SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Support for MedlinePlus and other NLM Web Properties
- Notice Date
- 2/12/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2014084
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Suet Vu, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
vus@mail.nih.gov
(vus@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- This notice is a request for information (RFI) and is not a request for proposals (RFP). The government will not award a contract on the basis of this notice, or otherwise pay for information solicited by it. Proprietary information should be clearly marked. The requested information is for planning and market research purposes only and will not be publicly released. In accordance with FAR 15.201(E), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Description The National Library of Medicine requires assistance with development and maintenance of MedlinePlus, MedlinePlus en español, and other NLM Web Properties. MedlinePlus is NLM's premier service for providing consumer health information. In October, 1998, NLM launched MedlinePlus with just 22 health topics. NLM released MedlinePlus en español in September of 2002 with 500 health topics linking to a total of 1,600 Spanish-language pages. The site now includes over 950 health topics in English and over 940 health topics in Spanish. In addition, the site contains many licensed content resources in both languages, daily news, drug information, monographs about herbs and supplements, tutorials, an encyclopedia and other resources. It also has a Web Service and MedlinePlus Connect. This product helps electronic health records and Health IT systems link to relevant consumer information from MedlinePlus. Keeping the topic pages and content up-to-date requires daily maintenance. As of January 2014, we require staffing to maintain over 940 Spanish-language health topic pages linking to nearly 12,000 Spanish-language pages and over 950 English-language health topics linking to over 30,000 external resources. Staffing is needed to create and maintain new content and features added to the site,. in addition to maintaining a large number of pages and links. MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español deliver over 70 million pages to over 24 million users each month and has one of the highest ratings among government websites on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Other work could include occasional assistance with the NIHSeniorHealth website, a collaborative project of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute on Aging, the NLM main website, and other NLM properties. The major objectives are to procure services to assist NLM in development and maintenance of a high quality, user-friendly consumer health website, MedlinePlus and the companion Spanish language website, MedlinePlus en español. There may be occasional, additional work on other NLM Web properties. The focus of this work will be on providing workflow management, organization, quality assurance and maintenance of Spanish and English MedlinePlus topic pages, finding, evaluating, and organizing new content, and assisting in the implementation and improvement of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español. Tasks could include: Website Maintenance, Evaluation Studies, System Improvement, Testing, and Support; Technical Web and Graphics Support; and Review of MedlinePlus Health Topic Page Content. We anticipate this could include the following four positions: systems librarian, web technician/graphic designer, health librarian, Spanish content coordinator. Interested firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice must adhere to the following: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills, and ability to fulfill the Government's requirement. The capability statement should be complete and contain sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed 10 pages. (b) The capability statement must identify the responder's business type and size; DUNS number; NAICS code, and technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 1:00 pm local eastern time on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 to Suet Vu at vus@mail.nih.gov. 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 the information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. 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 information in any resultant solicitation.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- Zip Code: 20894
- Zip Code: 20894
- Record
- SN03287292-W 20140214/140212234336-515d191a0332aeb8146077d069af6abb (fbodaily.com)
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