United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Coordination Center
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. AN RFP WILL BE ISSUED VIA FEDBIZOPPS ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 20, 2018. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), on behalf of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), plans to solicit proposals, through full and open competition procedures, from qualified organizations having the capability to support the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). The USRDS is the largest and most comprehensive national surveillance system that collects, analyzes, and distributes information about End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the United States (US). Along with producing the Annual Data Report on ESRD & CKD in the US, the USRDS fulfills data requests from the renal community and provides Standard Analysis Files (SAFs) and specialized datasets to researchers. The USRDS Coordinating Center (CC), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), provides clinical, biostatistical, epidemiological, data management and analytical expertise necessary to maintain and update the USRDS database. The CC also coordinates, scientifically manages, develops and expands the database; prepares and releases data to support investigator-initiated research; publishes papers and reports of scientific findings based on USRDS data. The main responsibilities of the USRDS CC will be to: 1) Maintain and Update the USRDS data archives, 2) Produce the Annual Data Reports, 3) Support research by the Renal Community through provision of research data to Qualified Researchers, 4) Publish original research on findings from analysis of the USRDS data and 5) Conduct a study of renal patients to gather data about medication usage, timing of vascular access and utility of counseling/educational materials. Since the creation of the USRDS in May 1989, it has had 5 contract cycles. The USRDS CC prime contractors thus far have been: • The Urban Institute (May 1, 1988 through April 30, 1993). • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (July 1, 1993 through November 15, 1999). • Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (August 11, 1999 through October 29, 2006). • Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (February 8, 2007 through February 7, 2014). • University of Michigan (February 8, 2014-February 7, 2019). The current USRDS Coordinating Center (CC) contract (HHSN276201400001C) was awarded to the University of Michigan in the amount of $8,530,144. A completion type cost-reimbursement contract using North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541715- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), is contemplated. In reference to clause Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, this contract will be an option contract. On behalf of NIDDK, NICHD intends to award a contract on or about February 7, 2019, for a period of 60 months, consisting of one (1) nine-month base period, four (4) 12-month option periods and one (1) 3-month option period. FAR Part 15 procedures will be used to compete the procurement through full and open competition. The Government estimates approximately 80,000 labor hours in total during the anticipated 60-month period of performance of the awarded contract. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released on or about August 20, 2018. All technical proposals will undergo peer review. Proposals will be evaluated against the following technical criteria: 1) Personnel (PI, Co-PI and support staff); 2) Technical Approach; 3) Organizational Experience; and 4) Facilities. RFP No. NIH-NIDDK-KUH-2019-2 will be available electronically on the FedBizzOpps website (http://www.fedbizopps.gov). All information required for the submission of a proposal will be contained in or accessible through the RFP package. Information posted on the anticipated RFP supersedes any information in this pre-solicitation announcement. Responses to the RFP will be due 30 days from the release date. For this solicitation, the Government will require electronic submission of proposals. The Government will consider proposals submitted by any responsible offeror. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted. It is the responsibility of offerors to monitor FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov for the release of the solicitation and any amendments. This announcement does not commit the Government to award a contract..
NIH-NIDDK-KUH-2019-2 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
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