SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Program Evaluation Support Services
- Notice Date
- 10/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-DA-SBSS-10-001
- Point of Contact
- Susan A Nsangou, Phone: 301-443-2104
- E-Mail Address
-
nsangous@mail.nih.gov
(nsangous@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The Office of Science Policy and Communications, Science Policy Branch (OSP), at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a requirement for Program Evaluation Support Services to assist with the Phase II – Process Evaluation of the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Program. This Roadmap program is being administered by NIDA, the National Institute of Diabetes And Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The Epigenomics Program (EP) has five related components – Reference Epigenome Mapping Centers; an Epigenomics Data Analysis and Coordination Center; a research component for Technology Development in Epigenetics; a research component for Discovery of Novel Epigenetic Marks in Mammalian Cells; and a research component for Epigenomics of Human Health and Disease. The purpose of this evaluation requirement is to provide comprehensive support to the OSP/ NIDA Project Officer (PO), and the supporting Evaluation Leads (ELs) of the program from the co-administrating Institutes, for the evaluation activities of this Phase II-Process Evaluation, from a position of knowledge of program evaluation and evaluative research, knowledge of the application of program evaluation to complex funded research programs, and of graduate level knowledge of Epigenetics and Bioinformatics. This support will be for the conduct of the tasks of information collection for the evaluation, such as program documents inventorying to collect information on aspects of program process to show improvements in the program, and information on program achievement; data and information preparation, processing, and management; analyses of the information; writing/editing reports and document production; assistance in the preparation of a Supporting Statement for OMB clearance; survey administration, and information download; data searches of public databases; and to provide recommendations for the Phase III – Goal-oriented outcome evaluation to be conducted at the end of the first term of the program. The planning and conduct to date of the evaluation study for this program has been assisted primarily by one of two external Academic Advisors/Consultants who were named to the study, and who will continue to review the work and provide some oversight and recommendations to the NIH staff during the first year of this Phase II-Process Evaluation study. The Contractor can expect that some of the plans and deliverables will be reviewed by the current Academic Advisor on site at NIDA. The Contractor will have an understanding of NIH policies and procedures, the ability to apply methods of evaluation to the requirements of this multiple-components program and the different stages the components are in, demonstrated ability to meet fast turn around deadlines, and graduate level knowledge of Epigenetics by at least one principal staff assigned to the project. The Government is requesting information regarding respondents’: (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. Respondents are requested to provide DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code. Respondents are requested to provide the capability statements in pdf format and emailed to nsangous@mail.nih.gov by the stated date and time. Statements should not exceed 10 pages. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s.)
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