SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement, The USAMRAA is conducting Market Research in accordance with FAR 10.001(a)(2).
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-RKB-11-N601
- Response Due
- 8/24/2011
- Archive Date
- 10/23/2011
- Point of Contact
- Keith Batchelor, 301-619-2630
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(keith.batchelor@amedd.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement, The United States Army Medical Research and Acquisition Activity is conducting Market Research in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 10.001(a)(2) for the acquisition of (1) Principle Investigator to support the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. There is no bid package or solicitation. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given and no appointments for presentations will be made. This synopsis is for planning purposes only and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The NAICS code for the project is 541712. The small business size standard is 500. Background/Purpose: As TATRC pursues an active Technology Transfer Program the use of intermediaries in the commercialization of our extramural research are essential to be successful. TATRC is engaging with intermediaries to develop a program to promote under TATRC funding; commercialization opportunities, technology marketing and to determine the economic impact of TATRC funding. This program is being considered as a Pilot Program with the intent that further development could be made depending upon the outcome of this current Pilot Program. Objective: The objective of the proposed initiative is to assist TATRC technology transfer activities focusing on accelerating the rate of commercialization of TATRC-funded medical research & development projects in telemedicine and other advanced medical technologies. Through the implementation of web-based tools on TATRC's website, small business partners will have a portal with open access to business oriented educational and training tools to increase their knowledge and awareness of the importance of a sound commercialization strategy and provide assistance towards productizing their technology. The Vendor shall design and execute the following activities: a) Customize and informative website for commercialization knowledge content; b) Customize content templates for project management evaluation c) Customize educational/training content templates. Performance Requirements: The contractor shall be required to: Provide a customized and informative website link with commercialization strategy focused content for small business use on the TATRC Internet (www.TATRC.org) website Provide customized content templates for project management evaluation tools for TATRC Internet (www.TATRC.org) website Provide customized educational and training content templates for TATRC Internet (www.TATRC.org) website Provide a Quality Assurance Plan Provide the Offsite work location to accomplish the tasks. Provide the necessary equipment to accomplish the tasks. Provide a final report. The Government will: Provide access to TATRC Webmaster Provide "approved" access to TATRC electronic database fields Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance for this proposed acquisition will be from September 2011 through September 2016; for a period of five years. Capability Statement/Information Sought: Respondents must provide, as part of their responses, information concerning (a) staff experience, including their availability, experience, and training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capabilities; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 20 single-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement, as well as the eligible small business concern's name, point of contact, address and DUNS number. Information Submission Instructions: All Capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to R. Keith Batchelor II, Contract Specialist, at keith.batchelor@us.army.mil in MS Word, WordPerfect, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by August 24, 2009, 3:00 PM, EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/USAMRAA/DAMD17/W81XWH-RKB-11-N601/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street Frederick MD
- Zip Code: 21702-5014
- Zip Code: 21702-5014
- Record
- SN02530931-W 20110813/110811235827-da7a2e2dce810dd345dbfe69dd9f6850 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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