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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 15, 2006 FBO #1570
SOLICITATION NOTICE

D -- Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse

Notice Date

3/13/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541511 — Custom Computer Programming Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902
 

ZIP Code

20892-7902
 

Solicitation Number

NHLBI-PB-2006-128
 

Response Due

5/30/2006
 

Archive Date

6/14/2006
 

Point of Contact

Jeff Curry, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-435-0365, Fax 301-480-3345, - Kathleen Marsden, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-0364, Fax (301) 480-3345,
 

E-Mail Address

curryj@nhlbi.nih.gov, km66x@nih.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

THIS REQUIREMENT IS A 100 PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. The requirement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541511,Custom Computer Programming Services, with a size standard of $23.0M. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), seeks a contractor to provide technical expertise, necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment and facilities to develop, maintain, operate, and provide timely upgrades of a web based system as an independent source of information (a Clearinghouse) about neuroimaging informatics tools and resources with respect to usage, interoperability, features, quality of documentation and support, and user satisfaction. The Contractor for this program will solicit access to tools and resources, as well as information about them, and will disseminate them through the web. The Contractor for this program will also provide opportunities for public comment on the tools and resources to facilitate their improvement, as well as to facilitate their characterization, validation and comparison with other tools and resources. The Contractor, through the operation of the web system and other means of communication and dissemination, shall develop effective approaches to actively promote widespread use of the Clearinghouse and the neuroimaging informatics tools and resources made available through the Clearinghouse, promote continuing dialogues among user and developer communities for improving neuroimaging informatics tools and resources and their adoption by the broader research community. The Contractor for this program will design, develop, and launch the web based Clearinghouse in the initial project phase (6 month to one year); maintain and operate the web based Clearinghouse for the duration of the contract period; and develop and implement an efficient project management process that ensures high-quality contract performance. Specifically, the contract involves performance of the following tasks: 1) design, develop, and implement a web based Clearinghouse of neuroimaging informatics tools and resources; 2) develop an appropriate user interface for the Clearinghouse; 3) formulate and implement website content development strategies for populating the website with appropriate neuroimaging informatics tools and resources); 4) provide effective information management for Clearinghouse website content); 5) provide initial website operation support and website users training; 6) develop and implement a process to provide timely upgrades of the Clearinghouse web systems both in content and in system hardware; 7) maintain user friendly user interfaces with the Clearinghouse website including coordination of user interactions and monitoring and tracking of Clearinghouse website usage; 8) operate and support community forums for the neuroimaging informatics tools and resources for the user/developer communities; 9) solicit, compile, manage, disseminate, and promote adoption of community-based, generally accepted vocabularies and ontology for neuroimaging informatics tools and resources; 10) provide effective management of neuroimaging informatics tools and resources hosted by the Clearinghouse; 11) assist in solicitation and evaluation of supplemental projects to modify, document, and otherwise make more usable neuroimaging informatics tools and resources; 12) develop project management process; 13) develop project staffing solutions; 13) develop system and data security measures; 14) develop project performance measurements and evaluation criteria; 15) develop project report formats and support on time production and delivery of project progress reports. Further information regarding the requirement is discussed in detail in the Statement of Work (SOW). The Government anticipates that there will be a single contract awarded for this requirement. A one (1) year base period of performance is anticipated, with four (4), additional one (1) year options. A solicitation for this requirement is not yet available. The planned release date of the solicitation document is on or about March 28, 2006, with a due date of May 30, 2006. The planned contract award date is September 22, 2006. Interested parties must submit a written request for a copy of solicitation number NHLBI-PB-2006-128 to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, Rockledge Building 2, Suite 6042, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902. Telephone number: (301) 435-0366, fax number (301) 480-3345, Attention: Jeffrey Curry. Written requests may be submitted by fax to (301) 480-3345 or by e-mail to curryj@nhlbi.nih.gov. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (13-MAR-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NHLBI-PB-2006-128/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Zip Code: 20892

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01005248-F 20060315/060313211924 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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