and Administrative cost rates and computations. Work with AHRQ program staff to ensure all programmatic issues are resolved and well-documented. Use Excel to prepare budget spreadsheets to show total cost award & future year commitments. Prepare budget worksheet for IMPAC II and route it to Financial Management. Use IMPAC II automated system to prepare the notice of grant award and terms and conditions for award and distribution. Ensure completeness of required terms and conditions (e.g., terms and conditions of cooperative agreements; terms to specify special requirements of the individual Program Announcement (PA) and Request for Applications (RFA); appropriate human subject terms; etc.). Distribute the award notice to the grantee and AHRQ staff Process Grant Close-outs Process Financial Status Reports Draft procedures in writing. Process National Research Service Award (NRSA) Statements of Appointment, Activation Notices, Termination Notices and Payback Notices, as needed. Other grant duties as necessary. The contractor shall work independently on assigned grant applications. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 541990. THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR BID (IFB), REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR REQUEST FOR APPLICATION (RFA) AND IN NO WAY OBLIGATES THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform that stated requirements may submit capability statements via e-mail to djansen@psc.gov. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS MUST ADDRESS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED ABOVE. Capability statements must also include the following information: company name, address, point of contact, phone/fax/e-mail, and business size and status (e.g., veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business). Responses are requested not later than April 1, 2004 @ 3:00p.m. eastern standard time.
- Record
- SN00552253-W 20040325/040323211708 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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