MOD | B | ATSDR PEER REVIEW | 07-Jan-06

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 07, 2006 FBO #1503
MODIFICATION

B -- ATSDR PEER REVIEW

Notice Date: 1/5/2006
Notice Type: Modification
NAICS: 541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
Contracting Office: Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146
ZIP Code: 30341-4146
Solicitation Number: 2006-Q-08296
Response Due: 1/30/2006
Archive Date: 2/14/2006
Point of Contact: Michael Morgan, Contract Specialist, Phone 7704882721, Fax 7704882671,
E-Mail Address: eki9@cdc.gov
Description: THIS SOLICITATION IS CANCELED JANUARY 05, 2006, DUE TO PROTEST. Section B - Supplies Or Services And Prices/Costs ITEM ITEM SUPPLIES / SERVICES QTY / UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE 0001 Mission support Peer Review Option 4 One Year Options Task Order Contract MAXIMUM VALUE $4,750,000.00 There are no clauses/provisions included in this section. ITEM SERVICES QTY/UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE Base Year 0001 PEER REVIEW BASE YEAR, $10,000.00 TASK IN SoW Base Period award date for 12 months Option Year 1 0002 Peer Review Option Yr 1, $10,000.00 Option Year 2 0003 Peer Review Option Yr 2, $10,0000.00 Option Year 3 0004 Peer Review Option Yr 3, $10,000.00 Option Year 4 0005 Peer Review Option Yr 4, $10,000.00 Section C - Description/Specification/Work Statement C.1 Statement of Work (Jul 1999) The Contractor shall provide the necessary services and supplies as described in the Statement of Work, incorporated by reference in Section J. (End of Clause) Background: The Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by Section 110 (P.L. 99 499) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is required to conduct peer review on studies and other research which are to be the basis of environmental public health policy. The purpose of this procurement is to provide a mechanism for obtaining peer review for Toxicological Profiles, associated unpublished studies, and other agency products to address this requirement. ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These functions include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances. This proposed procurement will provide support for the specific functions identified for the agency. Statement of Work The purpose of this proposed contract is to support ATSDR in carrying out the mission as identified by the agency. Independently, and not as an agent of the Government, the contractor shall perform the following tasks as specified in individual task orders issued by the Government: 1. Peer Review. Provide peer review for Toxicological Profiles, health and chemical specific consultations and other documents prepared by or submitted for review by the agency. This work includes identifying reviewers with appropriate expertise, insuring and documenting the lack of conflict of interest in the review process, developing a plan for managing the review process within the time frame and within the context of the government needs, and providing reports in hardcopy or electronic format as appropriate in a manner most expeditious for utilizing the information in document development or review. 2. Expert Panel and other meeting support. Provide a menu of panel meeting or conference support depending on the purpose, plan and objectives of the meeting. Working with the Project Officer and Technical Contact, identify critical experts to participate in this activity. Contact individuals to participateˇ, develop a contract for services if necessary, develop travel plans, establish the facility for the meeting and coordinate post-meeting activities. Plan announcements or publicity for the meeting, develop web-based meeting support as needed for information, registration or other needs. Arrange facilities for the meeting and coordinate meeting details. Support conduct of the meeting in coordination or registration procedures, audio-visual support and operation, facilitation of discussion periods, receptions and other meeting activities. 3. Educational support. Working with the Project Officer and Technical Contact, identify best approach, plan and media for educational support program. Identify technical experts to participate in training activity, establish necessary contract and other arrangements, and identify means for monitoring training or educational progress. If needed, work with CDC training offices to insure training credit certification. 4. Support for terrorism preparedness and response. Working with the Project Officer and Technical Contact, devise an effective plan to support preparedness and response activities. Components for this support may include special consultants, personnel with preparedness or response skills, media or materials to support agency collaborators, depending on program needs. In certain instances, support personnel may be needed to provide surge capacity as a supplement to ATSDR Emergency Response sectional activities. Depending on the situation and circumstances, support materials or other training materials may be required. 5. Expert Consultants. Many program activities require outside assessment or expertise in addressing issues. Contractor working with the Project Officers identifies expertise and characteristics necessary for expert consultants. Contactor establishes contractual arrangements with consultants, devises work plan and time frames for addressing agency program needs, and insures timely receipt of deliverables for the project. 6. Support for agency partners. The agency has significant activities with state and local communities in addressing issues of exposure to toxic substances. In some instances supplemental support will be needed in activities such as risk assessment, addressing community concerns, medical briefings, health studies and other programs conducted by the agency. In certain instances, the need to bring independent resources separate from the agency may be required to appropriately address the issues of concern. The Contractor, in consultation with the Project Officer, defines the necessary support for state or local public health groups. The contractor develops a work plan to meet this technical requirement including: experts consultants, plan of action, deliverables including final report if appropriate, materials to be developed or provided, and special expertise or activities dictated by the situation 7. Other Support services. Other support services for environmental public health activities include the planning and conducting of health studies, the development of novel methods, including computational toxicology, for obtaining supplemental information on hazardous substances and the translation of critical articles associated with important objectives. Reporting: In developing each task order, deliverables from the contractor will be separately identified. The contractors task proposals will identify the technical approach to be used for the work, address issue of conflict of interest, identify schedule and deliverables and describe staffing plan. All draft and final reports will be delivered to the government in the agreed upon schedule. The contractor shall deliver the items specified in the approved task order to the Project Officers at the following address: 4770 Buford Highway, Building 101, MS F-31, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30341. In addition, one copy of the monthly progress report shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the following address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Contracting Management Branch, 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3221, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-4146 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////END ITEM/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I. Personnel Requirements Support under this contract will include, but is not limited to, the following labor categories: Labor category: Senior Staff Scientist Minimum General Experience: PhD or MD degree and eight (8)+ years of relevant experience. Labor Category: Staff Scientist Minimum General Experience: PhD or MD degree and five (5)+ years relevant experience or MS degree and eight (8)+ years relevant experience. Labor Category: Junior Staff Scientist Minimum General Experience: BS or MS degree in the biological sciences. Labor Category: Administrative/Management Specialist Minimum General Experience: MS degree and five (5)+ years relevant experience or BS/BA degree and eight (8)+ years relevant experience. II. Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity The following tables give an estimated distribution of labor hours across representative labor categories for each Peer Review Process. Base Year  Required and Optional Hours Labor Category Minimum Maximum Sr. Staff Scientist 0 175 Staff Scientist 0 160 Administrative/Management Specialist 0 1400 Administrative Assistant 0 75 TOTAL HOURS 0 1810 Option Years 1-4  Required and Optional Hours Labor Category Minimum Maximum Sr. Staff Scientist 0 175 Staff Scientist 0 160 Administrative/Management Specialist 0 1400 Administrative Assistant 0 75 TOTAL HOURS 0 1810 III. Task Orders Each task order submitted by the Government will be requesting the completion of a specific task. For each order, the Contractor shall submit a proposal, including the labor categories and number of necessary hours, to complete the task. MAXIMUM CONTRACT CEILING IS $4,750,000.00 Section J - List Of Attachments DIVISION OF TOXICOLOGY PEER REVIEW PROCEDURES ATSDR is required by Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by Section 110 (P.L. 99-499) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, to use peer reviewed literature in its publications. Within the Division of Toxicology, the Emergency Response and Scientific Assessment Branch (ERSAB) provides the coordination of the peer review of Toxicological Profiles, Technical Reports, and relevant unpublished studies. The development of these documents is coordinated by the Toxicology Information Branch. This peer review process is done in accordance with the legislation mentioned previously and within guidelines established within the CDC/ATSDR Information Quality Peer Review which can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ophr/infoqualpeerreview.htm Information accepted as peer reviewed: 凘 Reports from peer reviewed journals, 凘 Federal government reports that have an agency publication number, 凘 Federal government contract reports that do not have an agency publication number but have a National Technical Information Service. (NTIS) number, 凘 Proceedings of a symposium, and 凘 Books. Information not accepted as peer reviewed: 凘 A doctoral dissertation or thesis that has been prepared as a requirement for college graduation and has not subsequently published in a peer reviewed journal or a book, 凘 Non-peer reviewed journal (with exceptions e.g., Chemosphere, Environmental Health Perspective, and MMWR), 凘 Industry reports, and 凘 Federal government reports without an agency publication number or NTIS number. Information we do not have peer reviewed: 凘 Material ,Safety Data Sheets (MDSD), 凘 Tables of numbers without supporting documentation to allow evaluation, 凘 Abstracts (Note: Only in rare instances are abstracts ever included in a profile.) The process: 凘 ATSDR issues a task order to Contractor for activity related to the contract. For most task orders, ATSDR submits: The list of profiled substances; set specific "Guidance for the Development of a Toxicological Profile;" and "Guidelines for Peer Review of ATSDR Profiles." 凘 Contractor issues a work plan and cost estimate for performing the task order. 凘 ATSDR accepts the work plan and estimate, or asks for modifications and/or clarifications before approval. 凘 After approval of the task order for the profile set with the Profile Development Contractor, the schedule for profile set including peer review is shared with Contractor. 凘 Contractor provides ATSDR a list of potential reviewers (average of 5-8), in a prioritized order, with expertise in the field or the particular substance.Contractor confirms with the potential reviewers that there is no conflict of interest. The Chemical Manager reviews the list and then either approves the list or makes suggested changes in the prioritized order or suggested additions to the list. 凘 The Chemical Manager decides which studies are to be peer reviewed. This may be done in consultation with the contract author. Using the criteria listed previously, the Chemical Manager selects the studies to be peer reviewed. It is not necessary to peer review "all" unpublished studies, only the studies that may have a significant contribution (not "me too" data) to the data known about the substance. After the peer review of unpublished studies is approved by the Project Officer, the list of unpublished studies to be reviewed is transmitted to Contractor by E-Mail. 凘 Contractor coordinates with the profile development contractor to prevent and handle any problems. 凘 CONTRACTOR provides ATSDR and the profile contractor copies of the "Summary Report of Reviewer Comments on the Toxicological Profile for substance x" for each profile. This report may contain: The peer reviewers' summary reports; evaluation of unpublished studies; additional references and data submitted by the peer reviewers; and annotated pages from peer reviewers' profile documents. 凘 If applicable, the Chemical Manager looks at each peer reviewer's evaluation of the unpublished study (this is in the "Summary Report of Reviewer Comments. ..") and decides if at least two of the three peer reviewers agree on the quality of the study. 凘 The Project Officer will provide the Chemical Manager a form to use in rating the reviewers. Miscellaneous 凘 If an unpublished study is in a foreign language it must be translated before it is submitted for peer review. THIS SOLICITATION IS CANCELED JANUARY 05, 2006, DUE TO PROTEST. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (05-JAN-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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Place of Performance: Address: Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ATSDR) Atlanta, Georgia THIS SOLICITATION IS CANCELED JANUARY 05, 2006, DUE TO PROTEST.; Zip Code: 30341-5539; Country: USA
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