SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Advisory and Assistance Services - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 702036-2014
- Archive Date
- 8/22/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rene D. Edwards, Phone: 301 504-1744, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov,
(rene.edwards@ars.usda.gov, /div)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Services (ARS), Human Nutrition Research Center (HNRC), Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) located in Beltsville, MD intends to issue a firm-fixed price purchase order with two (2) consecutive option periods on a sole source basis using simplified acquisition procedures to Mr. Larry Douglass located in Longmont, CO for advisory and assistance services; statistical analysis for the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID). NDL is monitoring and expanding its analytically validated Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database. This database supports the assessment of total U.S. daily intakes of nutrients and other bioactive components and their impact on health status by providing estimates of the content of vitamins, minerals and other ingredients in dietary supplements. The database is needed due to the high prevalence of dietary supplement use in the US which makes it vital to monitor the content of these products. The proposed award is being issued under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (b)(i), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The proposed contractor has specialized knowledge with regard to dietary supplement sampling, composition, variability, lab analysis and NDL research procedures and is the only known source with working knowledge and past experience analyzing DSID data. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $14.0 million. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The purchase will be made under simplified acquisition procedures, other than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1, and Statutory Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Interested offerors who believe they can provide the aforementioned services are invited to submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 10 days after publication of this notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, ARS, Human Nutrition Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, BARC-West Bldg. 005 Room 107A, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- Zip Code: 20705
- Zip Code: 20705
- Record
- SN03458594-W 20140810/140808235803-4785c14c68ce7eb876809893909df26a (fbodaily.com)
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