SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Professional Services for Clinican
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(SSSA)-SS-14-159
- Archive Date
- 5/13/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jasmine D Snoddy, Phone: 301 594 1571
- E-Mail Address
-
snoddyj@mail.nih.gov
(snoddyj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 31, Room 1B59 Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES Introduction: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Background Information: The NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. The Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the NIA provides a stimulating setting for a comprehensive effort to understand aging through multidisciplinary investigator-initiated research, in this regards. One of the IRP's program activities includes its' clinical research program. The IRP has and continues to operate the BLSA America's longest-running scientific study of human aging which begun in 1958. The main emphasis of the study has been to characterize how an individual ages across the adult life span. This cohort study has continually recruited subjects from its onset. Over the years, changes have occurred in research questions and the measurements derived from the research participants. Since 2003, a uniform set of measures has been longitudinally utilized that is similar to what is used in many epidemiological studies. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this requirement is to acquire the services of a clinician trained in cardiovascular medicine to interpret cardiovascular studies performed at the clinical center of National Institute on Aging (NIA). This will include reading and interpreting resting electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, treadmill stress tests, review of proceeded ambulatory Holter reports, and pulse wave velocity studies using the center's custom-built electronic reporting system for routine testing at the clinical center (routine Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging exams and selected interventional trails). The contractor shall perform the following tasks: • Provide measurement oversight and interpretation of resting electrocardiograms using the BLSA-modified Minnesota coding system and recorded using the center's electronic reporting system • Oversee measurement of echocardiographic studies and clinical assessment of any significantly abnormal results. Results will be entered into Xcelera-reporting system. • Oversee measurement of carotid artery intimal medial thickness measurements and their inclusion into the BLSA dataset • Provide oversight and maintenance of datasets for Pulse Wave Velocity study measurements • Interpret treadmill stress testing results using the BLSA-modified Minnesota coding system for ischemia, arrhythmia, and relevant electrocardiographic abnormalities using the center's electronic reporting system • Provide clinical assessment of processed ambulatory Holter reports and ensure that data is efficiently imported into the BLSA study database • Oversee management and function of the electronic cardiovascular testing reporting system in cooperation with the Information Technology department • For cases deemed urgent by in-house clinical staff, an email will be sent to the contractor notify them of an urgent case requiring review. The Government will provide all available data/testing information to the contractor, and the contractor will review, and provide a response within 24 hours of receiving notification. The period of performance for this requirement is for one year. Capability Statement: Businesses that believe they possess the capabilities necessary to undertake this work should submit complete documentation of their capabilities to the Contract Specialist. The capabilities statement must specifically address each project requirement separately. Additionally, the capability statement should include 1) the total number of employees, 2) the professional qualifications of scientists, medical experts and technical personnel as it relates to the above outlined requirements, 3) a description of general and specific facilities and equipment available, including computer equipment and software, 4) an outline of pervious research projects that are similar to the project requirements in which the organization and proposed personnel have participated, and 5) any other information considered relevant to this program. The capability statement must not exceed 15 single sided or 7.5 double sided pages in length and using a 12-point font size minimum. Interested organizations are required to identify their size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Jasmine Snoddy, Contract Specialist at Snoddyj@mail.nih.gov in MS Word within 15 calendar days of the date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your 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 reviewed of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price contract.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21225, United States
- Zip Code: 21225
- Zip Code: 21225
- Record
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