SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- CTSA Process Evaluation
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-RR-PB-2008-200-DE
- Archive Date
- 8/9/2008
- Point of Contact
- Donald L Ervin,, Phone: (301) 435-0365, Kathleen J. Marsden,, Phone: (301) 435-0364
- E-Mail Address
-
ervindl@mail.nih.gov, km66x@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- The National Center for Research (NCRR) is seeking a professional services contract to procure a contractor to conduct a process evaluation of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium. The objective of this requirement is to provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with an overview of best business practices as it relates to starting a new center program. The process evaluation will also provide input into the overall outcome evaluation. A market survey is being conducted to determine the availability and potential technical capacity of business to provide the services of this requirement. Based upon the responses to this market survey, the Government will determine if the requirement is suitable for competition on a restricted basis to small business, Veteran / Disabled Veteran entities, or on an unrestricted basis. The solicitation number for this survey is: NHLBI-RR-PB-2008-200-DE The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System code 611710, Educational Testing, Evaluation Services, with size a standard of six million dollars. Specifically, the Contractor shall : 1. Clarify objectives, issues, and questions with the Project Officer. 2. Participate in Trans-NIH CTSA Project Team meetings, and committee meetings. 3. Develop a draft work plan for the project. 4. Develop a final work plan upon approval of Project Officer. 5. Review and revise conceptual framework if needed. 6. Prepare and present plan at during CTSA Steering Committee meeting. 7. Prepare instruments, interview guides and data extraction forms. 8. Develop Protocol for annual survey of CTSA Principal Investigators 9. Create a database 10. Conduct Pilot Test 11. Prepare OMB Generic clearance Package 12. Ensure Data Integrity 13. Data Collection on Secondary Data Sources 14. Conduct semi-structured interviews with Consortium Chairs, NIH Staff, and Representatives From Biomedical Professional Organizations. 15. Conduct Annual web-based survey with CTSA Pis 16. Conduct annual semi-structured interviews with CTSA Consortium Committees, Work Groups, and NIH Staff. 17. Survey Pis on Consortium and Wiki satisfaction. 18. Data input and cleaning 19. Schedule and Plan Case Study visits. 20. Conduct Case Study visits. 21. Data preparation and analysis 22. Analyze data for national CTSA Consortium Substudy 23. Analyze data for the CTSA Implementation Substudy. 24. Analyze data for the Scholars and Trainees Career Pathways Substudy. 25. Analyze data for Clinical and Translational Science Substudy. The Government anticipates that there will be one fixed- price contract awarded for this requirement. The proposed period of performance is October 2008 through October 2010. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, e-mail address, web site address, telephone number, type of ownership for the organization, i.e., Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8 (a), Woman-Owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Concern, Veteran, or Disabled Veteran; 2) Business size information which states, the business size, annual receipts (average gross revenue) for the last three (3) fiscal years, and whether or not the firm has been approved as a small business by the SBA under the applicable NAICS code; and 4) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. If significant subcontracting is anticipated for this effort, organization must show that they are technically capable by addressing the administrative and management structure of the subcontracting agreement. The agreement must show that small business prime contractors can maintain a full-time labor force, has technical capacity, management control, and meet the limitations on subcontracting imposed on small business set-asides. The Government will evaluate technical capability using the following criteria: 1. Demonstrated understanding of the requirements in the Statement of Work 2. Demonstrated understanding the type and level of support required, also quality, creativity, and innovativeness of technical approach. 3. Qualifications of Personnel 4. Past Performance Interested firms responding to this survey are encouraged to structure capability statements in the order of the areas of consideration noted above. Please provide one (1) printed copy and an electronic copy of a tailored capability statement, which should not exceed ten pages in length, excluding resumes. In addition, the capability statement must provide sufficient details to determine the technical capability of your firm. The technical capability statements must be received by close of business on July 25, 2008. This market survey is being conducted through FedBizOpps in order to reach the widest possible audience and to gather current market information. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; therefore, any response to this market survey is voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Correspondence regarding this announcement, may be submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6128, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: Donald L. Ervin, Contracting Specialist, or emailed to ervindl@mail.nih.gov
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- Zip Code: 20817
- Zip Code: 20817
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