SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Linked Data Consulting Services - Sources Sought (includes SOW)
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2014234
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Justin Fraser, Phone: 3014354375
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.fraser@nih.gov
(justin.fraser@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought (includes SOW) Linked Data Consulting Services SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS NIHLM2014234 The National Library of Medicine, part of the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health, has a requirement to acquire consulting services in the areas of linked data and the semantic web with the goal of assisting NLM to publish the MeSH vocabulary in RDF. Specific areas requiring consultation may include: data modeling and architecture, stakeholder engagement, analytic and usage statistics, and developing user studies. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541618 Other Management Consulting Services. The small business size standard is $15.0 million. The government anticipates a period of performance of approximately one year (a roughly four month base period and one roughly eight month option period) with an estimated start date on or about September 15, 2014. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE ISSUED AS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE OR SOLE SOURCE. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by August 11, 2014 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Justin.Fraser@nih.gov. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity please contact: Justin Fraser at 301-435-4375.
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- Record
- SN03443800-W 20140801/140730235809-dd9ecce10c2e1b0d04532f7b0fe1ffe8 (fbodaily.com)
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