SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- The Collection and Coding of Nutritional Survey Data for the Healthy Aging in Neighborhooks of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) Study
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 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-PSOL-2014-236
- Archive Date
- 7/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rodney E. Brooks, Phone: 3014020751
- E-Mail Address
-
rodney.brooks@nih.gov
(rodney.brooks@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION (NOTICE OF INTENT), SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON A UNRESTRICTED FULL AND OPEN BASIS FOR THE COLLECTION AND CODING AND NUTRITIONAL SURVEY DATA FOR THE HEALTHY AGING IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF DIVERSITY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN (HANDLS) STUDY. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA), on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to solicit a full and open competition (unrestricted) for non-commercial services under FAR Part 15. The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), which is expected to result in a single Cost Reimbursable contract. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: The intended procurement is classified under NAICS Code 611310 with a Size Standard of 500 employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY: The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-74 effective May 30, 2014. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in the FAR Part 15, contracting by negotiation. Government's Requirements and Need Description: The contractor shall provide Collection and Coding of Nutritional Survey Data for the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) Study as follows: Scope of Work: - Maintain and update HANDLS dietary recall interview schedule. - Complete up to 25 dietary recall telephone interviews with HANDLS participants each week using the Automated Multiple Pass Method developed by USDA. - Score and enter data collected from each dietary recall interview. - Process all dietary recall interviews utilizing the USDA Post Interview Processing System for extraction of AMPM Blaise databases. - Conduct the nutritional supplement questionnaire for every HANDLS participant. - Review and edit the nutritional supplement questionnaire. - Code all the nutritional supplement data obtained from the supplement questionnaire. - Maintain the nutritional supplement database and conduct field research to obtain and verify ingredients for all supplements reported. - Conduct literature reviews of the nutritional literature to support research publications based on HANDLS study dietary and supplement data. - Assist with quality control reviews of dietary intakes and data edits. - This work will be completed on Government computers located at the University of Delaware. Location of Work/Hours of Operation: The work will be conducted at the University of Delaware on government supplied computers. Days of operations will be Monday - Saturday. The interview times are scheduled and conducted at the discretion of the vendor, however, they must be available to conduct interviews at the participant's convenience. Period of Performance: Base Year: 09/29/2013 - 09/28/2014 Option Year 1 09/29/2014 - 09/28/2015 Option Year 2 09/29/2015 - 09/28/2016 The telephone interviews shall be conducted within one week of the participant's MRV visit. Scoring and processing of data should be completed at regular intervals and delivered to the government on a quarterly basis. Billing frequency can be determined by the vendor. Performance Requirements/Standards: - Up to 25 completed dietary interviews per week. - Up to 25 completed nutritional supplement questionnaires per week. - Processed dietary and supplement interview data delivered quarterly. Deliverables Schedule: - The interviews shall be delivered as they are conducted using government website to enter data. - The processed shall be delivered by April 30th, August 31st and December 31st.
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