SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Management of The Primate Aging Database (PAD)
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Mental Health, Contracts Management Branch, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 8154, MSC 9661, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9661
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9661
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RFP-12-167
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Tawanda Haynes- Brown, Phone: 301-443-6162, Yvette Brown, Phone: 301 443-2696
- E-Mail Address
-
haynest@nida.nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov
(haynest@nida.nih.gov, Yvette.Brown@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RFP-12-167 PRE SOLICITATION NOTICE The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) intends to re-compete requirements currently being performed under NIA contract HHSN263200800025C for Management of The Primate Aging Database (PAD). This procurement is being competed under full and open competitive procedures using NAICS Code 518210. It is anticipated that a single cost plus fixed fee type contract will be awarded for a 1-year period of performance beginning on or about August 1, 2013, with 4 option years. It is expected that a solicitation will be issued on or about November 2, 2012. The objective of this requirement are to host and maintain PAD on the contractor's server, provide it to investigators in the research community, provide technical assistance with its use, and continue to add data on biological measurements in non-human primates. The purpose of the Primate Aging Database is to compile data on biological measurements in non-human primates (NHP) from as many primate colonies as possible and disseminate this information to the scientific community. This will provide a research resource to allow investigators to analyze the effect of aging on many biomarkers with the goal of identifying parameters that define the aging process. It will serve the added function of providing normative values for researchers and veterinarians providing care to aged NHP, allowing them to better assess the health of their charges. This resource will promote advances in aging research without requiring additional animals since it will bring together a large amount of data generated by many different institutions and investigators. The Contractor shall transfer the PAD and the PAD customer database to a secure server at the contractor's facility and maintain a back-up copy, provide all maintenance and repairs to keep the server functioning properly, provide the PAD to investigators in the research community via the password protected website, and evaluate all applications for a password to PAD to ensure the users are legitimate researchers. The Contractor shall provide technical assistance to investigators using PAD, through one-on-one consultations and refinements to the codebook, fix any reported problems with the PAD software and the hardware housing the database, and maintain viewer controls on access to data. In addition, the Contractor shall solicit new data from the research community, enter the data into PAD, and perform quality control analyses of the data. The Contractor shall maintain a back-up copy of the database, codebook and software to protect against accidental loss; provide security for all computers that contain copies of the database and all supporting information required by this statement of work; and advertise the PAD by demonstrations at scientific meetings. Based on these requirements the following reports will be required: Semi-annual Progress Reports due thirty (30) calendar days after each six month period of the contract and a Final Report due on or before the completion date of the contract. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. This notice does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted.
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