Medical/Scientific, Administrative, and Professional/Technical Support Services (MAPSS) to the CDC
Added: Apr 13, 2016 7:05 pm
Sources Sought Description for RFP 2016-N-17825IntroductionThis is a Small Business Sources Sought notice with special emphasis on HubZones. 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 HubZones and other 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. The NAICS code proposed for this acquisition is 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.Title of Project - Medical/Scientific, Administrative, and Professional/Technical Support Services (MAPSS) to the CDCBackgroundThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) mission is to promote the health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. As part of this mission, CDC is tasked with implementing programs to ensure that people around the world will live safer, healthier lives through protecting Americans at home and abroad from health threats via a transnational prevention, detection and response network and establishing CDC and the United States Government as trusted and effective resources for health development around the globe. CDC addresses critical global public health challenges through working with a diverse set of partners to support the development and implementation of culturally-appropriate public health interventions. Through health promotion activities, both domestically and abroad, CDC contributes to reductions in global morbidity and mortality.CDC provides national and global leadership to improve the health of people in all life stages and in all settings. It carries out this role by monitoring health, developing health improvement strategies, providing financial and technical assistance to a variety of domestic and international partners and conducting other activities. There are major programs that have been implemented globally within the last several years that have greatly expanded the global mission of the CDC and have prompted the need for increased services and staffing domestically to support those activities. As more international health crises are identified, the mission and response of the following CDC's operating divisions have expanded:1) Office of Non-Communicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health (ONDIEH)2) National Center for Birth Defects and Development Disabilities (NCBDDD)3) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Prevention (NCCDPHP)4) National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)5) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)6) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)7) Office Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)8) Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS)9) Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)Purpose and ObjectivesThe objective of this procurement is to develop an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide CDC with a ready source of medical/scientific, administrative, professional/technical expertise in the areas of epidemiologic studies, surveillance, surveys, data collection and analysis, environmental, chemical and safety engineering, industrial hygiene, sampling, program analysis and evaluation, field training, information dissemination, and response to disaster events both domestically in support of the environmental public health programs it conducts.Project RequirementsThe following are representative examples of tasks, which may be ordered through the issuance of individual task orders. This listing provides the types of tasks, which may be conducted and is not represented as being complete or all-inclusive.The Contractor shall provide support services to various program offices within CDC as outlined in the individual task orders. The Contractor shall provide tasks that fall into three categories of assistance: Medical/Scientific, Administrative, and Professional/Technical support services.Medical/Scientific ServicesThis category includes services that require professional expertise having a recognized status based upon acquiring professional knowledge through the study of sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, physiology, psychology, and medicine. These tasks require medical, public health, epidemiology, or behavioral sciences expertise. This category also includes services that require professional expertise based upon acquiring professional knowledge through the study of public health, epidemiology, and behavioral sciences.Examples of these professional services include, but are not limited to, microbiology services, pharmaceutical services, nursing, medical and surgical services, epidemiology and research, science (behavioral and health), occupational therapy, behavior modification services and other related services. This category may also include medical/scientific support services for any international activities at CDC.Administrative ServicesThis category includes services that require providing administrative assistance and clerical support to technical, professional, medical, and scientific personnel. This category may include tasks that involve preparing, transcribing, transferring, systemizing, and preserving written communications and records; gathering and distributing information; operating office machines; storing, distributing and accounting for storage of material; operating office equipment; coordinating conference calls/bridge lines as needed; originating and distributing correspondence in both written and electronic formats; planning and organizing requests to enter into operating systems; entering and tracking data; act as note taker in meetings as needed; tracking time and attendance through TASNET system; preforming other administrative duties as assigned. The computer skill requirement shall include but not limited to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office.Examples of these tasks include, but are not limited to secretarial services, administrative support services, office automation services, and other related fields. The contractor staff assigned to these tasks must possess the ability to communicate well both orally and in writing and the ability to relate to diverse groups of people.Professional/Technical ServicesThis category includes services that require professional expertise in providing technical assistance to public health, medical and scientist personnel in both laboratory and office activities. Characteristic of services in this category is the requirement for knowledge of scientific research techniques and analyzing data.This category may also include services that require professional expertise in providing technical solutions with regards to security compliance, training, operational support, technical and development support. Characteristic of services in this category are the requirements for knowledge of information, technology principles and techniques and public health program management experience that is less than full professional knowledge but which nevertheless enables the technician to understand how and why a specific device, skill, or system operates.Examples of these professional services include, but are not limited to public health, epidemiology, social/behavioral sciences, research and science, accounting, finance, administration, and business. Contractors assigned to these duties must possess the ability to communicate well both orally and in writing and the ability to relate to diverse groups of people. This category may also include technical support positions for any international activities at CDC.Anticipated Period of PerformanceThe period of performance is estimated to be 60 months from the date of award.Other Important ConsiderationsNoneCapability StatementsPAGE LIMIT 10 PAGES. Interested Offerors should submit a capability statement specifically addressing the criteria listed below ONLY. Capability statements that address requirements other than what is identified below will not be reviewed.• Your opinion about the difficulty and/or the 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.• Your staff expertise, including their availability, experience, formal training and any other training.• Your current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work.• Your prior completed projects of similar nature.• Your corporate experience and management capability. Provide any examples of prior completed Government contracts, references and other related information.• Provide any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements.Information Submission InstructionsPlease include cover pages with the following business information. The cover pages do not count against the page limit for the capability statement.• DUNS Number• Organization name, address and point of contact.• Do you have a Government-approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved this system.• Business size and type of business (e.g., small business, 8(a), woman-owned, veteran-owned, etc.) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code 541990 and size standard of $15 million dollars.• Technical and administrative points of contact including name, title, address, telephone number and email address of the individual(s) who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the response.• In your opinion, is NAICS code 541990 appropriate for this requirement? If not, which NAICS code is most applicable and why?Page LimitationsCapability Statements shall be limited to ten (10) pages (including references, appendices, charts, illustrations, diagrams and resumes). The cover page does not count against the page limit. Pages shall be single-spaced and formatted as follows: MS Word, 8 ½ x 11, 12-Point Times New Roman font with one (1) inch margins.Response Due DateSubmit capability statements via email to Vallerie Redd, Contracting Officer, at gfj3@cdc.gov. Should you have any questions concerning this sources sought, please direct your questions in writing to Vallerie Redd, Contracting Officer at gfj3@cdc.gov. The Government will not respond to oral questions. Responses must be submitted no later than 10:00am, Eastern Standard Time (EST) by Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Capability Statements will NOT be accepted after the response due date. No telephonic or facsimile responses will be accepted.The Government will not provide any feedback on capability statements and will not return capability statements received.Disclaimer and Important NotesThis notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for any information provided in the 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 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. Responses received to this sources sought notice will not be considered as adequate responses to a solicitation.ConfidentialityNo 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).
2016-N-17825 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Acquisition Services
4/13/16, 7:05 PM Medical/Scientific, Administrative, and Professional/Technical Support Services
Added: May 02, 2016 9:18 pm
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Noncommunicable Diseases Branch intends to issue a solicitation for Medical/Scientific, Administrative, and Professional/Technical Support Services (MAPSS). CDC's mission is to promote the health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. As part of this mission, CDC is tasked with implementing programs to ensure that people around the world will live safer, healthier lives through protecting Americans from health threats via a prevention, detection and response network and establishing CDC as trusted and effective resources for health development for all Americans. CDC addresses critical public health challenges through working with a diverse set of partners to support the development and implementation of appropriate public health interventions. Through health promotion activities, CDC contributes to reductions in morbidity and mortality.The objective of this procurement is to provide CDC with a ready source of medical/scientific, administrative, professional/technical expertise to include, but not limited to, epidemiologic studies, surveillance, surveys, data collection and analysis, environmental, chemical and safety engineering, industrial hygiene, sampling, program analysis and evaluation, field training, information dissemination, and response to disaster events in support of the environmental public health programs it conducts.This requirement is a 100% competitive HUBZone set-aside competed under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services with a small business size standard of $15.0 million. The resultant award is expected to be a multiple award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the ability to issue firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable, and time and material type task orders. The period of performance will be for sixty (60) months. The contract ceiling price is $50 million with a total guaranteed minimum of $10,000.This notice is not a request for proposals. No response to this notice is requested or required. The solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps on or about May 17, 2016. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. The government will not maintain a bidder's list for this procurement. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring FedBizOpps regularly for release of the solicitation and any amendments.
2016-N-17825 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Acquisition Services
5/2/16, 9:18 PM