MODIFICATION
R -- Domestic Technical, Operational and Professional Services
- Notice Date
- 10/12/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 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
- 2006-N-09171
- Response Due
- 11/23/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/8/2006
- Point of Contact
- Sheila Dolan, Contract Specialist, Phone 770-488-2635, Fax 770-488-2688, - Zalerie Moore, Contract Specialist, Phone 770-488-2053, Fax 770-488-2688,
- E-Mail Address
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sdolan@cdc.gov, fkw7@cdc.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- A solicitation will be issued to provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with an as-needed mechanism to obtain various operational, technical and professional support services for a variety of tasks, studies, and projects to be performed for CDC throughout the United States. The services ordered under this contract shall service the Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH) and other Centers, Institutes and Offices (CIOs) who need domestic services or staffing to support international activities. Services to be performed shall be non-personal and not inherently governmental services. The following is a DRAFT Statement of Work: STATEMENT OF WORK: A. BACKGROUND and NEED: CDCs mission is to promote the health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. As part of this mission, CDC is tasked with implementing programs through the Coordinating Center for Global Health (COGH) to ensure that people around the world will live safer, healthier lives through protecting Americans at home and abroad from health threats via a transnational prevention, detection and response network and establishing CDC and the United States Government as trusted and effective resources for health development around the globe. CDC addresses critical global public health challenges through working with a diverse set of partners to support the development and implementation of culturally-appropriate public health interventions. Through our health promotion activities, both domestically and abroad, CDC contributes to reductions in global morbidity and mortality. There are major programs that have been implemented globally within the last several years that have greatly expanded the global mission of the CDC and have prompted the need for increased services and staffing domestically to support those activities. As more international health crises are identified, the CDC Global Health mission and response is expanded. The major international programs currently are the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Global Disease Detection (GDD), Pandemic and Avian Influenza Initiative, Polio Elimination worldwide, Reduction of Measles Related Mortality and Promotion of Child Health. CDC currently has about 200 staff in 45 countries around the world and those global staff are supported by the CIOs and programs here in Atlanta. This scope of activities and CDC international support will expand as the need arises globally and this contract would cover that increased mission. Additionally, there has been an overseas rightsizing initiative so that only those individuals who must be stationed overseas are located at international sites and much of the support is provided from Atlanta and other CDC locations domestically. To facilitate this mission, CDC is charged with specific responsibilities which often necessitate seeking outside professional and technical expertise. The international contractor expertise by domestic staff is critical to the achievement of the overall efforts under these programs. In scaling up for the global mission, the mechanisms for hiring staff are often limiting and can take months to finalize. In addition, there are very limited mechanisms for hiring expert consultants to provide technical assistance. These impediments and delays in hiring staff hinder program development. It is therefore essential that CDC supplement its technical and professional staff through Contractor support. B. SCOPE OF WORK: The services to be acquired under this contract provide a mechanism for various operational support and professional services tasks, studies, and projects to be performed for CDC throughout the United States. The Contractor is advised that it is not possible to determine the precise types or amounts of services, supplies and/or equipment that will be ordered during the term of the contract. The Contractor shall be obligated to perform within the minimum and maximum order limitations set forth in clauses 52.216-19, Order Limitations. The time of issuance and amount of work in task orders cannot be accurately predicted. The Government will make every effort to give the Contractor advance notice of requirements, but the services for which this contract will be used could address an immediate need involving an emergency situation or short notice requirements. Services to be performed shall be non-personal and not inherently governmental services. Supplies and equipment are incidental to the required services to be performed and shall be ordered on an as needed basis on each individual task order. Some temporary international travel may be necessary and will be detailed in each individual task order. C. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: The Contractor shall provide short term and long term technical support and professional services to various offices within the United States in support of the CDC as outlined in the individual task orders. The Contractor shall design, manage, and implement programs for global health activities to include HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Global Disease Detection (GDD), training of staff, population and basic education activities. This list is not all inclusive of the activities that are supported by COGH and as CDC support of global health initiatives increase, this contract will provide support. These individuals may be recruited from both within the Contractors organization and through its network of contacts. Category skill requirements will include professional (including medical fields,) and technical personnel. The professional personnel will be mid-career or senior professionals in the basic education and public health sectors as called for in the scope of work provided for each individual task order. Professional personnel will have a masters or higher level degree in fields related to public health or education or if appropriate experience that qualifies them for mid-career and senior positions, specifically with reference to those public health requirements as specified in each task order. Professional personnel will also have 7 to 10 years of experience working in the specific or related discipline. Direct labor categories utilized to perform the requirements of individual task orders will generally fall within the following skill requirements. A general description of each direct labor category skill requirement is as follows: Technical This category includes occupations concerned with providing technical assistance to public health, medical and scientists personnel in both laboratory and office activities. Characteristic of occupations in this category is the requirement for knowledge of scientific research techniques and analyzing data. This category may also include occupations concerned with providing technical solutions with regards to security compliance, training, operational support, technical and development support, international or global experience and technical knowledge in a myriad of international activities. Characteristic of occupations in this category are the requirements for knowledge of information technology principles and techniques and public health program management experience that is less than full professional knowledge but which nevertheless enables the technician to understand how and why a specific device, skill or system operates. This category may also include technical support positions for any international activities at CDC. Professional A This category includes occupations having a recognized status based upon acquiring professional knowledge through prolonged study or experience. Examples of these professions include, but are not limited to, accountancy, public health and medical professionals. To be a professional employee, a person must not only be a professional but must be involved essentially in discharging professional duties. Professional B This category includes occupations having a recognized status based upon acquiring professional knowledge through the study of sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, physiology, psychology, and medicine. These professions perform medical, psychological, or veterinary science. Examples of these professions include, but are not limited to: pharmacists, registered nurses, physicians, hospital ancillary personnel, surgeons, research personnel, occupational healthcare providers, mental health care providers, behavior modification specialists, dentists, and veterinarians. To be a professional employee, a person must not only be a professional but must be involved essentially in discharging professional duties. D. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: As part of providing services under this contract, the Contractor shall meet the following requirements: 1. Management: The Contractor shall employ management practices that ensure all requirements are fulfilled in a technically compliant and timely manner and manage services on a global basis. This includes both day-to-day contract requirements and individual task order requirements and objectives. 2. Recruitment and Retention: The Contractor shall employ hiring and retention practices that ensure the Contractor is able to identify, screen, place, monitor, train, and retain qualified candidates to fulfill service requirements under this contract. The Contractor shall maintain a database of applications for appropriate candidates, accessible by education, field of expertise, work experiences, certifications, languages and other skills. 3. Supervision: Differing task order requirements, as well as the number and types of skills involved, will necessarily result in a variety of different approaches to supervision. These two examples are intended to be illustrative rather than definitive when providing a wide variety of services in a number of locations: a. A task order may require a number of skill categories to perform a single task (e.g., operate a small laboratory). In this instance, it is anticipated that the senior technical skill category may assume a supervisory or lead responsibility with no increase in hourly rate. b. A number of task orders may require single on-site individuals. In these instances, off-site supervision with occasional visitation is usually the most economical method to be used. 4. Contractor Personnel The Contractor shall provide English-speaking and foreign language translators, skilled personnel, with the professional and management services necessary to successfully meet Government requirements. Required skill categories are defined in terms of typical duties and performance level standards. The Contractor shall provide skill levels and labor mix appropriate for the task(s) to be performed. The Contractor and Contractor employees shall conduct only business covered by this contract during periods paid for by the Government and shall not conduct any other business on Government premises. Federal regulations prohibit the use of any controlled substances and alcoholic beverages while Contractor employees are working on Federal property or in Federal installations. Contractor personnel shall be made aware of these requirements prior to commencing work under this contract. All Contractor personnel shall be United States (U.S.) citizens or permanent residents. Any exceptions to the citizenship requirement in the United States, territories, and possessions must involve individuals legally in the country, holding valid work permits. All services provided by persons who are not United States citizens require the prior written approval of the CO. Contractor personnel are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner at all times. Inappropriate conduct and/or substance abuse will not be tolerated. The Contractor will be responsible for removing the individual from the facility and taking such other action as appropriate. If unusual behavior and conditions threaten the orderly conduct of business occurring during the course of an assignment, the Contractor will be responsible for removing the individual from the facility and taking other action as appropriate. If the Contractor personnel must speak and read in a language other than English, or have other required skills, the Government will state those requirements in the task order request and subsequent task order. 5. Training The Contractor, at its own expense, shall perform training, except: The Government will provide orientation and training on specific department, unit, site, programs or education requirements, policies, and procedures peculiar to the work to be performed by the Contractor. If the Contractor changes employees during the performance of tasks frequently enough to interfere with Government operations and impose a burden on Government training staff, the Contractor will be subject to training cost negotiation, in addition to review of whether performance levels have been met. Limited training of Contractor employees may be authorized (i.e., when the client changes software systems during the performance of an ongoing task and it is determined to be in the best interest of the Government to retain a Contractor employee for corporate experience and familiarity with the project in progress.) The Government will not authorize training for Contractor employees to attend seminars, symposiums, or user group conferences unless certified by the Contractor that attendance is mandatory for the performance of task requirements and such training is approved in advance by the Project Officer. Training at Government expense shall not be authorized for replacement personnel for the sole purpose of keeping Contractor employees abreast of advances in the state-of-the-art technology or for training Contractor employees on equipment, computer languages, and computer operating systems for which training is available on the commercial market. When the Government has given prior approval for training to meet special requirements that are peculiar to a particular task order, the Government will reimburse the Contractor for tuition, travel, and per diem as required in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations, as well as for labor hours at the rate designated in the task for the particular skill level. The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for keeping Contractor employees abreast of advances in state-of-the-art technologies. 6. Workload Management The Contractor shall implement management systems and controls for recording and monitoring workloads for all tasks. This system shall include a means for acquiring signed time cards (by the point of contact on the task order) to be submitted with invoices for firm fixed price and cost reimbursement task orders. The systems shall be capable of providing historical and in-process workload data segregated by task order. 7. Transition and Succession The Contractor shall have a transition and succession plan that demonstrates the capability to ensure a smooth transition with current contracts and/or successor contracts with a minimum of disruption to customer services. Within 15 calendar days of contract award, the Government will meet with the Project Officer to identify Contractor employees who have provided services to various customer agencies under other contracts that may be transitioned to this contract. Determinations will be made in cases where there is some question as to whether a person would be continuing to perform the same or substantially the same service for CDC. At the end of the contract period, the Contractor may be required to continue performance to complete tasks (as compared to level of effort task orders) issued prior to the effective date of any successor contract, unless terminated by the CO. The Contractor shall also be expected to work with the follow-on Contractor(s) to ensure a smooth transition. This is a competitive small business set-aside. The CDC will award a single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order contract. The contract period of performance will be five (5) years from date of award. The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code is 541990. The incumbent contractor is ATA Services, Inc, POC: Phil Bogema, 165 S Union Blvd, Ste 350, Lakewood, CO 80228-8224. Contract Number: 200-2006-16450, 8(a) set-aside Contract Value: $3,000,000.00 NTE Request for Proposal (RFP), 2006-N-09171, will be available only by downloading at this internet site: www.fedbizopps.gov. The RFP will be posted on or about October 23, 2006. The anticipated award date is December 2006.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Continental United States (CONUS)
- Record
- SN01164454-W 20061014/061012220148 (fbodaily.com)
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