MODIFICATION
70 -- Interactives for NIH/NHGRI Genome Unlocking Life’s Code Website
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- 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)-SBSS-2014-092-DLM
- Archive Date
- 5/6/2014
- 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
- MODIFICATION: REMINDER CAPABILITY STATEMENTS ARE DUE APRIL 21, 2014 NO LATER THAN 12:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME Introduction : This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Mission and Background: The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) led the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) contribution to the International Human Genome Project, which had as its primary goal the sequencing of the human genome. This project was successfully completed in April 2003. Now, the NHGRI's mission has expanded to encompass a broad range of studies aimed at understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. To carry out its diverse duties, NHGRI Division of Policy, Communications and Education (DPCE) is divided into four branches. The Education and Community Involvement Branch (ECIB) leads the institute's education and community outreach efforts. The ECIB advises the NHGRI director and senior staff on a broad range of issues regarding public education and community involvement. The branch initiates, develops, implements and evaluates education and community involvement programs to engage a broad range of the public in understanding genomics and its translation to health and society. The branch also acts as the liaison between NHGRI and communities to further the NHGRI mission, and oversees programs and initiatives for minorities and special populations. In spring of 2013, a new exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) opened, Genome: Unlocking Life's Code. The 4,300 square-foot exhibition is the product of a partnership between the museum and the NHGRI. The exhibit looks at genomic science from several different perspectives. It explores individual genetic identity, showing what makes each genome unique and how genetics informs disease prediction. It also conveys the scope of technological breakthroughs in genome sequencing over the past decade and the challenges of using enormous troves of data in informative ways. Another part of the exhibit focuses on family from the perspective of genetic inheritance and ancestry. A third content area explores differences among populations, the impact of environmental exposures on genes, and the pressure that the environment puts on genomes through natural selection. In addition, the exhibit considers genomics across the tree of life, looking at specific examples of genomics research to communicate the breadth of knowledge gained from studying the genomes of plants, animals, and bacteria. Significant outreach programming, in-depth digital assets and social media conversations will take the exhibit concepts far beyond the walls of the Museum, building an exciting, progressive forum around the themes of genomics, personalized medicine, human evolution, biodiversity and the process of science. An array of educational and outreach programs and materials enables children, secondary students, educators, families and the general public, who may not be able to visit the exhibit in person, to experience genomics firsthand. A key element of this outreach is educational programming on the exhibition's website, unlockinglifescode.org. The exhibition website includes a virtual tour of the exhibit, downloadable text-based activities, and curricular materials. One of the hallmarks of exhibition is the many interactive learning experiences that have been developed to engage the visitors. These interactives have been designed to help the users explore complex topics or issues surrounding the field of genomics through the use of thought provoking and fun activities. Individual Interactives : A set of six detailed learning interactives have been created as in-museum learning experiences at the physical exhibition. These are briefly described, below. Interactive 1: What Do You Think ?: • Genomic science raises questions about a number of ethical, legal, and social issues. Should the rapid advances in genomic technologies and the availability of increasing amounts of genomic information influence how health care is provided? Who will have access to and benefit from these technologies? How will it affect the health of individuals, families, and communities? Should it influence our opinions on privacy, discrimination, research, identity, and individual responsibility? There are many perspectives to these questions. Interactive 2: Genomics and Family: You Decide: • In the future, genomic technologies may provide each of us the ability to have our genomes' sequenced and obtain genomic information. When, why, and how will we use this genomic information in our lives? Visitors' participate in a virtual journey and help fictional family members decide if and how to use their genomic information. Interactive 3: Exploring Our Genomic Ancestry: • Since modern humans evolved, our genomes have been changing in small ways that link our ancestors to specific times and places. This story is written in our DNA. Visitors learn about nine true stories of nine real individuals' as they embark on intriguing journeys to learn about their genomic ancestries. Interactive 4: In and Beyond Africa: • Humans have lived in Africa for longer than anywhere else in the world. Users have the opportunity to explore how Homo sapiens populated the earth and how their migration patterns influenced genomic diversity today. Interactive 5: Explore Your Genes: • Some genes work alone, but most belong to complex networks of genes that control traits and risk of disease. So far scientists have identified 4,000 diseases caused by single faulty genes. Mendelian disorders are largely inherited and include illnesses such as Tay Sachs and cystic fibrosis. Multiple genes contribute to an individual's susceptibility to common disorders like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. While these diseases can run in families, lifestyle and environment can play a part, too. Visitors using this interactive can use a touch pad to explore the human body, and look for genes that influence physical traits, and find others that contribute to health and disease. Interactive 6: Decoding the Tree of Life: • Visitors travel through the Tree of Life and discover what's related to what. In this interactive a visitor can sequence the genomes of 15 different species perched on the branches and unravel the secrets written in their DNA. Purpose and Objectives NHGRI seeks to identify sources with knowledge in the conversion of in-person exhibition interactives to on-line interactives that duplicate the in-person exhibition experience for the online user visiting the exhibition website. All of the interactives within the exhibition have been originally designed for a museum experience. The on-line interactives must be created using responsive programming techniques enabling users on PC desktops and on mobile device such as Apple/Android tablets to fully accomplish the interactives. REQUIREMENTS SOUGHT : 1. Prior experience and proficiency developing interactive and dynamic educational resources within a website environment. 2. A history of working in capacities similar to the scope of this notice and/or in a federal setting. 3. Ability to pass federal workplace requirements for VPN access to federal websites/servers. 4. Proven experience in creating federally approved Section 508 compliant websites on federal/government servers. The resulting website and mobile interactives will be required to pass all federal guidelines and procedures for a website as they will be served from a federal website. 5. Portfolio in website asset design demonstrating abilities in creative artistic design, interactive web design, information architecture design, design and employment of non-proprietary web content management systems for websites and web-based applications, interface design, usability testing, and webpage audience behaviors and preferences. 6. Working knowledge of programming internet-based websites and assets for seamless use on tablet browsers (iPad and non-apple tablets). This project requires the resulting website assets to be fully functional in iPad/tablet environments via the tablet's native browser. Examples of work in this environment are valued. 7. Experience in delivering Internet-based solutions for Macintosh and Windows, Safari, Explorer, Firefox, and all modern Web browsers. 8. Past programming in Drupal-based web environments. The interactives will be served on a Drupal website. 9. Prior experience and proficiency developing responsive websites that display web-based learning pages effectively in three key environments: the PC, mobile tablets and smartphones. Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance has not been determined, however it is anticipated that there will be Option Periods. OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS: (EVALUATION CRITERIA'S) EVALUATION CRITERIA : Criterion 1: The organization's technical understanding/approach to meeting the objectives in the Sources Sought Notice (35 Points) 1. Respondent's ability to address feasibility and/or difficulty of the proposed project. 2. Able to describe how the respondent will implement tasks and ability to suggest a work plan, including proposed timeline for each of the project tasks. 3. Ability of responder to explain and provide details that address integration of the interactives onto a website. 4. Respondent's ability to address and explain specific technical requirements that should be considered. 5. Ability to describe cutting edge and next-generation technology that can be applied. 6. The degree to which the responder clearly illustrates the innovative design and usability of the interactives within a website environment on personal computers (PC and Macintosh). Criterion 2: The organization's commitment to the project (10 Points) 1. Brief overview of services provided (core capabilities). 2. Any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. Criterion 3: Organizations relevant experience and Composition and qualifications of the proposed staff (35 Points) 1. Information regarding respondents': (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; 2. Briefly describe other relevant experience your organization has related to the scope of this requirement. 3. Contracts of similar size, scope, scale, and complexity to this requirement that are or were held with the Federal Government. 4. Responders past projects illustrating similar completed work, interactives used within informal settings. Criterion 4: Availability of resources, equipment, and facilities, required in the performance of the tasks as stated in Sources Sought Notice (20 Points) 1. Ability to create appropriate materials for the target audiences (secondary students, educators, and the general public). Capability Statement Information Sought: 1. The respondents' DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) pursuant to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 541511, 541512 and 541519 Computer Programming, Systems Design and Other Computer Related Services, small business size standard is $25.5M. 2. Respondents must provide, as part of their responses, both a capability statement addressing the specific questions/issues below: a. Respondents' opinions about the difficulty and/or feasibility of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition, possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts; b. Brief overview of services provided (core capabilities); c. Information regarding respondents': (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information; d. Identify potential technical solutions as both custom and commercial off the shelf products that may be configured to provide the functions described above. Particularly describe the capacity to support analytics and PowerPoint ready charts and tables; e. Description of related experiences with Federal agencies and systems; f. Brief description of other relevant experience the organization related to the scope of this requirement and examples of similar projects; g. Contracts of similar size, scope, scale, and complexity to this requirement that are or were held with the Federal Government; h. Vehicles and contracts held (vehicle, agency, expiration date), including GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts or other Government wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) vehicles (i.e. NITAAC, NASA SEWP etc.); and i. Any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the OPDIV's acquisition requirements. INFORMATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS : Response submissions to the Technical Questions notice are two-part. 1. A white paper should demonstrate your understanding of the task, including a demonstrated working knowledge of programming internet-based websites and assets for seamless use on tablet browsers (iPad and non-apple tablets); and a demonstrated ability to comprehend and work with content from a variety of sources including working directly with scientific Subject Matter Experts. 2. A response to the specific questions listed in the Capability Sought section above. Submission is requested in electronic form readable in Microsoft Word or PDF. Your submission and should not exceed 15 pages in total when font is greater than or equal to 12 pt. 3. Responses shall be submitted to Dorothy Maxwell, Contracting Officer via email to: maxwelld@mail.nih.gov, by April 21, 2014 no later than 12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Please reference Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-(HG)-SBSS-2014-092-DLM. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses submitted must include respondents' technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses; and Include the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer to whom the information should be sent. 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 organization's 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 responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Zip Code: 20892
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