D -- ELECTRONIC ON-LINE DATABASE RETRIEVAL SERVICES

Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease = Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 = Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146

ZIP Code

30341-4146

Solicitation Number

2001-N-00118

Response Due

June 13, 2001

Point of Contact

Richard Jenkins, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2604, Fax = (770)488-2670, Email RJenkins@CDC.GOV

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items = prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as = supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This = announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being = requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This = synopsis/solicitation number 2001-N-00118 is issued as Request for = Proposal. This solicitation document incorporated provisions and = clauses of the LATEST Federal Acquisition Circular. This procurement is = unrestricted. The CDC has a requirement for Electronic On-line = Database Retrieval Services. Proposals are requested for on-line = electronic database retrieval services for a full range of medical, = legal, legislative, regulatory, company and financial, medical, legal, = news and current affairs information; to include, service for specialty = publications, national and international newspapers and other = publication that cover general news, business, government, finance, = politics, and technology. The following are selected specific = databases with a broad collection of bibliographic and full-text = databases in life sciences, including toxicology and environmental = health and news databases required to be accessed by the government = under this service: Agricola, AGRIS International, Analytical = Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Books in Print, Book Review Index, CA = Search: Chemical Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Cendata, Chapman & Hall = Chemical Database, Chemical Business NewsBase, CHEMTOX Online, = Conference Papers Index, Current Contents Search, Dictionary of = Substances and Their Effect (DOSE), Dissertation Abstracts, EI = Compendex, Energy Science and Technology, Energyline, Enviroline, = Environmental Bibliography, Extra Med, Federal Research in Progress, = Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Foodline: Food Science and = Technology, Gale Expanded Directory of Databases, GPO Monthly Catalog, = Magazine Database, Newsletter Database, Information Science Abstracts, = Inside Conferences, INSPEC, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical = Technology, LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts), Material = Safety Data Sheets -- OHS, MediConf: Medical Conferences and Events, = Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSHTIC) Pesticide Fact File, = Pollution Abstracts, Research Centers and Services Directory, = Scisearch: a Cited Reference Science Database, Sociological Abstracts, = UnCover, and Waternet, Wilson Applied Science and Technology Abstracts. = The vendor shall provide customer support services and products support = for their commercial items. Training in the use of the databases shall = be provided to enable participants to effectively utilize the database = to extract needed data and information. The number of User Ids and = passwords shall be determined at the discretion of CDC. CDC's current = assigned User ID's and passwords shall be maintained following award of = a contract. Task Orders: The contractor shall perform work as described = in individual task orders/delivery orders issued by CDC. It is = anticipated that 5-13 individual task orders by CIO will be issued = under the contract. Contractor shall offer the option of billing on a = fee-for-use basis as well as a flat rate. Invoice Requirements: = Invoicing shall be tied to individual task orders. The contract term = shall be one year, with the option to extend the term for four (4) = successive one (1) year periods. This will be an Indefinite = Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. The FAR provisions 52.212-1, = Instructions to Offerors?Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-2, = Evaluation?Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. EVALUATION = FACTORS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: Each evaluation factor will be = evaluated separately (technical conformance, past performance, price) = as follows: (a) Technical Conformance: Offers will be evaluated on a = pass/fail basis as to the conformance of the proposed equipment with = the minimum specifications identified in the synopsis. The proposal = must include descriptions, specifications, product literature, etc., = sufficient to substantiate that the services offered meets = requirements. The Government reserves the right to require validation = of proposed services and to obtain information for use in the = validation from any sources, including sources outside the Government. = (b) Past performance will be used as a seperate evaluation factor in = determining the most advantageous offer to the Government. Offers will = be assigned a risk assessment based on information that CDC obtains = from the offeror's past performance information. Risk assessment will = be a subjective rating (high, moderate, low). Offerors shall provide a = list of the last ten contracts in-process and completed during the past = three years, which are similar in size and complexity to this = acquisition. Contracts listed may include those entered into by the = Federal Government, agencies of state and local Governments, and = Commercial contractors. The following information is required for each = contract reference: (1) name and address of customer/client or = Government agency, (2) contract number, (3) contract type, (4) total = contract value, (5) description of requirement, (6) Contracting = Officer's name, address, and telephone number, and (7) Project = Officer's name, address, and telephone number. (c)Price will be = evaluated based on any discount, and separate fixed fee, and fee for = use/service access structures offered to the Government. Technical = conformance and past performance, when combined, will be approximately = equal to price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award = a contract without discussions with offerors (except communications = conducted for the purpose of minor clarification). Therefore, initial = offers should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and = technical standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct = discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be = necessary. Award will be made to the Offeror whose proposal provides = the greatest overall value to the Government. Technical conformance = plus past performance will be of approximately equal value to the cost = or price. EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD: A cost/technical trade-off = analysis will be conducted such that business judgement will be = exercised in selecting the most advantageous alternative to the = Government, considering both the technical merit and price of = proposals. The determination of the greatest overall value will be made = by comparing the differences in the value of performance capability = factors for each value-added feature with the difference in the prices = proposed. The Government will not be make an award at a significantly = higher overall price to achieve only slightly superior performance = capability features. CONTRACT CLAUSES: Offerors are advised that FAR = provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification? = Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Offerors are to include a = completed copy of this provision. FAR provisions 52-212-4, Contract = Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and = Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive = Orders?Commercial Items, 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales = to the Government, 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or = Improper Activity, 52.219-8, Utilization of Small, Small Disadvantaged = and Women-Owned Small Business Concerns, 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity = (E.O. 11246), 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and = Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212) and 52.222-36 Affirmative Action = for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793) , 52.222-37, Employment Reports = on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, 52.239-1, = Privacy or Security safeguards apply to this acquisition. Offers are = due July 17, 2001, 2:00 P.M. local time. Please submit offers to the = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants = Office, Contracts Management Branch, Attn: Richard Jenkins, 2920 = Brandywine Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.

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