SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Small Molecule Database Licenses and Associated Data Integration Software
- Notice Date
- 7/14/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519190
— All Other Information Services
- 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-SBSS-15-612
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
- E-Mail Address
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lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@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, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, 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: The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences' translational science efforts comprise the process of turning observations in the laboratory and clinic into effective interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public - from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioral changes. Due to the NCATS discovery paradigm, NCATS has a large amount of data available against many targets and pathways. To manage data and meet its mission goals, NCATS requires a comprehensive database that is encompassing and easy to use as well as a software tool that allows customized data integration to NCATS specifications. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this acquisition is to provide the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) with licenses for use of Thomson Reuters Integrity and Cortellis database and software. These resources are used to inform small molecule probe development projects. To ensure continuity of science, only Thomson Reuters Integrity and Cortellis database and software are acceptable. Project Requirements: The Contractor shall provide the NCATS NCGC with the following: 1. The Contractor shall provide limited licenses for Thomson Reuters Integrity for four (4) named end users. 2. The Contractor shall provide one (1) limited license each for Thomson Reuters Metacore, Thomson Reuters Drugs of Today, Thomson Reuters Drugs of the Future, and Thomson Reuters Drug News. 3. The Contractor shall provide data feed professional service to the NCATS NCGC for Discovery Science. Anticipated Delivery Requirements/Period of Performance: The period of performance for all project requirements shall be September 8, 2015 through September 7, 2016. Anticipated Contract Type: A firm fixed price purchase order, within the Simplified Acquisition threshold, and with NET30 invoicing terms is anticipated. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required commercial services should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Contractors must provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and 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 Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Phelps@nih.gov in MS Word format by or before the closing date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: 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 review 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 purchase order.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
- SN03796902-W 20150716/150715000122-57e0f2336816eb48d528c5494b87a6ad (fbodaily.com)
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