SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Support Services
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2014
- 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 of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- SBSSNIHAO2014020
- Point of Contact
- Patrick Wilson, Phone: 301-402-6835
- E-Mail Address
-
wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov
(wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 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. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Background, Purpose, and Objectives The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Intramural Research (DIR) and the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) is seeking small business sources that can provide qualified and experienced personnel to support a full-range of activities, including new and in-progress research projects, program deployment and implementation, ongoing management and operations, and other activities necessary to conduct the business of the NIAID's research program. Functional areas include, but are not limited to: 1) Scientific research and analysis support; 2) Bioinformatics and computational biology; 3) Scientific and technical writing; 4) Scientific and medical domain expertise; 5) Scientific and research data management; 6) Laboratory management and support; 7) Scientific project management; 8) Information systems support; 9) Clinical support services. Project Requirements Successful offerors must be able to provide the appropriate personnel to support all functional areas listed above. A specific personnel category list will be provided in any resultant RFP, but will include a large number of highly scientific positions requiring advanced degrees including Ph.D. or MD. It is anticipated that this requirement will be procured as an IDIQ, task order type contract due to the rapidly changing needs of the NIAID. The current estimated maximum is 350,000 hours/year. Offerors must demonstrate the ability and prior experience to recruit and maintain a stable, experienced staff with advanced degrees (M.D. and Ph.D.) in biomedical research in metropolitan Washington, D.C. as well as rural regions such as Hamilton, Montana. In addition, offerors must demonstrate the ability and prior experience of providing staffing for research in BSL (Biosafety Level) 3 and BSL 4 environments. Offerors must demonstrate prior experience in supporting clinical trials within the US as well as Africa, India and other countries. When needed, offerors will be required to attract and retain foreign scientist and must demonstrate ability and prior experience in sponsoring work visas and providing permanent residence assistance for employees and their families. Offerors will need to demonstrate prior experience in supporting employee growth and development, by providing training and education assistance as well as supporting attendance and participation to scientific conferences. Administratively, offerors are required to demonstrate the ability to provide a dedicated program management staff with experience and skill in similar activities of comparable scope and complexity as well as a corporate infrastructure to accommodate a contract of this size and complexity. Anticipated Period of Performance It is anticipated that an award will be made on or about February 1, 2015 for the base period of March 29, 2015 - March 28, 2016 with four option years as indicated below: Option Year 1 - March 29, 2016 - March 28, 2017 Option Year 2 - March 29, 2017 - March 28, 2018 Option Year 3 - March 29, 2018 - March 28, 2019 Option Year 4 - March 29, 2019 - March 28, 2020 Capability Statement /Information Sought All small businesses including veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns should respond with a capability statement by August 6, 2014 at 11:00AM EDT. (No large businesses should respond to this announcement.) Capability statements must reference similar work that has been performed by the contractor and the dollar value of that work. Respondents must specifically address their abilities to maintain a large and highly diverse staff of scientific and technical personnel, and reasonably demonstrate their ability to perform at least 50 percent of the estimated work. Respondents must also demonstrate past experience with contracts of similar size and scope. This is a market survey, not a request for proposals. Capability statements should not exceed a total of 10 pages. All questions must be directed, in writing, to Patrick Wilson at wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov. Offerors should also possess, and note within their capability statements, the following: 1.Demonstrated experience in providing malpractice insurance for clinical staff supporting the contract. 2.Recent corporate experience managing an IDIQ contract with a large volume (greater than 40) of concurrent task orders. 3.Demonstrated experience providing competitive employee benefit packages and implementing employee retention strategies. 4.Demonstrated experience providing Health Safety Surveillance Programs in compliance with NIH and CDC regulations. 5.Current and relevant knowledge of the DIR and VRC research and administrative environments. Additionally, respondents must include their: 1.DUNS number, 2.Organization name, 3.Address, 4.Point of contact, and 5.Size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code identified in this notice. Capability statements must be submitted electronically to wilsonpm@mail.nih.gov by August 6, 2014 at 11:00am EDT. 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).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: The National Institutes of Health, Main Campus, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, and other foreign territories as identified by the changing needs of the program., Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Record
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