SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Computational Chemistry Infrastructure Setup and Support
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related 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-15-549
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Megan Ault,
- E-Mail Address
-
megan.ault@nih.gov
(megan.ault@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes on Drug Abuse, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions, 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. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Purpose and Objectives: The Computational Chemistry staff of the NIDA IRP requires specialized and highly skilled installation, configuration and IT support of newly procured computational equipment. For this project, the major objectives will be as follows: 1.Install the computational environment hardware by racking, cabling, installing, and configuring all purchased hardware, including any integration with NIH systems as required 2.Configure the system for FISMA server certification and security compliance operations in accordance with NIH policies 3.Provide detailed start-up support for the environment, including software and operational support for two (2) weeks following the initial installation of the systems 4.Provide limited long-term support of the computational environment for a period of one year Project Description: In order to begin this computational research at NIDA, the IRP Computational Chemist will require a dedicated computational infrastructure including specialized hardware and configurations that will interface with the laboratory's software stack at efficient speeds to effectively model the molecular interactions between small molecules and membrane-bound proteins. The hardware will require highly skilled expertise to construct, configure, and support in this scientific environment. The NIDA IRP requires a firm to provide specific expertise in the construction, configuration, and support of high performance computational equipment in life sciences environments. Specifically, •Designate 2 scientific consultants for the duration of contract •Track progress, effort, and milestones in a secured extranet project management site accessible by the NIDA IRP staff •Schedule a regular weekly status call with the NIDA IRP to enable open communication and to ensure that appropriate time lines are being met •Travel to Baltimore, MD to work onsite at NIDA to build and configure the initial infrastructure purchases made by NIDA IRP, and to integrate them with existing NIH networks, authentication systems, security policies, and certification procedures •Provide full documentation of the newly installed systems and the respective configurations •Provide two (2) weeks of deep remote systems support at a maximum of twenty (20) hours/week to ensure that the software installations and system configurations are functioning appropriately Anticipated delivery: The period of performance for this requirement is 12 months after receipt of award. Capability statement /information sought: Interested organizations must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability of providing the item(s) specified in this notice. Interested organizations that believe they possess the ability to provide the required services must submit specific documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Interested organizations 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 responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Megan Ault, Contract Specialist, at megan.ault@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. The response must be received on or before August 3, 2015 by 11:00 AM (EDT). Note: 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 presolicitation synopsis and solicitation 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. 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).
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