SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Research Portal
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1041160
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2008
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Wright,, Phone: 301-827-7217
- E-Mail Address
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patricia.wright@fda.hhs.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 FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is FDA1041160 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 05-26. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 519 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. However, this requirement is for small business set-aside and interested offerors may submit a quote. The FDA intends to issue a purchase order for the following: The goal of this project is the development and implementation of a secure research portal for the ECG Warehouse operated for FDA. The research portal concept is a means whereby a researcher can pose a question to the ECG Warehouse in some formal programming language and get a suitably formatted response. Depending on the researcher’s permissions, the response for some ECGs might be in the form of summary statistics, rather than ECG-by-ECG results. The ECG-level results should be retained for any production run analyses. I.Requirements gathering: The Research Portal needs to serve the needs of a diverse research community. The research community needs to have input into desirable features of the portal, including manner of uploading requests, monitoring progress of procedures being run on their behalf, programming language(s) to be supported, library of functions available for common input, output, and computational tasks, and manner of retrieving results. The community whose input needs to be sought includes, at a minimum, FDA researchers and project leaders with the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium. II.Development and implementation plan: The requirements need to be captured in an overall project development and implementation plan agreeable to the FDA PI. III.Development and implementation: The development needs to be prioritized, staged, and prototyped. There needs to be a core group of test users to review functionality compared with the requirements. There needs to be a process for evaluating and implementing change requests. IV.Progress reporting: Contractor will provide monthly reports on project status and open issues needing to be resolved. V.Final documentation and training: On-site training at FDA will be performed for up to 12 FDA and external researchers. Documentation and training materials are needed. Period of performance: One year starting soon after response date VI.DELIVERABLES: Requirements gathering, Development and implementation plan, Development and implementation, Progress reporting, Final documentation and training CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. All questions should be submitted by Email patricia.wright@fda.hhs.gov or by fax at 301-827-7151. All responsible sources that can provide and meet the above requirements shall submit written quotations by the response date. Evaluation/Award will be based on the technically acceptable quote that offers the best value to the government. The award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
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