SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Management of the Primate Aging Database
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Mental Health, Contracts Management Branch, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 8154, MSC 9661, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9661
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9661
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RFP-17-025
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jon J. Gottschalk, Phone: 3014439456, Yvette Brown, Phone: 3014438402
- E-Mail Address
-
jon.gottschalk@nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov
(jon.gottschalk@nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) intends to re-compete requirements currently being performed under NIA Contract HHSN271201300026C. This acquisition is being competed as a Small Businesses Set-Aside under NAICS code 541990. It is anticipated that a single cost-reimbursement type contract will be awarded for a 1-year period of performance beginning on or about August 1, 2018, with 4 option years. BACKGROUND: The Primate Aging Database (PAD) is a searchable, web-based database developed to allow analysis of age-related traits in non-human primates (NHP). Currently, the database contains data from 46 species at 18 different institutions, comprising over 12,500 individual animals and 1,300,000 data points. About 80% of the data is from rhesus monkeys. Current data fields are primarily lifespan, body composition parameters, and blood chemistry parameters, although addition of other parameters is possible. The PAD is useful for analyses of specie differences in normal aging processes, studies on biomarkers of normal aging and age-related pathologies, and determination of baseline levels in geriatric NHP colonies. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this contract is to host the PAD customer database on a secure server at the Contractor's facility and maintain a back-up copy, provide all maintenance and repairs to keep the server functioning properly, up-grade the middleware to enhance security, provide the PAD to investigators in the research community via the password protected website, and evaluate all applications for a password to PAD to ensure the users are legitimate researchers. Should the Contractor selected not be the incumbent, the Contractor shall also be responsible for transferring the PAD to the contractor's facility. The Contractor shall provide technical assistance to investigators using PAD, through one-on-one consultations and refinements to the codebook, fix any reported problems with the PAD software and the hardware housing the database, and maintain viewer controls on access to data. In addition, the Contractor shall solicit new data from the research community, enter the data into PAD, and perform quality control analyses of the data. The Contractor shall maintain a back-up copy of the database, codebook and software to protect against accidental loss; provide security for all computers that contain copies of the database and all supporting information required by this statement of work; and advertise the PAD by demonstrations at scientific meetings. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: The primary requirements for this acquisition include: (A) Host and maintain PAD on the Contractor's server; (B) Provide PAD to investigators in the research community; (C) Provide technical assistance and (D) Continue to add data on biological measurements in non-human primates. This acquisition has been designated as a Small Business Set-aside under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541990 with a standard size of $15.0 million. This proposed acquisition was previously publicized under sources sought notices HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RDSS-17-025 and HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-SBSS-17-025. It is anticipated that the Solicitation/Request for Proposal will be posted on or about September 15, 2017.
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