SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- Sources sought notice for specialized housekeeping services
- Notice Date
- 11/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561720
— Janitorial Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, MD, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SSN1123
- Response Due
- 12/8/2004
- Point of Contact
- Ann Argaman, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 594-5919, Fax (301) 594-5920, - Ann Argaman, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 594-5919, Fax (301) 594-5920,
- E-Mail Address
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ann.argaman@nih.gov, ann.argaman@nih.gov
- Description
- The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health has a requirement for the continuation of housekeeping services in the Clinical Center hospital complex in Bethesda, Maryland which includes the Clinical Research Center (CRC), a portion of Building 10 and the Edmund J. Safra Family Lodge (scheduled opening is February, 2005) for a period of 3 months-from January 9, 2005-March 31, 2005. The applicable North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 561720 (small business size standard is $14 million dollars. The Statement of Work for the services required is posted as a separate file (SSNSOW112304) on the Federal Business Opportunity web-site. The contractor providing the services must have the requisite experience in doing housekeeping in a research medical center, be experienced in cleaning in situations with rare and deadly diseases-experience in dealing with SARs is preferable, have participated in the planning and/or cleaning of a new medical facility or a major addition prior to and after its opening for a hospital or medical center., be totally familiar with the cleaning of patient care areas and have performed such work within the last five (5) years, have passed at least two JCAHO inspections within the last five years with no deficiencies and have the capability of providing and managing the wide scope of these services. Information sent in the capability statement should be directly relevant and specific to this requirement in each of the following areas. The capability statements must specifically address ALL of the following items. Please note that failure to specifically address each of the items below in your capability statement may affect further consideration of your capability statement. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail so that the Government can determine the capability of your firm. The capability statement must specifically address ALL of the following information, otherwise no further evaluation of your capability statement will be performed : 1) Experience: The capability statement shall show that the vendor has sufficient relevant experience to do the work. The contractor will have five consecutive years or more doing housekeeping in a research medical center within the past seven years. A research medical center is one which does bench research as well as clinical research in a hospital or university setting. The contractor will have to specifically demonstrate in their capability statement that they have cleaned the research laboratories as well as the patient care areas. A research laboratory is one in which tissue, fluids or data is obtained from a patient or animal and used for research and not diagnostic purposes. A pathology laboratory in a hospital does not qualify as a research laboratory. The contractor shall have five years or more doing housekeeping in a hospital of 300 or more patient beds within the past seven years. The contractor shall fully explain the processes and procedures used by their company in cleaning that facility. The capability statement shall clearly demonstrate that the firm has passed two consecutive JCAHO surveys with no deficiencies noted in the housekeeping department at a present client hospital of more than 300 beds. Further, the capability statement must specifically demonstrate that they have experience cleaning in situations with rare and deadly diseases. Experience in dealing with SARS is preferable. 2. References: The capability statement shall present a listing of at least five present clients. The list should be of accounts which are as similar as possible to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. . The name, address, contact telephone number and the contact person must be stated for the five required references. 3) Personnel/Training: The capability statement should clearly demonstrate that the firm has qualified personnel (especially onsite management personnel-frontline managers) who would be available for assignment to this project and possess the requisite experience/training, etc. to effectively manage this type of project. Additionally, information should be included in the capability statement which demonstrates that the firm has a training program which is documented and satisfies all OSHA and Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirements for housekeeping training. The training program should include developmental training for both line employees and management personnel. Copies of resumes of proposed onsite management personnel should also be provided. The training program should include developmental training for both line employees and management personnel. The capability statement should describe in complete detail how the vendor obtains, trains and manages increasing numbers of staff over a short period of time and how adequate staffing is ensured when there are multiple cleaning functions required in multiple locations. The various types of training provided by the vendor to his staff, including the specialized training required for the cleaning of occupied research laboratories should be described. Also, copies of written training policies and procedures should also be included as part of the description. The capability statement should also describe the vendor’s policies and procedures cleaning in and around strong magnets such as those used in MRI machines. The capability statement must state where and when the cleaning around the MRI machines took place. 4) The vendors must provide a complete description of the transition plan that would be utilized to ensure that there is no lapse or interruption in cleaning services currently being provided in the Clinical Center’s hospital complex. 5) The capability statement shall also include any other specific and relevant information related to the requirements of this project that will enable the Government to determine the capabilities of the company to perform the specialized housekeeping services described in this synopsis. Interested organization must demonstrate and document in any capability statements submitted, extensive experience with and the ability to perform all of the specialized housekeeping tasks described above. In addition to the documentation described above for Items 1-3, the capability statement may also include but not be limited to any other information that will serve to document the organization’s capability such as awards, commendations, training certificates for personnel, etc. This notice is a market survey and is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. .THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS . The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement nor otherwise pay for preparing any information sent or the Government’s use of the information. Any proprietary information should be so marked. Vendors must send written capability statements by December 8, 2004 to the Contracting Officer at the following e-mail address: aargaman@cc.nih.gov. For any questions, please contact the Contracting Officer at (301) 594-5919. 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- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/Reference-Number-SSN1123/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland
- Record
- SN00727577-F 20041230/041228212748 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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