D -- ELECTRONIC ON-LINE DATABASE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL = SERVICES

Notice Date

May 30, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease = Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 = Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146

ZIP Code

30341-4146

Solicitation Number

2000-N-00095

Response Due

June 15, 2001

Point of Contact

Lenore Mickle, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2606, Fax = (770)488-2670, Email LMickle@CDC.GOV

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS = PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED = WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT = CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A = WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation, = 2001-N-00095, is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The = solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those = in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This procurement = is unrestricted. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is = 7375. Small business size standard: Average annual receipts for each = of the three preceding fiscal years do not exceed $18 Million. = DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES TO BE ACQUIRED: The CDC has a requirement for = Online Database Retrieval Services. Proposals are requested for online = electronic information database retrieval services for a full range of = legal, legislative, regulatory, company and financial, public record, = medical, news and current affairs information; to include service for = case law, administrative decisions, statutes, regulations, law reviews, = specialty publications; and service for national and international = newspapers and other publications that cover general news, business, = government, finance, politics, and technology. The following are = selected specific databases with a broad collection of bibliographic = and full-text databases in life sciences, including toxicology and = environmental health and news databases required to be accessed by the = Government under this service: All State Codes, Wire Services, = Transcripts from National Public Radio and Television Programs, = including CNN, EMBASE, Eventline, Ulrich's International Periodicals = Directory, Local and Regional Newspapers, such as, Anchorage Daily = News, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Asheville Citizen-Times, Associated = Press, Atlanta Journal, BNA International Environment Daily, Boston = Globe, Boston Herald, Charleston Daily Mail, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago = Tribune, Cincinnati Enquirer, Baltimore Daily Record, Chemical Week, = Dallas Morning News, Denver Post, Detroit News, Houston Chronicle, = Indianapolis News, Kansas City Star, Knoxville News Sentinel, = Louisville Courier Journal, Miami New Times, Omaha World Herald, = Reuter's Textline, States News Briefs, States News Service, Tampa = Tribune, USA Today, and Washington Post. The system shall operate with = ordinary personal computer equipment (CDC property) through ordinary = modem and telephone connections and be Internet accessible. Telephone = connections are to be made by toll-free numbers. CDC will not purchase = any communication software to provide system access nor will it = purchase software licensing to the system vendor. Any software updates = shall be provided by Contractor at no additional cost to the = Government. The vendor shall provide customer support services and = product support for their commercial items. =20 Training: CDC anticipates the Contractor will offer on-site = demonstrations as needed in the use of the services and databases at no = additional cost to the government at the onset of the agreement. The = demonstrations shall be provided to enable participants to effectively = utilize the services and databases to extract needed data and = information. Currently assigned bill groups, User ID's, and passwords = shall be determined at the discretion of CDC. Task Orders: The = Contractor shall perform work as described in individual task = orders/delivery orders issued by the Procurement and Grants Office = (PGO). It is anticipated that 16-20 individual task orders will be = issued under the resultant contract. Invoicing Requirements: Invoicing = shall be tied to individual task orders. A copy of the = task-order-specific invoice shall be submitted to each task monitor = point of contact identified in the approved task order. Period of = Performance: The period of performance of this contract is 60 months = from the contract effective date. The contract should be awarded for a = period of 12 months with an option for four 12-month (one-year) = extensions. This will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity = contract. The FAR provisions 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? = Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation?Commercial Items apply = to this acquisition. EVALUATION FACTORS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: = Award shall be made to the eligible, responsible offeror whose offer, = conforming to the solicitation, and determined most advantageous to the = Government, price and other factors considered. Each evaluation factor = will be evaluated separately (technical conformance, past performance, = and price) as follows: EVALUATION FACTORS. (a) Technical Conformance: = Offers will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis as to the conformance of = the proposed equipment with the minimum specifications identified in = the synopsis. The proposal must include descriptions, specifications, = product literature, etc., sufficient to substantiate that the services = offered meets requirements. The Government reserves the right to = require validation of proposed services and to obtain information for = use in the validation from any sources, including sources outside the = Government. (b) Past Performance: Past performance will be used as an = evaluation factor in determining the most advantageous offer to the = Government. Offers will be assigned a risk assessment based on = information that CDC obtains from the offeror's past performance = information. Risk assessment will be a subjective rating (high, = moderate, low) that will be used as a separate evaluation factor. = Offerors shall provide a list of the last ten contracts in-process and = completed during the past three years, which are similar in size and = complexity to this acquisition. Contracts listed may include those = entered into by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local = Governments, and commercial contractors. The following information is = required for each contract reference: (1) name and address of = customer/client or Government agency, (2) contract number, (3) contract = type, (4) total contract value, (5) description of requirements, (6) = Contracting Officer's name, address, and telephone number, and (7) = Project Officer's name, address, and telephone number. (c) Price will = be evaluated based on any discounts, and separate fixed fee, and fee = for use/service access structures offered to the Government. Technical = conformance and past performance, when combined, will be approximately = equal to price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award = a contract without discussions with offerors (except communications = conducted for minor clarification). Therefore, initial offers should = contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. = The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later = determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. EVALUATION = FACTORS FOR AWARD: Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal = provides the greatest overall value to the Government. Technical = conformance combined with past performance are of approximately equal = value to price. A cost/technical trade off analysis will be conducted = such that business judgement will be exercised in selecting the most = advantageous alternative to the Government, considering both the = technical merit and price of proposals. The determination of the = greatest overall value will be made by comparing the differences in the = value of performance capability factors for each value-added feature = with the differences in the prices proposed. The Government will not = make an award at a significantly higher overall price to achieve only = slightly superior performance capability features. CONTRACT CLAUSES: = Offerors shall include a COMPLETED COPY OF THE PROVISION AT 52.212-3, = OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS?COMMERCIAL ITEMS with your = quote. The best way to complete this certification is to download the = FAR Clauses (Volume II) at http://www.arnet.gov/far, print out the = clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications, and fill = in the appropriate blanks. This certification must be sent in with = your quote. FAR provisions 52.212-4, Contract Terms and = Conditions?Commercial Items; and, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and = Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive = Orders?Commercials Items; 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales = to the Government-Alternate I; 52.216-24, Limitation of Government = Liability; 52.216-25, Contract Definitization; and, 52.225-13, = Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. Proposals are due by = 2:00pm, EST on June 15, 2001. Facsimile quotes WILL be accepted, = provided the proposal contains all requested information, and a signed = hard copy is also provided via mail. Proposals shall be mailed to: = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Contracts Management = Branch; Attn: Lenore Mickle/IT Section, 2920 Brandywine Rd., Rm. 3214, = Atlanta, GA 30341. Facsimile proposals may be sent to: (770) = 488-2670, Attn: Lenore Mickle. The RFP number 2001-N-00095 shall be = clearly marked on the envelope and/or facsimile cover page. All = responsible sources that can meet the above requirements may submit a = proposal, which will be considered by the Agency.

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