SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Ruro LIMS 24/7 Continuance and Cartagenia Integration
- Notice Date
- 1/23/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-HG-2014-058-DLM
- Archive Date
- 2/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Dorothy Maxwell, Phone: 301-435-0352
- E-Mail Address
-
maxwelld@mail.nih.gov
(maxwelld@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), on behalf of the National Institute of Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source noncompetitive basis to RURO Inc., 3932 Braveheart Circle, Frederick, MD, 21704-7743 to provide RURO LIMS 24/7 Continuance and Cartagenia Integration for the Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP). PROCUREMENT: 1. Ruro LIMS 24/7 and Cartagenia BENCH Platform Integration. 2. Continued development of the LIMS 24/7 required for further development and implementation include: a. Portal feature integration including chat and communication services; b. Synchronization services; c. Patient access features. i. UDP patients' ability to gain limited access to legacy data and results; ii. Legacy data upload assistance; iii. Role and group configuration assistance. 3. Additional Clinician Access to UDP LIMS 24/7 Portal (Concurrent Seat/Access), Quantity: Ten (10). BACKGROUND: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency conducting and supporting medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP) is a trans-National Institute of Health (NIH) initiative that focuses on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Many medical specialties from other NIH research centers and institutes contribute the expertise needed to conduct the program, including endocrinology, immunology, oncology, dermatology, dentistry, cardiology and genetics, among the dozens of participating senior attending physicians. A longstanding medical condition that eludes diagnosis by a referring physician can be considered undiagnosed and may be of interest to this clinical research program. Ultimately, the UDP offers patients the hope of a diagnosis and the possibility of therapeutic strategies. In return, patients provide UDP researchers the opportunity to gain new insights about genetic and biochemical mechanisms of disease and insights into normal cell biology, biochemistry and physiology. So far, UDP researchers have encountered patients with uncommon presentations of known disorders, multi-systemic complex disorders and new disorders that have never been diagnosed. UDP clinical researchers are using advances in DNA sequencing to detect defects in genes that point to known disorders. These tools offer the potential for discoveries about the role of molecular and biochemical events that can cause disease and, eventually, the development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for rare and common diseases. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE: LIMS 24/7 is a software platform provided by Ruro, Inc. that is designed to provide greater efficiency of laboratory sample, data, and process management to the existing system. This system creates a method of combining all bioinformatics processes that are used in the Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP) for laboratory and clinical personnel to work collaboratively and efficiently. Continued development and refinement of the LIMS 24/7 is also required by the UDP to implement features necessary for laboratory, clinician, and collaborator tracking via communication portals as well as a restricted access portal for patients to view legacy data. A component of this requirement will also include the integration of the Cartagenia BENCH Platform, which is used to execute and automate analysis on the large volume of patient data. Ruro, Inc. will also provide the Undiagnosed Diseases Program with 10 additional Clinician Access Seats into the LIMS 24/7 Portal to allow them to input necessary UDP patient clinical data, view sample status and track the patient samples through the UDP laboratory and collaborator pipeline. The data is crucial for further laboratory testing and experimental design and must be tracked in the LIMS 24/7 Portal for laboratory access. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Delivery Upon Award JUSTIFICATION: The multi-user nature of NIH's UDP Translational Laboratory, along with its dynamic process structures, engenders a deep set of requirements for any candidate data and project management system. RURO Inc. has history of involvement with the UDP constructing process and data management systems customized specifically for the UDP. The NIH UDP uses several other types of software from RURO Inc. that natively interact with the process and data management system (LIMS24/7) supplied by RURO Inc., it would be very difficult to reinvent this interaction for other software. The NIH UDP is already integrating the Phenotips software for patient phenotyping into the process and data management system (LIMS 24/7) supplied by Ruro Inc. The Cartagenia BENCH platform which is utilized by the UDP will be integrated with the current Ruro Inc. LIMS 24/7 System. This already existing developmental relationship between Cartagenia and Ruro Inc. is critical to achieve the goals set forth by the UDP involving the centralization of data analysis, data storage, project management, and communication for both research clinicians and patients. REGULATORY AUTHORITY: The resultant Contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-72 (January 1, 2014). This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 15-contracting by Negotiations at an amount exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). STATUTORY AUTHORITY: This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302- FAR 6.302-1-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1); ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services and the Small Business Size Standard is $25.5M. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, simplified acquisition procedures, therefore the requirements of FAR Part 6 B Competitive Requirements are not applicable (FAR Part 6.001). CLOSING STATEMENT: This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by January 28, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. EST. Responses must reference synopsis number HHS-NIH- NHLBI-CSB-(HG)-2014-058-DLM, may be submitted to the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisition, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6149, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: Dorothy Maxwell. Response may be submitted electronically to maxwelld@mail.nih.gov. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. "All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency."
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- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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