SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Computational Chemistry Infrastructure Setup and Support
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-16-694
- Archive Date
- 9/21/2016
- Point of Contact
- Farrin Stanton, , ,
- E-Mail Address
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farrin.stanton@nih.gov, farrin.stanton@nih.gov
(farrin.stanton@nih.gov, farrin.stanton@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- 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 Schrodinger, LLLC for computational chemistry infrastructure setup and support without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name). NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 511210 with a Size Standard of $38.5 million dollars. REGULATORY AUTHORITY & STATUATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-89 dated July 14, 2016. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is NOT expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106.1.b-1 DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT The mission of the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse is to conduct state-of-the-art research on basic mechanisms that underlie drug abuse and addiction, and to develop new methods for the treatment of drug abuse and addiction. Research is supported at the molecular, genetic, cellular, animal, and clinical levels and is conceptually integrated, highly innovative, and focused on major problems in the field. The long-term goal of the research is to better understand the biological and behavioral factors contributing to initiation, maintenance, and elimination of drug abuse and addiction (and associated diseases), and to translate this knowledge into improved strategies for preventing, treating, and reducing the negative consequences for the individual and for society caused by drug abuse and addiction. In order to complete the initial set-up and continued support of on-going computational research at NIDA-IRP, the CCMBU requires specific specialized software and dedicated highly skilled expertise and support of the established computational infrastructure. Much of the initial installation and configuration required for this infrastructure has been completed. Project Requirements: The CCMBU staff of the NIDA IRP requires the services of a state of the art modeling and simulation solutions provider in the area of structure-based drug design. The vendor will be required to provide computational chemistry software and infrastructure maintenance and support services to the NIDA IRP computational chemistry equipment located in Baltimore Maryland. Specifically, the NIDA IRP requires a firm with the comparable expertise to provide: 14 days of ongoing low-level systems proprietary support of the computational infrastructure over the period of one (1) year. Additionally, the firm must be an approved commercial distributor of computation software with authorization to provide the following: Desmond MD (Commercial version) OPLS3 force field (FF) FF Builder (Commercial version) Period of Performance 12 months from notice of award 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, Schrodinger having designed and begun installation of the existing computational system, is the only vendor capable of understanding the current HPC infrastructure, and possessing the ability to provide the required software packages including a commercial application of the molecular dynamic package Desmond as well as other proprietary software packages based upon that software. No other vendor has access to these software, making Schrodinger the only vendor capable of providing these services. Schrodinger, LLC 101 SW Main Street, STE 1300 Portland, OR 97204-3212 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 Farrin Stanton, Contract Specialist, at Farrin.Stanton@nih.gov. US Mail and Fax responses will not be accepted.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20879, United States
- Zip Code: 20879
- Zip Code: 20879
- Record
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