SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Annual Update and Support for all Mnova Software and Scripts at NCATS
- Notice Date
- 11/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- 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, 20892-9559, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9559
- Solicitation Number
- NIHDA201800004
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey Schmidt, Phone: (301) 443-6677
- E-Mail Address
-
schmidtjr@mail.nih.gov
(schmidtjr@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the 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. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. Background: Of the various analytical methods available to the Division of Preclinical Inovation (DPI) medicinal chemists at the National Center for Advancingg Transliational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), NMR is arguably the most important for structure verification and purity validation. Easy access to well organized NMR data is an imperative to maintain productivity in the successful pursuit of the DPI, and by extension, the NCATS mission. As such, installation of an NMR database, which is compatible with the NMR processing software utilized at DPI is a necessity. Since 2006, medicinal chemists at DPI have been acquiring NMR data for all internally synthesized compounds, as well as selected compounds of interest purchased from external sources. The growth of the Center (NCGC to NCTT to NCATS) over the years has led to a proportional expansion of the medicinal chemistry group, which has correlated to a significant increase in the number of NMR spectra obtained. This collected NMR data is currently processed utilizing Mnova software platform from Mestrelabs, Inc. While the collected FIDs are stored in a centralized share drive, the Fourier transformed spectra are only saved in the local database of the individual chemists. Due to the large and ever growing number of NMR spectra generated by the DPI medicinal chemistry group, the need for a centralized NMR database is of high importance for several reasons. First, the processed NMR spectra saved on each chemist's computer is not available for use by other chemists. This can lead to redundancy in experimental efforts as the medicinal chemists are unaware of all existing analytical data, which can lead to a significant loss in time, resources, and money. Second, there is no uniformity for data storage within the individual databases, which is highly inefficient. Even if a chemist was to gain access to another chemist's NMR data, they would not know how to find a desired NMR spectrum or specified data across a set of NMR spectra assuming that data is even stored. Third, the processed NMR spectra of each chemist are not currently backed up. A computer failure for any of the medicinal chemists would lead to a loss of this data, which in some instances cannot be reacquired as we no longer have the compound. A significant investment of time would be needed to reacquire the data for compounds that are available. Saving the NMR spectra in a centralized database, which is regularly backed up, would ensure the safety of this highly important and irreplaceable data. By implementing the Mnova DB plugin for the storage, organization, and management of all processed NMR experiments, we would see a reduction in wasted time, effort, and resources by the DPI medicinal group. This would significantly increase the efficiency and productivity of the research conducted at DPI. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this acquisition is to renew the license for essential Mnova software. Project requirements: Contractor shall provide the annual update and support for all Mnoa software and scripts at NCATS, Specifically, the Contractor shall provide the following: 1.Mnova Suite (NMR/NMRPredict /MS) - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (20-49 users) - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 2.Mnova qNMR - Academic Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (20-49 users) - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 3.Mnova RM - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (20-49 users) - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 4.Mnova DB Client/Server - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (20-49 users) - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 5.Mnova Screen - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (5-9 users) - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 6.Mspin - Academic Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single User License - Annual Updates & Support (Jan-01-2018 through Dec-31-2018) 7.StereoFitter - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License - Annual Updates & Support (Jul 12, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018) - Prorated for 5 month 8.Custom Script for Mixture Design x 1 - Annual Update and Support (Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018) 9.Mnova Verify - Academic/Government Desktop - Nominated Perpetual - Single License (5-9 users) - 10.Annual Updates & Support - (May-16-2018 through Dec-31-2018) - Prorated for 6 months 11.Mnova Verify Real Time Automation Solution - Annual 1 Machine Academic License - (Jul-21-2018 through Dec-31-2018) - Prorated for 4 months Anticipated period of performance: The required period of performance is one-year base period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 with four subsequent one -year optional periods. Capability statement /information sought: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required maintenance support services should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Responses shall include a capabilities statement and the following information: •respondents' opinions about the difficulty and/or feasibility of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition, possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts; •information regarding 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. One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in 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. The information submitted must be must be in and outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement and in the capability statement /information sought paragraphs stated herein. A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required. The response is limited to two (2) page limit. The 2-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested. The response must include the respondents' technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be submitted to Jeffrey Schmidt, Contracting Officer at schmidtjr@mail.nih.gov. The response must be received on or before November 29, 2017, 1 PM, Eastern Time. 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 presolicitation 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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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
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