DHHS/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Contracts Management Branch, Willco Building, Suite 504, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7003

R -- ALCOHOL RESEARCH COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION POC C. Timothy Crilley, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191, Roberta S. Wilhelm, Contracting Officer, 301-443-1191 The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is conducting a market survey to ascertain the availability and potential technical capability of small businesses to perform NIAAA's requirement to collect, analyze, and disseminate the results of alcohol research to professional and lay audiences. Offeror shall synthesize research findings for use in the development of a quarterly peer-reviewed journal, a quarterly bulletin, and a variety of other technical publications for diverse audiences. The offeror shall also maintain an online database that involves cataloging, abstracting, and indexing the scientific alcohol literature as well as maintaining and updating an extensive alcohol thesaurus. Other tasks include maintaining the Institute's alcohol research library, planning and implementing a public education campaign, developing a variety of scientific exhibits, staffing and attending approximately twenty professional conferences, providing general graphics support to NIAAA, warehousing and disseminating publications, and maintaining and updating mailing lists. A mandatory requirement exists that the successful offeror must have, or be willing to establish an office within 45 minutes commuting distance by car from the Willco Building in Bethesda, Maryland. Potential offeror's unable to comply with this requirement will be considered technically incapable of performing required tasks. Anticipated beginning date of the new contract is January 1, 1997. The Government anticipates awarding a five (5) year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The incumbent contract was awarded as a small-business set-aside under SIC Code 7375, with size standard $14.5 million to CSR, Incorporated, Washington, D.C. in an aggregate amount of $4,734,963 for a three-year period of performance. Interested small business firms should furnish capability information addressing the following: (1) organizational and staff experience in the alcohol field, (2) organizational and staff experience in science writing, editing, manuscript preparation, research comprehension and translation, library and information science, thesaurus development, database management, conference management, dissemination methodologies, and planning and implementing public education campaigns, (3) corporate experience in database development and maintenance, abstracting and indexing, thesaurus development, science writing and editing, publications development, planning and implementing public education campaigns, graphics support, and database management systems, (4) documented evidence of ability to secure space measuring a minimum of 1,200 sq. ft. for the NIAAA Alcohol Library and 6,000 sq. ft. for warehousing and equipment. It should be noted that warehousing is an option at this time; however, the successful offeror must demonstrate that adequate space is available if this option is exercised. This is not a Request for Proposal. Three copies (3) of your capability statements should be submitted to the NIAAA Contracting Office within 14 calendar days after publication of this notice. All responses will be considered before further acquisition action by the Government. Any information received because of this announcement will not be provided to other contractors and will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a set-aside competitive acquisition. The final determination by the Government to set-aside this requirement, based on any information received, is solely within the discretion of the Government. (0051)

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