SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Statistical Services
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SS-2014-212
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rodney E. Brooks, Phone: 3014020751
- E-Mail Address
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rodney.brooks@nih.gov
(rodney.brooks@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, and 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 National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science has been involved in numerous studies that have spanned multiple decades. The proposed contractor should have access to unique knowledge and insights as well as abundant experience with the data being analyzed. Objectives are 1) To identify new common genetic variations with heart rate and perform in silico replication of genome-wide association data in SardiNIA and 32 community based European-ancestry cohorts; 2) to perform meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWAS) results for PR interval modulation from community-based studies of European-ancestry individuals (PRIMA) for identification of underlying common genetic variation; 3) To identify common genetic variants associated with blood pressure variation; 4) To determine genetic determinants of changes in ambulatory blood pressure parameters; 5) To discover genetic factors significant in the electrocardiographic phenomenon of early repolarization. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of the requirement is for Statistical Analyses • The contractor shall collaborate with Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science ( LCS) scientists on the following phases: o Design o Analysis o Graphics o Writing - including initial drafts of methods and results sections and editing manuscripts to obtain the final submitted version. • The contractor shall provide analyses of data from the following study: Sardinia -Completing final version of manuscript on longitudinal changes in pulse wave velocity (PWV). • The contractor shall create and validate a clean data set • The contractor shall provide a analyses as directed by the investigators concerning the case study. • The contractor shall finalize the data set. • The contractor shall provide the analyses of all variables of interest and finalize graphs depicting the results. • The contractor shall provide statistical methods and results sections in written form. • The contractor shall perform the services on Government property- Room 08B127 of the Biomedical Research Center in Baltimore. • The contractor shall provide the services using the computer and software provided by the LCS. • The contractor shall be proficient with Microsoft Office, SAS, Sigma Plot, and R (a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics). • The contractor shall provide technical consultation on complex statistical studies. • The contractor shall provide technical assistance on complex statistical techniques. 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 Rodney Brooks, Contract Specialist at rodney.brooks@nih.gov in MS Word within 7 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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