SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Peer Review, Closeout and Administrative Support for DCM
- Notice Date
- 3/20/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Choke Cherry, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1051, Rockville, Maryland, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 283-14-0450
- Point of Contact
- Susan K. Dawson, Phone: 240-276-1521, Lynn M Tantardini, Phone: 240-276-1508
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.dawson@samhsa.hhs.gov, lynn.tantardini@samhsa.hhs.gov
(susan.dawson@samhsa.hhs.gov, lynn.tantardini@samhsa.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Competitive 8(a)
- Description
- THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is soliciting proposals on an 8(a)-Competitive basis to provide technical, administrative and logistical support services for contract technical merit peer and objective review meetings, and contract administrative support services for SAMHSA's Division of Contracts Management (DCM). SAMHSA's Office of Financial Resources (OFR), DCM, is required by Congress to conduct technical review of contracts through an extramural peer review process. This requirement insures that all technical reviews are conducted impartially by a panel of highly qualified persons. The primary peer review functions include, but are not limited to, the following activities: (1) selecting qualified expert reviewers for the technical merit review panel; (2) screening reviewers for conflict of interests; (3) selecting hotel accommodations for reviewers to perform technical merit review; (4) administering through a contractor to provide payments for accommodations and honoraria and other related expenses to reviewers; and (5) writing evaluation reports of all reviewed proposals. The contract review team administers and conducts technical merit/peer review meetings for proposals submitted in response to SAMHSA-wide Request for Proposal (RFP) announcements. To perform these specific functions, SAMHSA requires a contractor to provide administrative, technical, and logistical support services for support of contract technical merit reviews, which is administered by SAMHSA/DCM. This includes the organization, planning, and administration of SAMHSA's extramural activities and peer review program. In addition, DCM is required to review those projects that are announced through SAMHSA's Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract mechanism. These projects are reviewed through an objective review process. Logistical support is required for those reviews in the form of writing services, including note-taking during the objective review meetings and writing the evaluation summary reports. Finally, the primary function for contract administrative support services for DCM is to provide not only the contract technical assistant for the peer reviews, but also to provide full-time, on-site staff to fill and perform contract administrative assistant and closeout administrative support services. Because contractor personnel will be on-site at SAMHSA headquarters, the contractor will be required to have a facility located within 49 miles of the SAMHSA building, which is located at 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Additionally, the contractor will be required to have a fire wall in place that will take effect if the situation arises in which, during contract performance, the contractor competes for a SAMHSA contract that is being peer reviewed. The contractor will be required to: (1) Provide administrative, technical, and logistical support services in the organization, planning, and administration of SAMHSA's extramural activities and peer review program, including (a) conducting technical review and technical review meetings, (b) recruiting and retaining technical (peer) reviewers from a wide range of disciplines, (c) making all hotel arrangements for lodging and meeting rooms for the meetings, (d) providing a contract technical assistant for peer review activities, (e) providing on-site logistical support for the meetings, (f) providing technical writers and professional Review Administrators (RA's) for the meetings, (g) developing and implementing a system/procedure for paying reviewers, (h) establishing and maintaining a reviewer, RA, and technical writer database, (i) preparing and submitting technical review summary reports for each peer review meeting, (j) developing and writing a reviewer/RA instructional packet, and (k) providing administrative support services and summary writing support services for the objective reviews; and (2) Provide full-time, on-site staff to perform wide-ranging contract administrative assistant, closeout, and technical support functions. The anticipated contract period of performance is a base period of 12 months, plus four (4) 12-month option periods. The solicitation may be obtained by either of two ways: by mail or electronically by downloading a file from FedBizOpps. Files will not be made available on FedBizOpps until on or after the estimated issuance date. Once downloaded, you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must either write the individual identified above and request that a copy of the amendments (if any) to the RFP be sent to you by mail, or check FedBizOpps regularly. You may choose either of the two methods for obtaining the RFP and amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the Web for obtaining the RFP and amendments, at this time we have no way to assure, and will therefore assume no responsibility for assuring, that you have downloaded these documents. All RFP requests must cite the RFP Number. Requests for copies of the RFP must be made in writing. Fax requests will be accepted at (240) 276-1510, but please confirm by phone that your fax request has been received. Requests will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. Electronic mail and telephone requests will not be honored. Pickups will not be permitted. Reference RFP No. 283-14-0450.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/SAMHSA/ChokeCherry/283-14-0450/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: SAMHSA Building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- Zip Code: 20857
- Zip Code: 20857
- Record
- SN03316133-W 20140322/140320235203-6b495e39c57e2807e80bc79a744fab50 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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