SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- PRISM Implementation
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- 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
- NHLBI-ITAC-IT-2014-203
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jenn Frazier, Phone: 3014966092
- E-Mail Address
-
jenn.frazier@nih.gov
(jenn.frazier@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS INTRODUCTION THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA) on behalf of the Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Compusearch Software Systems, Inc., 21251 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 100, Dulles, VA 20166 for PRISM Implementation. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 511210 with a Size Standard of $35,500,000.00. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-76 effective July 25, 2014. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items and FAR subpart 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items at an amount exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000) and not exceeding $6.5 million. 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 6.302-1-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Background In 2012, ITAC awarded a task order to Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) to explore the use of an end-to-end acquisition support tool for the NHLBI Office of Acquisitions (OA). During the initial period of performance, BAH provided demos of Compusearch's PRISM in the cloud to OA, conducted site visits to other agencies using PRISM, and successfully piloted PRISM to OA and its customers. The results were favorable, driving the decision to move the pilot to the implementation phase. Purpose and Objectives NHLBI Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC) along with the Office of Management and Office of Acquisitions has determined a need to implement the full capabilities of the PRISM tool. The tool has been running in pilot mode for 12 months and the relevant stakeholders have agreed to implement the tool in full production mode. Period of Performance The period of performance is October 1, 2014 - March 30, 2016. Project Description The contractor shall develop an implementation plan for an end-to-end implementation of the PRISM product for the OA covering simplified acquisitions for products and services, non-R&D and R&D contracts. The contractor shall work with the PRISM Working Group and ITAC to refine requirements gathered in the evaluation phase or pilot phase. The contractor shall accomplish the following: • Cloud environment setup • NBS data migration • NBS clauses import • Authentication (PIV Module Configuration) • Web services financial integration with NBS (Optional) • Support for simplified acquisitions • Support for R&D contracts • Support of non-R&D contracts • Requisitioner Deployment Other Important Considerations None CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research.The review and evaluation of the responses to this notice published in the FedBizOpps will be used as additional Market Research. Name and Address of the Intended Source: Compusearch Software Systems, Inc. 21251 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 100 Dulles, VA 20166 Nature of the acquisition and unique qualifications of the contractor: Compusearch is uniquely qualified to support the culmination of analysis, installation of the PRISM software, and any needed customizations. They have developed, installed, and provided support of this software, which is used at many Government installations including NIH. The intimate knowledge of the system, its configuration and utilization within Government installations allows Compusearch to provide a unique service to NHLBI in efficiently and effectively configuring the system. Their access to knowledge of the future enhancements and architectural constraints uniquely provides NHLBI with an installation of the system that, over the long-term, should require less maintenance and will more easily be upgraded as new releases are made available. PRISM is a patented product by Compusearch and therefore Compusearch is the only source available to provide this software upgrade and service. 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 3PM EST on August 6, 2014 and must reference number NHLBI-ITAC-IT-2014-203. Responses may be submitted electronically to Jenn Frazer at jenn.frazier@nih.gov or by U.S. mail to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge II, Room 6145, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention:Jenn Frazier. Fax responses will not be accepted. "All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03443190-W 20140801/140730235213-28278205299f3f97edaf519b19312f77 (fbodaily.com)
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