SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Expanded Pilot of Bi-Directional Referrals
- Notice Date
- 12/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- #611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2016-Q-66219
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2016
- Point of Contact
- Summer Green, Phone: 7704882619, Julio E Lopez, Phone: 404-639-6401
- E-Mail Address
-
efi6@cdc.gov, ftg4@cdc.gov
(efi6@cdc.gov, ftg4@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Alere Wellbeing, Inc., 999 3rd Ave. Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98104-4019, to invest in the implementation of evidence-based interventions that prevent chronic diseases in order to improve health and control health care costs. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 511110, Newspaper Publishers. The period of performance for January 15, 2017 - January 14, 2018. As the sole operator of the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, Alere Wellbeing, Inc. is the only contractor that has been the sole provider of the quitline since the launching. Their work focuses on designing, testing, and delivering telephone-based services that help smokers quit. The purpose of the project is to provide telephone-based cessation service for 26 states and conduct field-based and online training with health professionals to teach them about brief tobacco cessation interventions and about referring patients to the quitline. Alere Wellbeing, Inc. is the single source needed for this project and they have not licensed or authorized any other parties to perform these duties. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to Alere Wellbeing, Inc. However, responsible sources that believe they can meet these requirements are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notice by providing a capability statement to the Contracting Specialist by December 31, 2016. The Contracting Specialist will not respond to verbal request. All requests must be in writing. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and are solely within the discretion of the Contracting Specialist. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries shall be sent to Summer Green by email at efi6@cdc.gov and reference solicitation #2016-Q-66219 on the subject line.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN04353792-W 20161218/161216233949-38b1d93164966d9f0c3944caba0a9787 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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