SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Cardiovascular Testing Interpretation Clinical Contractor Support Services
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2015
- 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 Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-2015-894
- Archive Date
- 10/14/2015
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 301 435 8780
- E-Mail Address
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hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought (SBSS) 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. This notice is issued to help determine the availability and type of qualified Small Business companies technically capable of meeting this potential government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. The notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. The information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method including small business socio-economic set-aside possibilities and to determine the availability of qualified Small Business companies technically capable of meeting the Government's potential requirement. All Small Business companies with the capability and availability to perform the requirement under the applicable NAICS code are invited to submit a response to this notice. NORTH AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The NAICS code applicable to this requirement is 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services with associated small business size standard $15.0 million. Background The National Institute of Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. The Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the NIA provides a stimulating setting for a comprehensive effort to understand aging through multidisciplinary investigator-initiated research. One of the IRP's program activities includes its' clinical research program. The IRP operates the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (BLSA), America's longest-running scientific study of human aging since beginning in 1958. The main emphasis of the study has been to characterize how an individual ages across the adult life span. This cohort study has continually recruited subjects from its onset. Over the years, changes have occurred in research questions and the measurements derived from the research participants. Purpose and Objectives This Small Business Sources Sought notice seeks to determine eligible sources with the capability to provide the required services stated herein. The IRP has a potential requirement to obtiain the services of a clinician trained in cardiovascular medicine to perform coding, quality control and Interpretation of cardiovascular testing performed at the clinical center of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). This will include reading and interpreting resting electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, treadmill stress tests, review of processed ambulatory Holter reports, and pulse wave velocity studies using the center's custom-built electronic reporting system for routine testing at the clinical center (routine Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) exams and selected interventional trials). Project Requirements Generally, the contractor would provide measurement oversight and interpretation of resting electrocardiograms using the BLSA-modified Minnesota coding system and recorded using the center's electronic reporting system. Additionally, this potential requirement involves a contractor to provide coding, quality control, interpretation and data management of Echocardiographic studies, carotid artery intimal medial thickness measurements, Pulse Wave Velocity study measurements, treadmill stress testing results, ambulatory Holter reports, and manager the electronic cardiovascular test reporting system in cooperation with department officials. Some results will be entered into the Xcelera-reporting system. This potential requirement is a recompetition of prior award number HHSN271201500023P awarded to James Bruce Strait effective from October 28, 2014 through October 27, 2015 entitled Cardiovascular Testing Interpretation Services for the IRP, NIA. Place of Performance: The contractor shall be required to perform work at the Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance of this potential requirement is on or around October 28, 2015 through October 27, 2016 containing the option to exercise an additional two subsequent one-year performance periods. Capability statements sought Interested parties are expected to review this notice to familiarize itself with the requirements of this project. Failure to do so will be at your firm's own risk. Respondents must provide clear and convincing evidence of published manuscripts of research conducted in the area of subject cardiovascular studies as part of their responses, such as longitudinal studies of aging-related cardiovascular change analyses and clinician experience. Respondent must include experience with the preparation of longitudinal data into SAS databases suitable for analysis by mixed models based approaches. Respondents must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability in providing the other requirements and services specified in this notice. Respondents must provide a general overview of the respondents' opinions about the difficulty and /or feasibility of the potential requirement, and any information regarding innovative ideas or concepts. The Respondent must also provide information in sufficient details of the respondents' (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. The respondent must also provide their DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc.) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. All responses to this small business sources sought notice must reference solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-2015-894 and be submitted electronically (via email) to Hunter Tjugum, Contract Specialist at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov on or before the closing date specified in this announcement. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. Responses must not exceed ten (10) pages in total length in a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2" x 11" paper size, with 1" top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. Page limit is not inclusive of cover letter or resumes or CV's. CONCLUDING STATEMENTS 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 information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. 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 technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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