SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- ORF Safety Training
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities/Office of Acquisitions, 13 South St., Room 2E43, MSC 5711, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOF2011428
- Point of Contact
- Romaine Cole, Phone: 301-435-4320
- E-Mail Address
-
coler@mail.nih.gov
(coler@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR OFFICE OF RESEARCH FACILITIES (ORF) SAFETY TRAINING Source Sought Number NIHOF2011428 THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING A MARKET SURVEY AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL S, PROPOSAL ABSTRACTS, QUOTATIONS, OR INVITATION FOR BIDS, NO AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS NOTICE. The National Institutes of Health is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to determine the availability and capability of business sources including, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 8(a), veteran owned, Woman-Owned, or small disadvantaged business concerns capable of providing a Safety Training Program for the Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS), Office of Research Services (ORS), at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes are 611710 and/or 611430 and the business size standard is 7.0 million dollars. The DOHS, TAB (Technical Assistant Branch), requires the services of professional, technically qualified instructors to support the Safety Training Program Manager and provide courses core to its research facilities safety training program. Specifically, instructors are sought to present/provide the following safety training course to members of the ORF maintenance community: 1. Accident Investigation Accident Investigation is a mandatory training for all personnel that act in a supervisory or team lead position. The course content should cover the definition of an incident, parts of the investigation including why do it and fact finding/interviewing techniques, root cause analysis - what it is and how it's done, follow up reporting, recommendations and tracking systems. 2. Bucket Truck Operation Mandatory training for all personnel operating the NIH bucket truck. The course should cover principles of safe operation, pre-use inspection, limitations and legal issues. Participants will demonstrate knowledge and skill by operating truck. 3. Chlorine Incident Response Mandatory training for those personnel that are involved in the treatment of wastewater required for facility operation. The course should cover characteristics of chlorine, types of exposures, hazards related to exposure, exposure treatment, personal protection, emergency procedures and security related to the use of chlorine gas. Material Safety Data Sheets, NIH policy and Public law can be used to meet the objectives of the class. 4. Confined Space This 40 hr course will cover terms, conditions, classification and hazards associated with confined space entry. The NIH CSE Policy will be reviewed as well as steps for entry, common hazards & injuries associated with CS entry, routes of exposure for toxic materials, air testing, equipment and ventilation. Proper use of equipment will be discussed and demonstrated as well as control zones and the incident command system. Participants will be involved in a mock CSE exercise. 5. Confined Space Refresher This is an 8hr confined space review of policy, procedures, equipment, hazards and responsibilities involved with confined space entry. 6. Electricity - HVG This course is required for all High Voltage Electricians and reviews hazards associated with working around high voltage equipment as well as corrective measures and personal protective equipment. The class will review applicable regulations, categories, history of IBEW & Linemen, power systems overview, diagrams, Job briefings, Lockout/tagout, confined space work, excavations, fall protection, grounding, testing and test facilities, switching procedures, live line tools, working on or near energized parts, substations & their hazards, audits, minimum approach distances, safe work practices and special conditions to work on capacitors. 7. Electricity - General Electricians This course is required for all general electricians and will improve understanding of OSHA's electrical standards and how they relate to the National Electrical Code. Improve ability to recognize actual and potential electrical hazards, how to correct those hazards and common accidents associated with each. Discuss the different electricity levels and their effects on the human body including electrocution levels. Understand the proper use of safety electrical test equipment and electrical tools and their inspection. Review justification and hazards related to working with live equipment, LOTO, arc flash, minimum approach distances, work permits, job briefings and arc blast hazard analysis. 8. Electricity - non electrician This course is required for maintenance workers and will review regulatory standards and how they relate to specific hazards of electricity. It includes a review of electrical safety work practices required for safety of all employees while working on or near electrical equipment. 9. Fall Protection This course shall be a "hands on" experience that covers the different types of hazards related to falls, situations where fall protection is required, types of fall protection available, limitations of its use, proper use, and care of equipment. The OSHA standards shall be reviewed as a means of completing the objectives. 10. First Aid This course is mandatory for all electrical workers, voluntary for others, and shall meet the requirements of the American Red Cross First Aid Training for the Workplace. 11. Hazard Communication This course is a mandatory for anyone who may work with or be exposed to potentially hazardous substances in their work environment. The class shall cover the NIH Hazard Communication Program as well as the hazardous chemicals that ORF employees will deal with on a daily and special situation basis. Students will know how to read, understand and use the information found in an MSDS and know where to find this information in their workplace. 12. Hearing Conservation This course is mandatory for ORF personnel. The course will cover types of noise hazards, effects on the human body and how to protect against hearing loss. 13. Heat Stress This course will review the types, signs and symptoms of heat/cold related injuries and illnesses. Methods of evaluating the environment and protecting against injury will be discussed. 14. Hoist & Crane - Rigger 1 This course will identify types and parts of cranes and hoist equipment, communication signals and methods, and how to safely rig and move materials. Pre-use inspection procedures will be demonstrated and practiced along with a practical exercise in rigging and moving a load. 15. Hoist & Crane - Inspector This course will teach participants how to conduct periodic inspections of lifting and rigging equipment identify, document and correct hazards and faulty equipment. 16. Kabota/Tunnel Carts This course will review the safe operation and maintenance of tunnel carts used at the NIH. Participants will be evaluated on their operational skills. 17. Laser Safety This course will identify the different types of lasers and hazards and limitations associated with each. Responsibilities of the employer, operator and employees will be discussed. Laser design, setup and engineering processes will be reviewed as well as protective design measures, communication factors, PPE and administrative procedures. 18. Lockout/Tagout This course will review hazards with working on equipment and the need to control hazardous energy of all types. The NIH energy control procedures will be discussed and lockout/ tagout equipment will be demonstrated. 19. Machine Guarding This course will teach participants how to identify hazards of machines and equipment. Characteristics of good machine guards will be discussed and participants will identify properly guarded machines. Responsibilities of good machine guarding will be reviewed. 20. Non Ionizing Radiation This course will identify the different sources of non-ionizing radiation, hazards related to this radiation and control measures used to protect employees from exposure. 21. OSHA 30 Hr Construction This course will review hazards associated with construction activities, OSHA 1926 regulations that address these hazards and responsibilities of the employer and employees on construction sites. 22. OSHA 30 hr General Industry This course will review hazards associated with the workplace, OSHA 1910 regulations that address these hazards and responsibilities of the employer and employees in the workplace. 23. Powered Industrial Truck This course is required for employees operating material handling equipment and will cover the types, safe operation, inspection and maintenance of material handling equipment. Participants will demonstrate their knowledge and skill in operating the equipment. The OSHA standard for powered industrial trucks will be reviewed. 24. Safety Training for Federal Supervisors This course is mandatory for supervisors and team leaders with supervisory responsibilities. Participants will be introduced to the OSHA Act & regulations as well as EO 12196 and 29CFR1960 requirements. Safety program elements will be reviewed including programs, inspections and injury investigation and reporting requirements. Participants will learn to recognize and control hazards in their workplace. 25. Trenching - Competent Person This course will teach participants to identify soil types and the hazards and benefits of each. Requirements of safe excavation and trenching practices will be discussed while reviewing the standards related to excavations. Protective systems, soil mechanics and analysis, job planning, responsibilities and confined spaces will be discussed. The contractor must provide knowledgeable, qualified instructors to teach classes as described. The instructor must be familiar with the biomedical research environment and its support systems and be experienced, skilled trainers. The contractor must have in place contingency plans to ensure that an equally qualified alternate instructor is available in the event that the primary instructor is not. The contractor must provide qualified instructors. The Government shall not reimbursement for travel and per diem costs through this contract. POTENTIAL SOURCE SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: The contractor must include in their Capability Statement, (1) the company name, address, phone number, e-mail address, NAICS Code http://www.sba.gov/size, certification of business size, and Duns and Bradstreet Number (DUNS), (2) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training, (3) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work, (4) prior completed projects of similar nature, (5) corporate experience and management capability and (6) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references and other related information. The Capability Statement is limited to 25 pages in size. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice should submit their Capability Statement to the e-mail address below. Capability Statements will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice or July 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Capability Statement must reference Sources Sought Number NIHOF2011428. All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement, which if timely received shall be considered by the agency. Capability Statements must be submitted via e-mail only to coler@mail.nih.gov. Faxed or postal mailed copies will be accepted. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organizations qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation. No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your responses. The Government reserves the right to use any no-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH Main Campus, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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