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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 24, 2008 FBO #2463
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R -- An External Programmatic Evaluation of NMFS Marine Mammal Stranding Program in the NE & NW Regions - Statement of Work

Notice Date

8/22/2008
 

Notice Type

Statement of Work
 

NAICS

541611 — Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61, 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
 

ZIP Code

20910
 

Solicitation Number

NFFKPR00-8-45815
 

Archive Date

9/20/2008
 

Point of Contact

Gina E Lee,, Phone: 301-713-0820 x208
 

E-Mail Address

gina.e.lee@noaa.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13, as supplemented with additional information in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a separate solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number NFFKPR00-8-45815 is being issued as a Request for Quotation. This acquisition is being solicited using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is set aside for Small Business. The associated NAICS code and small business size standard is 541611 and $6.5M. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Marine Mammal Conservation Division has a requirement to continue the project that is currently underway for two of the six regions (Southeast and Southwest Region). A third party (non-governmental organization) will conduct a survey of stranding network members for the purposes of achieving high quality, substantive feedback from the Stranding Network (Phase 1). This will involve using the 2008 OMB approved survey form (NOAA Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Survey). In addition, the contractor will analyze results from the survey to assist NMFS management with identifying core issues and preparing meaningful agendas for the external reviews (Phase 2). The contractor shall provide necessary personnel, material, equipment, and all other items necessary to completely perform the requirements specified in this statement of work. Prior to conducting the surveys, the contractor shall meet with the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) and other applicable NMFS staff to discuss the statement of work. The contractor shall be required to provide the COTR with informal verbal progress reports as frequently as deemed necessary by the COTR. Survey of stakeholders - NOAA Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Survey - To achieve high-quality feedback from stakeholders, the contractor will complete Phase 1 described above using the OMB approved survey developed in 2008. This approach will ensure that respondents are buffered from influences by agency staff, and eliminate any potential conflicts of interest. A combination of two or more evaluative tools may be used (e.g. phone surveys, mail surveys, personal interviews). The contractor will also conduct personal interviews of a small subset of stakeholders. All qualitative analyses for personal interviews will follow traditional methods for qualitative research and all responses from individuals will remain confidential. Participants in surveys and interviews will be selected from the following stakeholder groups for both regions: (1) Stranding Network members (Stranding Agreement holders, Designees); (2) academic institutions; (3) selected NOAA Fisheries employees and (4) other selected Federal and State employees (109h). Sample size - The contractor should ensure that the survey design and implementation will adequately represent all key stakeholders. While NMFS expects that this would likely require an overall 75% response rate for each region Northeast, Northwest Regions (NER, NWR), NMFS expects to rely on the contractor's expertise in identifying an appropriate response rate that is representative of the stranding networks and is statistically valid. The NWR has thirty eight organizations authorized to respond to marine mammal stranding events. The majority of these are non-governmental organizations (n=12) but also include academic institutions (n=3), and federal/state agencies under 109h authority (n=23). The NER has 15 active stranding organizations and the majority are non-governmental organizations (n = 9) and two academic institutions and four 109h federal/state agencies. It is important to note there are often multiple perspectives within one organization. Therefore, it is essential for the contractor to design sampling methods that will adequately represent views among the Network, and within Network member organizations. Final Report and Presentations - Prior to the external review (Phase 2), the contractor will prepare a final report summarizing results of the surveys in both Regions. This Report will also include separate analyses for each region and identify common overlapping or unique issues to each region. The contractor will also present these results at each Region's external review meeting. The contractor shall be responsible for: 1) Designing and conducting surveys and interviews. The contractor shall work closely with NMFS staff in the NER, NWR, and our headquarters office to design review the survey questions and identify participants for interviews and surveys. The contractor will be responsible for contacting participants and all costs associated with conducting the survey, conducting phone interviews and receiving feedback. 2) Analyzing results. The contractor shall analyze all results using statistical analysis or qualitative analyses. 3) Generating a Final Report. The contractor shall complete a Final Report of survey results including an executive summary, methodologies, copies of survey instruments, an overall summary, and a summary of overlapping themes or common issues to each Region, as well as unique issues to each region. 4) Presentations of results at two external review meetings. The contractor shall present results from the survey and the Final Report at the NER external review and the NWR external review meetings. Deliverables: The contractor shall provide the following deliverables to NOAA: 1) Survey results and Report Fall 2009 and 2) A Power Point Presentation for external review meetings summarizing results in the Winter 2010. The period of performance is Date of Award through September 30, 2011. Best value evaluation factors include the following: 1) Technical Approach - The likelihood of effectively meeting the requirements; 2) Past Performance - The relevance and quality of prior performance; and 3) Price - The amount, realism and consistency of the evaluated price. The evaluation shall be based on use of the adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O) - Conspicuously striking in eminence; Good (G) - Beneficial and worthwhile; sound and valid; Adequate (A) - Reasonably sufficient and suitable; Marginal (M) - Minimally suitable at the lower limit. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-26. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.arnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items - The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certificates - Commercial Item, FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, and Alternate II; FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor; FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; FAR 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards; FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Act; and FAR 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; FAR 52.232-9, Limitation on Withholding of Payments. All responsible sources that can meet the requirements and provide the items as listed above may respond to this solicitation by submitting a quotation addressed to Gina E. Lee, Purchasing Agent, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, 1305 East West Highway, Suite 7144, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, to be received no later than September 5, 2008 at 12:00pm. The Government reserves the right to make one award or no award at all as a result of this solicitation. Responses are to be emailed to Gina.E.Lee@noaa,gov. Award is anticipated by September 22, 2008.
 

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Document(s)

Statement of Work
 

File Name: Statement of Work (NFFKPR00-8-45815.SOW.doc)

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Place of Performance

Address: Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States

Zip Code: 20910
 

Record

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