SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Foreign Biomedical Researcher Associate - Level 3
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NOI10039
- Point of Contact
- Clinton Scott, Phone: 301-402-5770, Linda C Taylor, Phone: 301-402-5762
- E-Mail Address
-
scottcl@niaid.nih.gov, ltaylor@niaid.nih.gov
(scottcl@niaid.nih.gov, ltaylor@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation Notice of Intent 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 not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NOI10039 and the solicitation is being issued as a Notice of Intent on a sole source basis. This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-37). This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) intend to procure a Foreign Biomedical Researcher Associate, Level 3 from Oak Ridge Associate University. Oak Ridge Associated University is an "H-1B cap-exempt" organization. Oak Ridge Associated University (ORAU) is the only organization (known to NIH) that is able and willing to provide and appoint the government with temporary foreign workers on the H-1B visa during periods when H-1B visas are not available to other organizations, owing to the H-1B cap. The foreign workers participate in the intramural research programs at NIH. Oak Ridge will recruit candidates, process applications, facilitate the selection of participants and make appointments to selected individuals to engage in ongoing research programs in designated NIH programs. The ORAU is an ^H-1B cap-exempt^ organization, willing to appoint foreign contract workers to participate in the intramural research programs at the National Institutes of Health. it is the only such organization that has been so identified. Without the availability of ORAU contract workers, able to be appointed on the H-1B visa, the essential biomedical research efforts of the NIH will be highly disadvantaged. In addition, ORAU participants are provided opportunities for professional travel and training, with coordination and reimbursement processes handled directly by ORAU, reducing operating costs for the NIH for these services. VISA services will also be handled directly by ORAU, reducing operating costs for the NIH. ORAU participants are assigned to an NIH scientist who will serve as mentor and collaborator in appropriate research projects. The appointments provide participants with an opportunity to learn more about the NIH and it's various research programs while gaining valuable knowledge and skills. The experience provides the basis for continued involvement in future NIH projects. The appointments promote the current and future missions of the NIH by supporting important contributions to current projects and creating a pool of professionals from which to draw for future efforts. The Contractor will appoint temporary foreign biomedical research associates on the H-1B Visa to participate in the Intramural Research Programs Programs for biomedical research associates at the NIH. The objective is to allow NIH to appoint foreign biomedical research associate to work on packaging of viral and host factors into HIV particles. The services provided by the foreign biomedical research associate will be the Biological Significance and Interaction of HIV Proteins. The Contractor will provide Visa services. The Contractor will assign foreign biomedical research associate with professional travel, training, and travel reimbursement. The research associate will be assigned to an NIH scientist who will serve as mentor and collaborator in appropriate research projects. The appointments provide participants with an opportunity to learn more about the NIH and its various research programs while gaining valuable knowledge and skills. The experience provides the basis for continued involvement in future NIH projects. The appointments promote current and future missions of NIH by supporting important contributions to current projects and creating a pool of professionals from which to draw future efforts. NIH will provide supplies, computer equipment, and space to work. The Period of Performance is 01/01/10 thru 12/21/10. The North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) Code for this acquisition is 541990, and the small-business size standard is $6.5 million. This is a firm fixed-price contract and the FOB terms are "Destination" and Net 30. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies; FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 32.703-2, Availability of Funds, FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration. In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov/ prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.] Offers must be submitted no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, Room 2NE38E, MSC/2811 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4812. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Requests for information concerning this requirement must be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-480-0469, or e-mailed to scottcl@niaid.nih.gov. It is the vendor's responsibility to confirm receipt of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Clinton Scott at 301-402-5770. Collect calls will not be accepted.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NOI10039/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: The National Institutes of Health NIAID, 10401 Fernwood Rd. Rm 2NE70, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02022074-W 20091213/091211235029-d5de3dd68c09a1c8d141b7f5400c0f44 (fbodaily.com)
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