SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Independent External Peer Reviews
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA-133F-14-RP-0009
- Archive Date
- 1/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Christine Jeffries, Phone: 757-441-6894
- E-Mail Address
-
christine.jeffries@noaa.gov
(christine.jeffries@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), Norfolk, VA, on behalf of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), is soliciting an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type of contract for Independent External Peer Reviews. The nature of the work to be performed primarily involves independently identifying, selecting, and compensating reviewers based on their expert qualifications and rigorous peer review standards, and providing all logistical support for each review. Expertise that may be required will be for various scientific topics related to NMFS fisheries management issues, such as: • Stock assessments and population dynamic modeling of living marine resources, including fish, marine mammals, or sea turtles; • Socioeconomic assessments and analytical methods; • Oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors that affect living marine resources; • NMFS' mission-related science and research program reviews; • Biological opinions, recovery plans, and status reviews for the Endangered Species Act, and other protected species; and • Review of sampling design and technologies, analytical methods, and strategies of scientific programs or management strategies. The contractor must have knowledge of and access to a sufficiently large pool of qualified experts to accommodate 24 - 36 desk-type or panel-type reviews per year. Deliverables in the form of final peer review reports are also independently reviewed by the contractor's qualified technical team before delivery to the NMFS. The Contractor shall be able to accommodate unexpected changes in requirements and rescheduling. Requirements for independent external peer reviews often vary in the type of review, the number of external reviewers, the number of days required from each external reviewer, and the dates of the review. Frequent modifications in scheduling may be needed because external peer reviews are required as a critical component of a complex review process in support of fishery management. This procurement is a 100% set-aside for businesses that are certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as participants in the 8(a) Business Development program and that are small businesses under the applicable NAICS code, which is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. NAICS code 541690 has a corresponding size standard of $14,000,000.00. The acquisition will be issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 15; the RFP will be issued on or about December 6, 2013 with proposals due on or about January 6, 2014. The anticipated award date is March 17, 2014. The Government anticipates awarding one five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from this solicitation. Task orders issued against any resulting contract may be firm, fixed priced, time and materials, or labor hour types of task orders. The RFP will be issued via electronic posting on the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps or FBO) web page www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor FedBizOpps for the release of the RFP and all subsequent amendments. Prospective offerors who are interested in submitting a proposal for this acquisition are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service and to be on the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis is posted). Offerors are encouraged to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to submitting an offer. Offerors must obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and provide it with the offer. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Christine Jeffries, Contract Specialist, at Christine.Jeffries@noaa.gov or via telephone at (757) 441-6894.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA-133F-14-RP-0009/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN03231945-W 20131114/131112233824-67414cac53f4b4b1c7958cb1f89ca14a (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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