SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Estimating Agricultural Pesticide and Animal Density Near Residences in Denmark
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2018
- 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 Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02CP82620-24
- Archive Date
- 8/14/2018
- Point of Contact
- Kimesha Leake, Phone: 2402765669, Reyes Rodriguez, Phone: 240-276-5442
- E-Mail Address
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kimesha.leake@nih.gov, reyes.rodriguez@nih.gov
(kimesha.leake@nih.gov, reyes.rodriguez@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E134, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES Description The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) plans to procure on a sole source basis data from Danish residences for a study on childhood cancer from Aarhus Universitet, Nordre Ringgade 1, Aarhus C, Denmark, 8000. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) and 13.501(a)(1) using simplified acquisition procedures for commercial acquisitions. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541990 and the business size standard is $15.0 million. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. The period of performance shall be August 13, 2018 through June 12, 2019. It has been determined there are no opportunities to acquire green products or services for this procurement. The National Cancer Institute's Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB) in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) conducts studies of environmental and occupational exposures in relation to cancer risk. Epidemiologic studies of childhood cancer have found that living on a farm or in agricultural areas during pregnancy or early life is associated with an increased risk of childhood leukemia and childhood brain tumors (CBT). Early life exposures to pesticides have been associated with increased risk of childhood leukemia; whereas, animal exposures have been associated with increased risk of CBT. The majority land use in Denmark is agricultural (61% in 2010). In prior work, the NCI linked Danish land use data and information about usual pesticide use on crops to a Danish cohort study, the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) (contracts HHSN261201500017P and HHSN261201500317P). The NCI is now conducting a Denmark-wide study to follow-up on findings from the DNBC using exposure metrics created using methods developed in the DNBC study. The Early Life Exposures and Childhood Cancer in Denmark study is a record-linkage cohort study of childhood cancer among Danish children who were born in 2012-2017 and whose pregnancies occurred during the years 2011 to 2017. The Centre for Integrative Register-based Research at Aarhus University (CIRRAU) has established a nationwide database of longitudinal residential information (Geographic Information System [GIS] coordinates) on all Danes from 1971 onwards, thereby enabling the linkage of environmental exposures to residence locations for studying diseases on a nationwide basis. Starting in 2011, the location of agricultural crop fields that were treated with pesticides are available. There are 618,000 georeferenced crop fields totaling 2.6 million hectares with approximately 250 different types of crops. The Department of Environmental Sciences at Aarhus University determined that 1.7 million Danish residences had one or more agricultural crop fields within 500 m of the residence. For the Early Life Exposures and Childhood Cancer in Denmark study OEEB requires that Danish residences be linked to land use maps and locations of animal operations so that pesticide use and animal numbers can be estimated within 500 m of homes. This requirement must be performed in Denmark by Danish experts and translated to English by a researcher with fluency in English and Danish. OBJECTIVE The primary purpose of this contract is to obtain land use, pesticide use, and animal data for Danish residences for a study of childhood cancer. The Contractor shall provide these data for every residence in Denmark so that the data can be used in analyses of childhood cancer incidence. This acquisition will provide the data necessary to conduct this large study of childhood cancer that is important to the mission of OEEB/DCEG and NCI. SCOPE The Contractor shall use Danish land use, pesticide consumption, and animal data to determine the various land use types around Danish residences, estimate pesticide use, and determine animal counts based on data from years 2012-2013. For homes with agricultural crop fields and/or golf courses within 500 meters, the Contractor shall estimate the specific pesticide active ingredients that were applied using nationwide farmer journals on pesticide applications. Pesticide journals are mandatory for farmers in Denmark and for golf courses that apply pesticides. Because the data are not always complete, the quality of the self-reported data must first be checked for errors and consistency with pesticide application guidelines. Secondly, estimates of pesticide consumption data must be estimated for farms that are missing this information. Organic farms will also be identified. Finally, pesticide consumption estimates (grams of active ingredient) will be determined for the area of crop fields and golf courses that is within 500 meters of homes. The result of this work will be estimates of land use, pesticide consumption, and animals by type for every residence in Denmark in 2012-2013. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS/ AND PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS The Contractor shall perform the following tasks: 1) Thoroughly check annual pesticide consumption data for year 2012 and 2013. 2) For farms that are missing pesticide consumption data, proxy application rates will be estimated based on either average data for each crop from the year 2012 submission or if the farmer has submitted records in year 2013, these will be used as proxies. 3) Identify organic farms in the database of all farms and in the pesticide records. Organic farmers are also obliged to submit pesticide records, but some of them may not have done this. 4) Link Danish residence locations to the land use maps in a GIS and conduct spatial analyses to determine land use types within 500 meters of residences including: agricultural land (and specific crop types) and golf courses. 5) Determine pesticide records for golf courses as feasible. Golf courses are not included in the agricultural register, but they are required to submit pesticide records if they are using pesticides. 6) Calculate hectares of each crop type and number of animals of each type within 500 meters circular buffers of all Danish residences. Address register will be provided by CIRRAU. 7) Estimate the agricultural area and crop type in each buffer zone (Approximately 240 different crop types in total) 8) Determine annual pesticide active ingredient (AI) applications in each buffer zone based on the farmers actually-reported pesticide consumption from The Danish Environmental Protection Agency. This includes organic farmers which do not apply pesticides. 9) Compute area of each agricultural crop, urban area, area with forest and area with other land uses. 10) Provide an expert-based monthly distribution model for the different pesticides separately for herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and growth regulators. 11) Provide animal counts by species for animals raised within 500 meters of homes. 12) Datasests on land use, pesticide consumption, and animal countes will be provided in txt format and will be send to NCI using a secure Danish server. 13) Provide a short report describing any issues or details about the data. 14) Provide support for questions about the data deliveries through conference calls with NCI scientists. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE All work shall be performed at the Contractor's facility. REPORT(S)/DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE Data will be provided in text (txt) format and will be sent to the NCI Technical Point of Contact via a secure server. The Contractor shall provide a short written report via email that describes the variables provided, the methods used, and any issues or details about the data. The Contractor shall also answer questions about the data deliveries through conference calls with NCI scientists. All written and electronic deliverable products shall be submitted in draft format for review, comment and approval by the Technical Point of Contact. Final copies of approved drafts shall be delivered to the COR within ten (10) business days after receipt of the Government's comments. All deliverables shall be sent electronically (Microsoft Word or Excel 2013, unless approved by the Technical Point of Contact) per the following deliverable schedule: DELIVERABLE DELIVERABLE DESCRIPTION / FORMAT REQUIREMENTS DUE DATE #1 (Tasks 4.12) #2 (Task 4.13) Dataset(s) in text format Short report describing the land use and pesticides variables (metadata), methods used to create the variables, and any problems or issues encountered in created the variables 90 days before the end of the award 60 days before the end of the award There is no known source for the data the NCI requires for this study. The data resides with the Environmental Sciences Department at Aarhus University and the department staff have the unique expertise and permissions to access the data and link it to the Danish population. As allowed under FAR 13.106-1 (b)(1)(i), these unique qualifications and nature of the data acquisition are such that only one source is available to provide this work. This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party, especially small businesses, believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Responses must be received in the contracting office by 5:00 PM EST, on July 30, 2018. All responses and questions can be emailed to Kimesha Leake, Contracting Officer via electronic mail at kimesha.leake@nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) through sam.gov. Reference: N02CP82620-24 on all correspondence.
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