Sources_Sought_Notice_4-23-15.pdf

Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)

Sources Sought Notice

Contracting Office Address

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Acquisition Management and Policy 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

Description

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and capability of small businesses (including certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged, and HUBZone firms;

veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and women-owned small businesses) to provide Lender Coordinator services for the HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).

The Division of Transplantation (Program), Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking a contractor to operate the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). The Contractor will be responsible for providing statistical and other analytic support to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) for purposes including the formulation and evaluation of organ allocation and other OPTN policies. Additionally, the Contractor will provide analytic support to HHS in a variety of areas including: policy formulation and evaluation, system performance metrics, economic analysis, and preparation of recurring and special reports to Congress.

The Contractor shall be responsible for working closely with the OPTN and the OPTN Contractor on data collection, analysis and quality improvement activities. The OPTN Contractor is responsible for primary data collection and providing these data to the SRTR on a monthly basis. The OPTN collects data for each major event in the transplant process including: patient registration on the transplant waitlist, transplant procedure or removal from the transplant waitlist, and periodic follow-up of both transplant recipients and living donors following transplantation. The OPTN also collects information about the organ donor and the disposition of organs retrieved from each donor. The SRTR is responsible for storage, maintenance and protection of these data, supplementing these data with available external data sets to develop ongoing analytic datasets for the purpose of conducting analyses in support of the OPTN and HRSA, and for making a subset of these data available for bona fide research.

The SRTR Contractor shall serve as the primary analytic resource to the OPTN and HHS. The SRTR Contractor shall provide analytic expertise to support analyses of a broad range of issues relating to: waitlist and post-transplant outcomes evaluation; the evaluation of existing OPTN policies; the likely impact of proposed OPTN policies; and the operation and performance of the OPTN as a whole and of its various members. The performance of this contract requires the Contractor to establish and maintain a collaborative working relationship with the OPTN Contractor, the various committees and members of the OPTN, and other entities within HHS such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT), and other members of the transplant community. In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities needed to perform the tasks described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS). Most of the data required to perform these tasks shall be those collected by the OPTN Contractor and provided to the SRTR Contractor on a monthly basis, but will also include other datasets to be procured by the SRTR Contractor to help validate and supplement the OPTN data.

Qualified contractors must satisfy the following minimum requirements. Provide a detailed description of your company’s experience and demonstrated abilities to deliver each and every one (address each separately) of the following requirements:

a. Demonstrate understanding of the respective roles of HHS, OPTN, OPTN Contractor, SRTR Contractor, organ procurement organizations (OPOs);

b. Demonstrate clear understanding of the impact of the SRTR analytical work on the OPTN organ allocation and distribution policies and the practices of OPOs and transplant programs;

c. Experience creating and maintaining a large database in health care with the capability of conducting analysis using complex algorithms including performing risk-adjusted survival analysis;

d. Experience receiving and disseminating data and datasets to and from multiple organizations (including experience in establishing and maintaining the necessary relationships to ensure these data are obtained;

e. Describe the adequacy of equipment and facilities with particular emphasis on the capabilities to store and process large amount of data.

f. Approach for the refinements of Simulated Allocation Modelling tools.

Contract performance shall primarily be at the contractor’s facility. A cost type contract is anticipated, for one (1) 12 month base period and four (4) 12-month options periods.

The NAICS Code is 541690, with a small business size standard of $15.0 Million.

Interested small business potential offerors are encouraged to respond to this notice.

However, be advised that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of respondents’ capacity and capability to perform the specific work as required. Responses must directly demonstrate the company’s capability, experience, and/or ability to marshal resources to effectively and efficiently perform each of the tasks described above at a sufficient level of detail to allow the government to conduct the assessment; and evidence that the contractor is capable to perform the requirements listed above while in compliance with FAR 52.219-14 (“Limitations on Subcontracting”).

Failure to definitively address the above areas will result in a finding that respondent lacks capability to perform the work.

Responses to this notice shall be limited to 15 pages, and must include:

1. Company name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and FAX numbers, website address (if available), and the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives.

2. Name, title, telephone number, and e-mail addresses of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses.

3. Business size for NAICS 541690, $15.0 Million, and status, if qualified as an 8(a) firm (must be certified by SBA), Small Disadvantaged Business (must be certified by SBA), Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone firm (must be certified by SBA), and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (must be listed in the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov

4. DUNS number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number, and company structure (Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.). Companies also must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (http://www.sam.gov) in order to be considered as potential sources.

5. Identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and contract number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested.

6. If the company has a Government approved accounting system, please identify the agency that approved the system.

Please submit copies of any documentation such as letters or certificates to indicate the firm’s status (see item #3, above).

Teaming arrangements are acceptable, and the information required above on the company responding to this announcement, should also be provided for each entity expected to be teammates of the respondent for performance of this work.

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To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. Any proprietary information submitted should be identified as such and will be properly protected from disclosure.

This notice is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, a Solicitation, a Request for Quotes, or any indication the Government will contract for the items contained in this announcement. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this announcement.

Responses to this notice must be received by the Contract Specialist, Veronica Dhaness at VDhaness@hrsa.gov below not later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard time on May 8, 2015 for consideration. All capability statements must be received by e-mail. NO

QUESTIONS WILL BE ENTERTAINED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS FOR MARKET

RESEARCH AND PLANNING ONLY.

Responses to this announcement will not be returned, and there will not be any ensuing discussions or debriefings of any responses. However, information obtained as a result of this announcement may be reflected in the subsequent solicitation, and HRSA may contact one or more respondents for clarifications or for information that will enhance the Government’s understanding. This notice is Government market research, and may result in revisions in both its requirements and its acquisition strategy based on industry responses.

POINTS OF CONTACT

Veronica Dhaness Contract Specialist E-mail: VDhaness@hrsa.gov Phone: (301) 443-5131

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

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