SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- NIH Pain Consortium Centers of Excellence in Pain Education Coordination Center - SBSS
- Notice Date
- 8/27/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SBSS-14-008
- Archive Date
- 9/26/2013
- Point of Contact
- Kenneth E Goodling, Phone: (301)443-6677, Brian H O'Laughlin, Phone: (301) 443-6677
- E-Mail Address
-
kg25d@nih.gov, bo50d@nih.gov
(kg25d@nih.gov, bo50d@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Small Business Sources Sought HHS-NIH-NIDA-SBSS-14-008 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 National Institute on Drug Abuse and the NIH Pain Consortium anticipates funding one Coordination Center to work in conjunction with the NIH Pain Consortium Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). The Coordination Center will be to maintain and facilitate conversations and collaborations of the CoEPEs on an interactive online communication portal and via other means. This Center will also create online interactive case-based teaching scenarios that will be put on the NIH Pain Consortium site and used in teaching students in various professional schools (e.g. nursing, dental, medical and pharmacy schools) about how to diagnose and properly treat pain. Further, the Coordinating Center will design, program, maintain and update the page to be place on the NIH website. The Coordinating Center will receive content from the CoEPEs for each case, proofread and correct content, and program content into interactive cases. One example of a program to create these cases is Storyline, but similar programs may be used. However, all cases must be made 508 compliant, must integrate into the major learning management systems used by teaching institutions, and must be free for the end users. The contractor must ensure consistency across the cases, in terms of content, presentation and interactivity. It will further coordinate the NIH Pain Consortium review and revision of submitted materials. Further, the contractor is expected to review these cases for scientific and education correctness and value, by a person(s) with a higher academic degree and expertise in online education and/or pain and analgesia. The CoEPEs will publish papers, present at professional conferences and disseminate information about their pain education efforts in other ways, and the Coordinating Center will facilitate this process in numerous ways (e.g. proofreading and editing, facilitating communication, organizing planning meetings and teleconferences). The Coordination Center will facilitate interactions between the CoEPEs and the NIH Pain Consortium, including reducing redundancy in final product and filling important treatment education gaps. Further, the Coordinating Center will coordinate and facilitate interactions and collaborations of the CoEPEs and other organizations and individuals interested in promoting pain education. The established NAICS code is 541712. Information sent should be relevant and specific in the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications: 1) Experience: An outline of previous similar projects, specifically the techniques employed in the areas described above; 2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience in the work requested and knowledge of, and experience in, the field of research. Also, we will consider appropriateness of professional and technical personnel classifications; and 3) Facilities: Availability and description of the facilities and equipment required to conduct this type of work as outlined above. Any other specific and relevant information about this particular area of procurement that would improve our consideration and evaluation of the information presented is desirable. Organizations should demonstrate capability to administer and coordinate interrelated tasks in an effective and timely manner. Documentation may include, but not be limited to, contracts both Government and commercial the organization performed, references, i.e., names, titles, telephone numbers and any other information serving to document the organizations capability, e.g., awards, commendations, etc. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement nor otherwise pay for preparing any information sent for the Government's use. Any proprietary information should be so marked. All capability statements must provide the following: 1) company name and address; 2) point of contact, 3) phone/fax/email; 4) NAICS Code(s), 5) business size and status; 6) capability information in response to the requirement and qualifications identified in this notice; and 7) type of small business your organization classifies itself as (i.e.: women-owned, HUBZONE, etc.). Written capability statements must be SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 to the above Contracting Office Address, Attn: Kenneth Goodling. Electronic capability statements will be accepted by the primary point of contact. Contracting Office Address NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch 6001 Executive Boulevard Room 4211, MSC 9559 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9559* *Use Rockville, MD 20852 for Fed-Ex/USPS/Courier/Hand-Delivery
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