SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- CEIRS Influenza Data Processing and Coordinating Center (DPCC)
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Acquisitions, 6700 B Rockledge Room 3214 MSC7612, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7612
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7612
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-NIAID-DMID-NIHAI2013176
- Archive Date
- 5/10/2013
- Point of Contact
- Michael Welsh, Phone: (301) 435-3839, Aileene Mitchell Ford, Phone: 301-496-7288
- E-Mail Address
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welshmi@mail.nih.gov, aileene.mitchellford@nih.gov
(welshmi@mail.nih.gov, aileene.mitchellford@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- CEIRS Influenza Data Processing and Coordinating Center (DPCC) RFP-NIAID-DMID-NIHAI2013176 Type of Requirement New Requirement Place of Performance Place of performance is unknown at this time Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Acquisitions, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 3214, MSC 7612, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7612 Duration of contract: 1 Base Year If Options will be included, describe Options: 6 One-Year Options Anticipated award date: March 15, 2014 Introduction The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supports research related to the basic understanding of microbiology and immunology leading to the development of vaccines, therapeutics, and medical diagnostics for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of infectious and immune-mediated diseases. The NIAID, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) has a need for data management services to support the multi-center network "Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS)." This is a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, NAICS 541712 with a size standard of 500 employees. Description Research supported and conducted by the NIAID, NIH, DHHS strives to understand, treat and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that threaten millions of human lives. The DMID supports extramural research to control and prevent diseases caused by infectious agents. This includes basic and applied research to develop and evaluate therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics, which are funded through a variety of research grants and contracts. Research activities to provide more effective approaches to controlling influenza virus infections are an important component of these efforts, and span both basic and applied research on influenza virus biology and replication, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, and clinical research to develop new and improved diagnostics, antiviral drugs, and vaccines. Underpinning these efforts are the NIAID CEIRS. CEIRS is an integrated network of centers designed to bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers that perform surveillance related research integrated with research on host immune response, viral pathogenesis, and the factors that control the emergence and transmission of influenza viruses. The overall goal of the CEIRS network is to provide the information and public health tools needed to control the impact of epidemic influenza and the threat of pandemic influenza. The CEIRS network has made significant contributions to influenza research through global surveillance studies that have provided insights into the natural history of influenza A viruses in wild birds, virus ecology and viral hosts; served to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for controlling the spread of animal influenza viruses; provided improvement of sample collections and detection of influenza viruses in primary clinical specimens; and provided a better understanding of the antigenic diversity of influenza viruses and how influenza viruses emerge. Significant progress has also been made in the research areas of influenza pathogenesis and host response. CEIRS investigators have advanced understanding of the molecular, ecological, and environmental factors that influence pathogenesis, transmission, and evolution of influenza viruses. In addition, a significant amount of research has been conducted to characterize the protective immune response. These projects have provided information regarding correlates of immunity, as well as cross protection among different influenza virus subtypes. Among the most important was the CEIRS response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in which the CEIRS network was instrumental in conducting early virus characterization studies and pre-clinical evaluation of vaccine material. Other highlights include assistance in the development of the Influenza Research Database (www.fludb.org), a NIAID-funded program that provides datasets and bioinformatics tools to the global research community, as well as contributions to influenza reagents and data sharing. Equally important to the influenza research community are the training and lab capacity building activities the centers support. These activities build infrastructure not only for influenza research and response, but can also be applied to other infectious diseases as well. A contract to be awarded under a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the requirements stated herein will establish a Data Processing & Coordinating Center (DPCC) for NIAID's CEIRS network, which will collect, process, track and coordinate the diverse influenza data sets generated by the CEIRS network and facilitate the CEIRS network data management and transfer to appropriate public databases and provide a website for sharing CEIRS related information and documents. The anticipated start date is on/or about _ March 15, 2014 __with a one year Base Period and six one-year Options. Offerors are expected to have the expertise, personnel, and facilities to meet the requirements stated herein, and be able to demonstrate their capability to perform these requirements, with particular attention to the following areas: 1. The ability to operate and maintain state-of-the-art computer-based systems and for defining and implementing procedures for the collection, management, storage, and quality control of all CEIRS network research data and for the management and reporting of data and other information for studies supported under the CEIRS network. 2. The availability, adequacy and suitability of an established central facility, equipment and other resources, including computer equipment, network infrastructure, database management systems and overall information technology systems administration of the organization and all proposed subcontractors for data collection, computer processing, storage, tracking and retrieval of all study data and study-related information. 3. The ability to provide adequate scientific and technical personnel who have knowledge of influenza surveillance and basic research and expertise leading project activities both directly and indirectly through multiple partners. Must also have demonstrated ability to identify and resolve problems encountered in meeting milestones and timelines for projects of similar scope, size and complexity, including a public bioinformatics or related resource that supports infectious disease research. 4. The ability to provide a technical and administrative management infrastructure to ensure the efficient planning, implementation, oversight, and completion of all required activities. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the NIAID. The RFP will be available electronically on/about May 10, 2013, and may be accessed through FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. This notice does not commit the Government to issue an RFP or award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted and no facsimile transmissions will be accepted.
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