MODIFICATION
R -- SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGREM (NTP) INTERAGENCY CENTER FOR THE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TOXICOLOGICAL METHODS (NICEATM)
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- NIHES2012151
- Point of Contact
- Juanita A Campbell, Phone: 919-541-7893
- E-Mail Address
-
campbellj@niehs.nih.gov
(campbellj@niehs.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THIS NOTICE (THE CHANGED NOTICE) MAY ALSO BE VIEWED UNDER NOTICE NUMBER NIHES2012151R. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A CAPABILITY STATEMENT UNDER NAICS CODE 541712, YOU MUST RE-SUBMIT A NEW CAPABILITY STATEMENT WHICH CLEARLY IDENTIFIES YOUR SIZE CLASSIFICATION RELATIVE TO THE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED NAICS CODE 541690. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is seeking capability statements from qualified Small Businesses which have the capability to provide the necessary administrative, scientific, and logistical expertise, personnel, materials, facilities, and equipment necessary to support the NICEATM in promoting the development, validation, acceptance, and use of alternative and other new testing methods and strategies that are more predictive of human health and ecological effects than currently available methods and strategies. 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. BACKGROUND: The mission of the NIEHS is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives. Our vision is to provide global leadership for innovative research that improves public health by preventing disability and disease from our environment. The NTP arose out of increasing scientific, regulatory, and Congressional concerns about the human health effects of chemical agents in our environment. The NICEATM and the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) contributes to the mission and vision of NIEHS and the NTP by advancing improved safety assessment tools to protect, promote, and advance the health of people, animals, and the environment. NICEATM is responsible for ensuring compliance with duties and provisions of the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 2851-3). The overall goal of NICEATM is to promote the development, validation, acceptance, and use of alternative and other new testing methods and strategies that are more predictive of human health and ecological effects than currently available methods and strategies. ICCVAM is a statutorily mandated interagency committee established under NICEATM. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this requirement is to obtain contractor support for NICEATM to provide administrative, logistical and scientific support. With COR approval, the contractor support shall include but is not limited to: (1) updating and maintaining the NICEATM/ICCVAM web-pages (http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/), which has both public and secured domains. Information Systems Support for electronic communications and dissemination of information using the internet or other technology, collection and maintenance of information resources in an automated manner; (2) Providing library and literature search documents, background review documents. Analysis support for literature searches, analysis of data; (3) National and International meeting support to include planning, budgeting, identification of presenters and participants, agenda development, providing administrative, logistical, and scientific support necessary for meetings such as ICCVAM, ICCVAM subcommittees and interagency working groups, expert panels, peer reviews, workshops, symposia, and seminars, travel and expense reimbursement, honoraria payments, development and dissemination of meeting materials both pre meeting and during the meeting, post meeting information, correspondence, tracking, and production of documents; (4) scientific writing and document preparation, preparing draft and final report deliverables to the COR, expert panels, and peer reviewers; (5) presenting materials on behalf of the Government during meetings; (6) coordinating the validation and evaluation of alternative test methods and approaches; (7) maintain compliance with Federal Government Regulations; and (8) follow appropriate procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interests. If subcontracting is anticipated in order to meet the requirements, the prime contractor must demonstrate the ability to deliver the technical capabilities and maintain adequate labor, management, and financial control of the project. GENERAL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: Potential sources should possess the skills necessary to perform the purpose and objectives of the requirement as briefly identified above. Staff should have experience in updating and maintaining web-pages via both public and secured domains; IT expertise with database systems; the ability to provide the appropriate and complete level of library and literature search documents, background review documents, draft and final reports, and presentation materials, etc. needed to fulfill the requirements of any resultant contract solicitation or award. Staff should have experience, knowledge, and skills necessary to present materials on behalf of the Government during meetings; Coordinate the validation and evaluation of alternative test methods and approaches; It is anticipated that level of effort (LOE) for this project will require approximately 27,550 per year excluding vacation, holiday, and sick leave (excludes subcontractor/consultant hours). In addition, up to 7,600 optional LOE per year may be exercised. The Government estimates 8 meetings per year, likely to be held in the Washington, DC area or near the NIEHS in Research Triangle Park, NC. It is estimated that each meeting shall consist of 12-15 panelists and 2-3 contractor support staff, and convene over a period of 3 days. In addition, up to 4 Additional meetings per year may be exercised. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated start date of the award is April 15, 2013. The estimated total period of performance shall be up to five years. It is anticipated that the base period of the contract shall be one year with four one year options. OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS: With the exception that NIEHS hosts the servers for the web site, there will be no Government-furnished equipment, services, or facilities provided. The contractor shall provide all equipment, internet access, materials, software, hardware, supplies, facilities, etc. required to perform the objectives of the proposed requirement and produce the deliverables as required in this statement of work. All deliverables must be 508 compliant. The contractor must maintain systems compatible with the equipment, internet access, systems, software, hardware, etc. used by NICEATM government staff (currently Macintosh computers and laptops, Microsoft Office + Outlook for Mac Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced, EndNote, and TIBCO Spotfire). The software/hardware must meet the needs for activities such as word processing, data collation, e-mail communication, electronic transfer of files, and web-based searches, PROXIMITY: Although this requirement is for off-site support, the nature of the support role requires frequent, often impromptu, in-person meetings with NICEATM staff. To assure rapid response to changing program needs, and to assure adequate day-to-day management of multiple complex activities that must be conducted in close concert, contract staff must be capable of meeting face-to-face with NICEATM staff daily (2-4 hours), and on short notice (within an 2 hours of request). Such meetings on any given day will involve one or more members of the Contractors Staff representing different areas of service. CAPABILITY STATEMENT/INFORMATION SOUGHT: Small business concerns that believe they possess the capability to perform the work described above should submit an original and two (2) copies of their capability statement. Capability Statements should include: 1) The name and telephone number of a point of contact for the company, history of the organization (e.g. number of years in business, duns #); 2) The type of business or organization, organizations size standard under NAICS code 541690 (number of employees and gross annual revenue), identify eligibility under 8(a) veteran owned, small disadvantaged, service disabled veteran owned, hub zone, women owned or other set aside programs as applicable; 3) Indicate previous experience and capabilities related to the work identified above. Capability Statements should clearly identify the Offerors experience and qualifications to perform the proposed work; 4) management structure, identify resources available to perform the work (e.g. scientific equipment, facilities, personnel, etc.); 5) organizations should identify capability to administer and coordinate interrelated tasks in an effective and timely manner. Documentation may include but is not limited to, Government and/or Commercial Contracts, previously performed, references to publications, awards, commendations, etc. Capability Statements should not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length, excluding standard brochures, to be submitted for receipt within fifteen (15) days from the date of this announcement. Please submit responses via fax, regular mail, or email to Ms. Juanita A. Campbell, Contracting Officer, Post Office Box 12874, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Overnight address: 530 Davis Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560. Electronic Capability Statements will be accepted via email at campbellj@niehs.nih.gov. Faxed responses will be accepted at 301-451-5400. Inquiries will be accepted in writing only. 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. If the Government decides to issue a solicitation, a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available solely via the FEDBIZOPPS web page at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. It will be the Offeror's responsibility to monitor the FEDBIZOPPS web page for the release of any solicitation and amendments, and to download the RFP and all attachments. 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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