SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Data Analysis Services
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- 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-NOI-15-101
- Archive Date
- 2/24/2015
- Point of Contact
- Paul C. Marsalese, Phone: 3015941971, , Phone: 3015941971
- E-Mail Address
-
paul.marsalese@nih.gov, paul.marsalese@nih.gov
(paul.marsalese@nih.gov, paul.marsalese@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- INTRODUCTION This is a pre-solicitation non-competitive (notice of intent) synopsis to award a contract without providing for full or open competition (including brand-name). THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Consolidated Station Support and Simplified Acquisitions (CSS/SA) Branch intends to negotiate and award a purchase order to Kathleen Schmidt. The purpose of this purchase order will be to provide the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism (SNPM) with data analysis services for the Section's PET and quantitative autoradiographic studies. The contractor will collaborate with the Government Principal Investigator on optimal methods of analysis and will be required to independently perform the requisite analyses. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541712 with a Size Standard of 500 employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-78, dated December 26, 2014. STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism (SNPM) has developed a fully quantitative method for measuring rCPS with L-[1-11C] leucine and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The method was validated in rhesus monkeys by direct comparison of PET results with those from quantitative autoradiographic and biochemical methods (Schmidt KC et al, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 25:617-628, 2005; Smith CB et al, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 25:629-640, 2005). Subsequently, SNPM has performed PET studies to measure rCPS in healthy human subjects in the awake state and under propofol sedation (Bishu S et al, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 28:1502-1513, 2008; Bishu S et al, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 29:1035-1047, 2009), in subjects with Fragile X Syndrome (FrX) studied under propofol sedation (Qin M et al, J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 33:499-507, 2013), and in healthy subjects who were sleep deprived and studied while awake or during sleep (studies in progress). The section is planning to conduct further PET studies in healthy subjects during sleep and memory consolidation, and in FrX subjects who can be studied awake or under an alternative sedating agent that does not alter rCPS in these subjects. SNPM is also conducting quantitative autoradiographic studies in rodents in order to measure rCPS in animal models of Fragile X Syndrome, tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), and other single gene disorders associated with a high incidence of autism. SNPM plans to conduct autoradiographic and small animal PET studies in a rat model of Alzheimer's Disease. The animal studies are an integral part of the Section's research program: each animal study is the preamble to a planned clinical study, and each clinical study informs the next animal study. DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES The contractor shall provide data analysis services for the Section's PET and quantitative autoradiographic studies. The contractor will collaborate with the Government Principal Investigator on optimal methods of analysis and will be required to independently perform the requisite analyses. The contractor will also provide training of any laboratory personnel who have the necessary mathematical and computational background to learn to perform analyses for future studies. All work will be monitored by the Government Principal Investigator. Reporting Requirements: The contractor shall provide a data report for each PET or autoradiographic study analyzed. As each study is completed, the contractor will provide an interim summary report covering all subjects or animas in the protocol. A final summary report will be delivered upon completion of all studies in the protocol. 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. Specifically, Kathleen Schmidt is the only vendor in the current market place that can provide the services required by the National Instute of Mental Health. INTENDED SOURCE Kathleen Schmidt 301 Waterford Road Silver Spring, MD 20901-2535 APPLICABLE CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS FAR 52.213-4Terms and Conditions - Simplified Acquisiton (Other Than Commercial Items) (DEC 2014) FAR 52.217-8Option to Extend the Term of The Contract (MAR 2000) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. 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 the closing date and time of this announcement and must reference the solicitation number. Responses may be submitted electronically to Paul Marsalese, Contract Specialist, at paul.marsalese@nih.gov. US Mail and Fax responses will not be accepted.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3831, United States
- Zip Code: 20852-3831
- Zip Code: 20852-3831
- Record
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