SOURCES SOUGHT
76 -- Access to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Databases through a web-based interface
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-030
- Archive Date
- 5/10/2016
- Point of Contact
- Oghogho Joy Ajao, Phone: 3014435655
- E-Mail Address
-
ajaooj@mail.nih.gov
(ajaooj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Number: HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-030 Project Title: Access to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Databases through a web-based interface This is a "Sources Sought Notice". It is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts or quotations. The purpose of this notice is for market research purposes and will be used to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform the potential requirement described herein in the statement of work. DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK PROJECT TITLE: Access to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Databases through a web-based interface BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Division of Library Services (DLS) currently facilitates access by NIH researchers to SciFinder, a critical information source for NIH researchers, through contract that allows interested NIH Institutes and Centers to obtain access to the resource for a flat annual fee. This umbrella contract provides staff across all participating institutes with unlimited access to the databases. SciFinder is a web-based interface that provides desk-top access to the proprietary chemical information contained in CAS databases. CAS is a division of the American Chemical Society. SciFinder is a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences produced, compiled, and updated daily by CAS scientists around the world. SciFinder integrates substances, reactions, references, regulatory and commercial availability information into a single, powerful tool that is indispensable to biomedical scientists and chemists engaged in new product and patent development as well as basic research. CAS indexes chemical articles from more than 50,000 journals, patents from 63 patent authorities, conference proceedings and meeting abstracts, technical reports, books, dissertations, reviews, electronic-only journals and web preprints. Its database contains more than 42 million abstracts. The CAS Registry is the authoritative collection of disclosed chemical substance information with more than 108 million organic and inorganic substances and more than 66 million sequences. OBJECTIVES The specific objective of this requirement is to provide the NIH community with cost­ effective access to a gateway to search the proprietary and comprehensive databases of chemical information. This action provides a centralized license agreement that shall consolidate accounts from NIH participating institutes. As a result of the centralized licensing agreement, the NIH will be able to reduce the cost of obtaining access for each registered user. This also will save the NIH individual scientists or groups who need the service the time and effort to prepare and negotiate separate contracts. Services to be performed: A. General Requirements 1. Independently, and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, materials, supplies, equipment and services (except as otherwise specified herein) and perform the work set forth below. 2. The Contracting Officer Representative (COR) shall monitor all activities occurring in this contract to assure that such activities fall within stipulations set forth in this contract. B. Specific Requirements • The Contractor shall provide web-based access to CAS databases through the SciFinder or similar interface. • NIH account holders will be able to scan and search the database and print or download the results of their searches for their personal and work-related use. These searches may either be repetitive scanning of all or portions of the database for current awareness (profiles), or they may be one-time, non-repetitive, interactive searches of all or part of the databases. • The database must include access to the CAS registry of 108 million organic and inorganic substances. • The database must specify structures, chemical properties, nomenclature, document types, keywords, authors and companies or organizations when searching. • The database must include the capability to enter structure searches by drawing, using a template, copying and pasting chemical structures from standard tools including ChemDraw and ISISDraw or convert from CAS Registry Number, SMILES or InChI. • The search capability must include the ability to search substances using chemical property value, molecular formula, CAS Registry Number, or chemical name (including trade name). • The database must include searchable fulltext US and international chemical patents that link to an interactive chemistry viewer. • Structure search options must include exact, substructure, similarity and Markush. • The database must utilize tautomers (including keto-enol), coordination compounds, charged compounds, isotopes, free ions, resonance and aromatic systems (acyclic/cyclic). Government Responsibilities: The Government shall provide all computer hardware for authorized users to access the databases and interface on its secure network. Deliverables 1. The Contractor shall provide NIH with a blanket site-wide agreement that will provide a personal account to any user in a participating IC, with access via user name and password. 2. The Contractor will manage individual accounts of NIH staff remotely, allowing them to add or discontinue accounts as they find necessary to their work. 3. As part of the base price for the databases and the interface, the Contractor shall provide maintenance service in the form of periodic software updates and technical support. Technical support must be available Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Eastern Time. The contractor shall also provide NIH researchers with training upon request. 4. The contractor shall regularly provide the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) with usage statistics. 5. The usage statistics shall be reported by IC. Anticipated Period of Performance: The period of performance is expected to be for one 12 months base period and four twelve month option periods. The contract is anticipated to be from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017. Other Important Considerations: Please address the following in your capability statement: 1. Your capability statement must discuss in detail the specific services that the NIH will receive as a result of the contract. The proposal should address each requirement described in sufficient detail to demonstrate a clear understanding of the statement of work, including operations and maintenance problems presented therein. The offeror should provide evidence of sufficient planning to show that work will be accomplished as required and on schedule, utilizing all available resources. 2. Your capability statement must clearly indicate that the offeror has performed adequate planning to accomplish the operation and maintenance tasks as defined in the requirement. Also include information on the types of searches and services available through the database. Discuss the ease of use of the vendor's website. 3. Furnish documentation on the sources indexed and of the chemical substance and reaction information in the database. Submission of Capability Statements and Delivery Instructions: In 15 pages or less any interested business organization should submit a capability statement of their organization which demonstrates their ability to supply the services described above or provide a capability statement that demonstrate how other potential databases can meet the requirement described above. Respondents should also include any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisitions requirements. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 519130 with a business size of 500 employees. Responses must reference the sources sought number HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-16-030 and include the following: (1) Name and Address of the organization (2) Size and Type of business, pursuant to the applicable NAICS code 519130. (3) Point of Contact with name, title, phone, fax and email (4) DUNS number (5) Contractors capability statement should address the deliverables in the statement of work and the important consideration mentioned above (6) List of organizations to whom similar types of services have been previously provided to include contract number, dollar value, name and phone number of contracting officer. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF: April 25, 2016. AT 10 A.M. EST. Emailed responses are authorized (either in Microsoft word or PDF), but it is up to the vendor to ensure that the email is received by the government. Responses by Facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. All questions and/or comments must be in writing and may be emailed to O. Joy Ajao at ajaooj@mail.nih.gov. Mailed responses can be sent to the address listed below: National Institutes of Health Office of the Director Office of Logistics, Acquisition & Operations (OD/OLAO) Attn: O. Joy Ajao 6011 Executive Blvd., Rm. 629D Bethesda, MD 20892-7663 If your quote will be delivered by courier service, Federal Express, UPS, or Express Mail, the city, state and zip code should read ROCKVILLE, MD 20852. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response to this announcement. 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 pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: 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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- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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