GESIS RFP 2010-N-12111.pdf

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SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD 1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

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2. CONTRACT NO.

3. SOLICITATION NO.

2010-N-12111

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

X NEGOTIATED (RFP)

5. DATE ISSUED

06/09/2010

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE

NO.

000HCVJG-2010-83098

7. ISSUED BY CODE 2543 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PGO) Procurement and Grants Office 2920 Brandywine Rd, RM 3000 Atlanta, GA 30341-5539

Approved as to Form and Legality: _____________________________ NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations “offer” and “offeror” mean “bid” and “bidder.”

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and 3 copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in Block 7 until 2:00p local time 07/12/2010

CAUTION -- LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

A. NAME

Paul Drake

B. TELEPHONE (NO COLLECT CALLS)

AREA CODE NUMBER: EXT:

(770) 488-2695

C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

pdrake1@cdc.gov

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

(x) DESCRIPTION (x) DESCRIPTION

PART I – THE SCHEDULE PART II – CONTRACT CLAUSES

X A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM 1 X I CONTRACT CLAUSES 47

X B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS 2 PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

X C DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT 5 X J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS 57

X D PACKAGING AND MARKING 14 PART IV – REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

X E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 15 REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND

X F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE 16 X K OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS 58

X G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 19 X L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS 63

X H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS 26 X M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD 78

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See Section I, Clause No. 52-232-8)

10 CALENDAR DAYS

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AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED 20. AMOUNT

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) 23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

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24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7) CODE 2543 25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE 434

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PGO) Procurement and Grants Office 2920 Brandywine Rd, RM 3000 Atlanta, GA 30341-5539

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (FMO) PO Box 15580 404-498-4050

Atlanta, GA 30333-0080

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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28. AWARD DATE

IMPORTANT -- Award will be made on this form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

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Section B - Supplies Or Services And Prices/Costs

(1) Base Year:

ITEM SUPPLIES / SERVICES QTY / UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE

0001 The Contractor shall provide Global

Epidemiology Strategic Information Services to the CDC’s Center for Global Health (CGH) in international locations as outlined in the Performance Work Statement and specifically ordered through individual task orders. Each task order will be funded separately. Task Orders will be issued as Firm-Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee in accordance with the Performance Work Statement

Maximum Value Not to Exceed:

See (2) on page 4.

Option Year 1:

ITEM SUPPLIES / SERVICES QTY / UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE

0002 The Contractor shall provide Global

Epidemiology Strategic Information Services to the CDC’s Center for Global Health (CGH) in international locations as outlined in the Performance Work Statement and specifically ordered through individual task orders. Each task order will be funded separately. Task Orders will be issued as Firm-Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee in accordance with the Performance Work Statement

Option Year 2:

0003 The Contractor shall provide Global

Epidemiology Strategic Information Services to the CDC’s Center for Global Health (CGH) in international locations as outlined in the Performance Work Statement and specifically ordered through individual task orders. Each task order will be funded separately. Task Orders will be issued as Firm-Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee in accordance with the Performance Work Statement .

Option Year 3:

0004 The Contractor shall provide Global

Epidemiology Strategic Information Services to the CDC’s Center for Global Health (CGH) in international locations as outlined in the Performance Work Statement and specifically ordered through individual task orders. Each task order will be funded separately. Task Orders will be issued as Firm-Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee in accordance with the Performance Work Statement .

Option Year 4:

0005 The Contractor shall provide Global

Epidemiology Strategic Information Services to the CDC’s Center for Global Health (CGH) in international locations as outlined in the Performance Work Statement and specifically ordered through individual task orders. Each task order will be funded separately. Task Orders will be issued as Firm-Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

(2) Line Items 0001 through 0005 shall not exceed $100,000,000.00. The Government intends to issue a multiple-award contract and the aggregate maximum value of all awards shall not to exceed $100,000,000.00.

B.1 Task Order Contract

This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract utilizing firm-fixed-pricing (FFP) and Cost Plus Fixed Fee type Task Orders in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 16.

If an individual task order is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type task order the Contractor’s proposal for the individual task order shall specify the price for labor, other direct costs, indirect costs and fixed fee to perform the services required of that specific task order.

If an individual task order is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task order the Contractor’s proposal for the individual task order shall specify the price for labor, other direct/indirect costs, and profit to perform the services required of that specific task order.

Funds shall be obligated on each individual task order. The Contractor shall not exceed the amount negotiated for each individual task order without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the amount negotiated for each individual task order, or for costs that are specifically identified in this contract as being unallowable.

The Contractor shall not commence work until a task order or other notification for a specific assignment is issued by the Contracting Officer. If mailed, a task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or electronically.

The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to request work plans or issue task orders under this contract.

The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for cost incurred before issuance of a task order or other notification by the Contracting Officer.

B.2 Minimum Guarantee

The master ID/IQ contracts have a guaranteed minimum of $25,000.00 each for the base year only. There are no guaranteed minimums applicable to the Option Periods. In the event that during the base year of the contract the Contractor receives obligations of less than this minimum, the Government will reimburse the Contractor for the difference between the actual obligations and the guaranteed minimum.

B.3 Maximum Program Value

The maximum dollar value of the collective three awards which includes the base period and each of the option periods is $100,000,000.00. In no event will the sum of the base period and each option period exceed the maximum of $100,000,000.00. If the Government's requirements for services set forth in the solicitation do not result in orders in the amounts described as “maximum," the event shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment under this contract.

B.4 Ordering of Services

Orders for services shall be placed through the issuance of individually negotiated task orders in accordance with the clauses set forth in Section H.10 “Issuance of Task Orders”, I.2 “Ordering”, and I.3 “Ordering Limitations”.

Section C – Performance Work Statement

TITLE: GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STRATEGIC INFORMATION SUPPORT (GESIS)

C1. BACKGROUND & NEED

The mission of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is to promote the health and quality of life of people by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. CDC through its newly created Center for Global Health

(CGH) is in a position to bring its scientific expertise and credibility to the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI): “to protect the health of our people, while saving lives, reducing suffering, and supporting the health and dignity of people everywhere.” The key elements of CDC’s global health strategy are:

Assist Ministries of Health to plan, effectively manage, and evaluate health programs;

Achieve goals adopted by USG programs and international organizations to improve health, including disease eradication and elimination targets;

Expand CDC’s global health programs that focus on the leading causes of mortality, morbidity and disability, especially chronic disease and injuries;

Generate and apply new knowledge to achieve health goals; and

Strengthen health systems and their impact.

As part of this mission, CDC is tasked with implementing programs in international settings, primarily in developing countries. To reach these goals HHS/CDC focuses on the following major program areas: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Global Immunizations, Influenza, Global Disease Detection, Safe Water, Injury & Violence, Birth Defects &

Developmental Disability, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training, Sustainable Management Development, Reproductive Health, Workforce and Career Development, and Global Preparedness & Program Coordination.

The functions of the Center for Global Health include the following:

(1) Provides strategic direction and guidance on the execution of CDC’s global health strategy, including decision-making, policy development and program planning and evaluation; (2) ensures the impact and effectiveness of

Congressionally-mandated programs; (3) improves implementation and coordination of CDC global programs; (4) harmonizes CDC global health priorities with host country priorities to improve essential public health functions and maximize positive health outcomes, country ownership and sustainability; (5) supervises all CDC country directors and provides leadership in the selection of additional countries to expand or establish collaboration; and (6) measures the performance of CDC’s global health programs in terms of public health impact and fiscal accountability; (7) facilitates the conduct and maintenance of ethical and high quality, evidence-based scientific investigations by implementing regulatory requirements, monitoring human subjects compliance, and clearing scientific products; (8) promotes cross-cutting agendas and harmonizes CDC’s global laboratory science activities to improve diagnostic methodologies and respond to threats of emerging pathogens; (9) provides leadership to promote growth of CDC global health programs; (10) analyzes, measures, and evaluates the global burden and distribution of disease; (11) promotes scientific innovation and best technical practices in global health surveillance, epidemiology, outbreak investigation, monitoring and evaluation, and informatics; (12) provides leadership on issues management, budget formulation and performance integration, and country-specific issues through triaging to programs; (13) participates in defining, developing, shaping and implementing US global health policy and actions; (14) manages inter-governmental and external affairs and cultivates strategic partnerships; (15) plans and executes CDC’s global health communications strategy and public affairs media response/outreach; (16) provides oversight, guidance, and accountability for all operations functions, human resources, workforce management, budget formulation and distribution, extramural reviews and processing, internal and domestic travel, and property management responsibilities of CGH; and (17) develops standardized management processes and solutions for CDC country offices.

The first phase of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR I) was a 5-year, $15 billion multi-faceted approach to combating HIV/AIDS in more than 100 countries around the world. Since the United States

Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25) was signed by the

President on May 27, 2003, the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) has coordinated the U.S.

Government’s world-wide response to HIV/AIDS. In full partnership with the U.S. Agency for International

Development, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Labor, and the Peace Corps, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], the National

Institutes of Health [NIH], and the Health Resources & Services Administration [HRSA]) provides essential technical assistance to implement PEPFAR.

On July 30, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States

Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5501) which reauthorizes PEPFAR to continue with a similar mandate for another five years at higher funding levels. The second phase of PEPFAR, or PEPFAR II, seeks to expand HIV prevention, care, and treatment, building on the successes of

PEFPAR I and advancing in several important new directions, including:

Ensuring that programs are sustainable, country-owned and country-driven

Transitioning from an emergency response to promotion of sustainable country programs

Strengthen partner government capacity to lead the response to this epidemic and other health demands

Expand prevention, care, and treatment in both concentrated and generalized epidemics.

Integrating and coordinating HIV/AIDS programs with broader global health programs to maximize impact on health systems

Investing in innovation and operations research to evaluate impact, improve service delivery and maximize outcomes

Specific targets for PEPFAR II include:

Prevention:

support the prevention of more than 12 million new HIV infections;

ensure that every partner country with a generalized epidemic has both 80% coverage of testing for pregnant women at the national level, and 85% coverage of antiretroviral drug (ARV) prophylaxis and treatment, as indicated, of women found to be HIV-infected;

double the number of at-risk babies born HIV-free, from the 240,000 babies of HIV-positive mothers who were born HIV-negative during the first five years of PEPFAR;

in every partner country with a generalized epidemic, provide 100% of youth in PEPFAR prevention programs with comprehensive and correct knowledge of the ways HIV/AIDS is transmitted and ways to protect themselves, consistent with Millennium Development Goal indicators in this area.

Care and Support and Treatment provide direct support for more than 4 million people on treatment, more than doubling the number of people directly supported on treatment during the first five years of PEPFAR support care for more than 12 million people, including 5 million orphans and vulnerable children

(OVCs)

Ensure that every partner country with a generalized epidemic reaches a threshold of 65% coverage for early infant diagnosis at the national level, and testing of 80% of older children of HIV-positive mothers, with increased referrals and linkages to care and treatment.

Sustainability support training and retention of more than 140,000 new health care workers to strengthen health systems in order to support country ownership, ensure that in each country with a major PEPFAR investment

(greater than $5 million), the partner government leads efforts to evaluate and define needs and roles in the national response ensure that in every partner country with a Partnership Framework, each country will change policies to address the larger structural conditions which contribute to the spread of the epidemic.

At CDC, the Global AIDS Program (GAP) has been actively involved in PEPFAR since its beginning in 2003, with its highly-trained behavioral, health, and laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, medical officers, and public health advisors working at headquarters and in the field and regional offices to support national strategies for sustainable, integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs. GAP staff provides expertise in the areas of

HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, infrastructure development, laboratory capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, surveillance, and public health evaluation research.

At headquarters, members of GAP’s Epidemiology and Strategic Information Branch (ESIB) and Health Economics, Health Systems and Integration Branch (HESIB) develop and maintain HIV-related information and reporting systems, monitor and evaluate HIV/ AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs, strengthen in-country capacity to conduct HIV/AIDS surveillance, perform epidemiologic investigations, support routine cost monitoring and economic evaluation, and assess, monitor and evaluate the strength of health systems. Headquarters’ staff are organized in committees and technical work groups to effectively advance technical expertise in SI as well as support country teams in the collection, analysis and use of information.

In the field offices, members of GAP work directly with the Ministries of Health, funded partners, and multilateral partners, share responsibilities to develop and maintain HIV-related information and reporting systems, monitor and evaluate HIV/ AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs, strengthen in-country capacity to conduct HIV/AIDS surveillance, perform epidemiologic investigations, support routine cost monitoring and economic evaluation, and assess, monitor and evaluate the strength of health systems. Field teams are also organized to in committees and technical work groups to actively support the collection, analysis, and use of strategic information.

Broadly viewed, strategic information (SI) is comprised of a range of activities that collect, analyze, and use information about health and disease and about the program response. These activities include: program monitoring and evaluation (M&E), surveillance and surveys, disease outbreak and epidemiologic investigation, cost monitoring and economic evaluation, epidemic and cost modeling, and statistics, all supported by the appropriate health information systems (HIS), including geographic information systems and vital registration systems. SI is used as a tool for synthesizing relevant information from multiple sources to assist with strategic planning, program improvement, accountability, and sharing with key stakeholders. In the area of HIV, collecting SI serves to assist countries in planning and monitoring their HIV/AIDS epidemics advocating for continued support of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs, coordinating efforts of the international donor community, providing information for managing PEPFAR and other global initiatives, and demonstrating progress of PEPFAR in reports to the U.S. Congress.

The intent of this contract is to cover activities to be conducted in the above listed countries and all other countries that may be added to the CDC international portfolio in the future. To fulfill its mission CDC often necessitates seeking outside expertise and technical assistance. This contractor support and technical expertise is also critical to the achievement of the overall efforts and requirements of the CDC global health activities.

C2. PROJECT OBJECTIVE

The objective of this contract is to provide an integrated and comprehensive contract for responsive, efficient, and cost-effective technical assistance, capacity building and support for CDC-funded global health activities and programs (with emphasis on but not limited to HIV/AIDS) with respect to a range of strategic information systems, methods, and activities - including health information systems (HIS), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), costing and economic evaluation, epidemiologic investigation and analysis, surveys and surveillance, statistics, and modeling.

The benefits of this contract are expected to be improved global capacity to collect, analyze and use information to better describe disease patterns and trends and to better monitor, evaluate, and inform cost-effective program responses.

C3. SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of this contract calls for the contractor to conduct capacity building, technical assistance, implementation, and/or other support services to strategic information activities which may include: program monitoring and evaluation (M&E), surveillance and surveys, disease outbreak and epidemiologic investigation, statistics and modeling, health economics and finance, and health information systems (HIS), including geographic information systems and vital registration systems, and other strategic information services to be used on an "as-needed" basis.

The Contractor shall provide these services as specified in individual task orders. The Government shall order services under this contract by means of task orders with specifically defined scopes, deliverable products, schedules, and other requirements. The contractor shall perform work under this contract only as directed in task orders issued by authorized Contracting Officer (CO). The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, services, and facilities, as required, to meet requirements of the task order. The time of issuance and amount of work in task orders cannot be accurately predicted and there is no assurance of a steady stream of work.

The anticipated services require a diversity of skills suitable to a variety of strategic information. The contractor must respond to and perform assignments with high quality services within a stringent time frame. As may be required in individual task orders, the contractor shall maintain continuous performance regardless of the absence of individual performers.

C4. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

This contract requires a wide range of technical expertise across many areas of strategic information systems, methods, and activities in global health. Typical services which may be requested from headquarters or field offices under this contract, by technical area, are described below. The descriptions are a representative sample of activities that could be performed under this contract and are not meant to be all inclusive. Task orders may combine tasks from any or all the various technical areas, as needed, and may be requested by CDC headquarters and/or CDC field offices.

1. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS: Typical services that might be performed in this technical area under this contract include capacity-building, technical assistance, implementation, and/or other support for these activities:

Routine program monitoring, including data collection, analysis, review, presentation, interpretation, and use

Primary or secondary management and analysis of routinely collected program data (including financial data and service delivery data) for the purpose of planning future activities or evaluating the performance of a program, as measured by outputs and outcomes

Data triangulation, which is the synthesis of various types of available surveillance, survey and program monitoring information to discern epidemic variability and generate hypotheses about possible population

(i.e., social, economic, behavioral) and programmatic factors associated with variability

Periodic program evaluations, such as those undertaken to measure performance in terms of outputs or outcomes among the populations enrolled in the program or receiving the services

Periodic system evaluations such as those undertaken to measure performance of a surveillance system, a program monitoring system, or another type of information system, including electronic medical record systems (EMRs)

Baseline needs assessments, formative evaluations or feasibility studies to determine the characteristics of a population or the basis for a future intervention

Data quality assessments with strategic action plans to address assessment findings

Routine quality improvement or quality assessment activities

Strategic assessment and/or planning for M&E at the national, regional, partner, district, or facility-level

Development, piloting, and application of training materials and tools that support capacity building in

M&E of global health programs

Development, piloting, implementation and support for logical frameworks, indicators, and assessment tools

Design, development and/or implementation of impact evaluation

Monitoring, assessment, and evaluation of health systems and their component areas (finance, leadership and governance, service delivery, integration, human resources, health information systems, commodities)

Routine monitoring of health system inputs, outputs, and outcomes

Periodic evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of program activities on the health system

Periodic assessment of the overall status of health systems

Strategic planning for the monitoring and evaluation of health systems

Development, piloting, and application of training materials and tools that support capacity building in

M&E of health systems

Development, piloting, implementation and support for new indicators and other metrics to measure inputs, outputs, outcomes, and impacts on health systems

Other activities to monitor and evaluate global health programs, as may be needed

2. HEALTH ECONOMICS AND FINANCE: Typical services that might be performed in this technical area under this contract include capacity-building, technical assistance, implementation, and/or other support for these activities:

costing economic evaluation (including cost effectiveness, cost-outcomes, and cost-utility evaluations) financial analysis expenditure monitoring and reporting synthesis of economic, program, and epidemiologic data for resource estimation, strategic planning, and decision-making economic modeling development, piloting, and application of training materials and tools that support capacity building in health economics and finance in the context of global health other areas of health economics and finance, as may be needed

3. SURVEILLANCE AND SURVEYS, STATISTICS, MODELING, AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC

INVESTIGATIONS: Typical services that might be performed in this technical area under this contract include capacity-building, technical assistance, implementation, and/or other support for these activities:

Sentinel surveillance, such as HIV ANC sentinel surveillance

Case reporting, such as HIV case reporting

Drug resistance surveillance, including HIV drug resistance threshold surveys and surveillance of acquired

HIV drug resistance in treated patients

Focused outbreak investigations

Support for disease surveillance, data collection and analysis in response to public health emergencies

Population-based surveys such as the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) or the AIDS Indicator

Survey (AIS), with or without biological testing (e.g., HIV test), conducted periodically or continuously

Specific population-based surveys on most-at-risk populations, with or without biological testing (e.g., HIV test)

Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) surveys conducted on specific populations, such as school age children

Development of methods and systems for the measurement or estimation of fertility, mortality and migration, including, for example, post-census mortality surveys and full or sample vital registration approaches, with or without verbal autopsy

Mortality validation studies, which compare one source of mortality data to another to assess quality, accuracy, validity of available mortality data

Design and analysis of surveys among the general population and most-at-risk populations, including respondent driven sampling and time-location sampling

Mathematical modeling of disease and epidemics, for example, of HIV epidemics in high and low prevalence countries and the impact of HIV prevention programs on those epidemics

Training in advanced statistical methods and statistical analysis software

Micro-simulation modeling to study epidemic trends, for example, HIV prevalence, incidence, and mortality

Support for the UNAIDS HIV estimates and projections process

Technical support to regional and global consultations and workshops

Development of new analytic methods and novel applications of existing methods for understanding the epidemiology of disease and programmatic response (for example, estimators for respondent driven sampling, incidence estimation based on new assay-based laboratory techniques)

Development, piloting, and application of training materials and tools that support capacity building in surveys, surveillance, statistics, modeling and epidemiologic analysis in the context of global health

Other areas of surveillance, surveys, statistics, modeling, and epidemiologic investigation and analysis, as may be needed

4. HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Typical services that might be performed under this contract in this technical area include capacity-building, technical assistance, implementation, and/or other support for these activities:

Development, implementation, evaluation or improvement of full or sample vital registration systems for the measurement of fertility and mortality

Development, improvement, application, and use of geographic information systems, including the collection, analysis and use of geographically coded disease, health system, and program data, especially in support of promoting more targeted and responsive programs

Design and development of application systems and software, including the analysis of user and system needs, requirements analysis, system design and programming, enterprise architecture, documentation, and system implementation

Hardware/software/network design, testing, integration, implementation, and maintenance, including data models and standards

Configuring, installing, evaluating, customizing, and maintaining software, including, but not limited to, application, file/data base management, input/output, storage, security, and data communications/distributed data base applications, detailed systems design, programming and testing for operating systems

Developing and maintaining documentation, including text and graphics, such as system specifications, design and function specifications, program specifications, data specifications, operational procedures/instructions, user manuals, maintenance manuals, training plans and aids, security procedures, and production control procedures

Data planning, monitoring and extrapolation, reduction, consolidation, manipulation, creation and population of data bases, analyses, and interpolation, analytical and ancillary support to data base applications, mass storage applications, and other information applications

Development and implementation of plans for the establishment, revision, or improvement of large data bases and performance of scientific data management functions by aggregating, manipulating, collecting, abstracting, coding, analyzing, or interpreting scientific data

Planning and performance of IT security functions (including but not limited to: risk analyses, vulnerability assessments, contingency planning, system accreditation, security audits, security training, analysis of physical and software security operations, both active and passive, and developing anti-intrusion systems) and development of computer security plans, reviews, audits, and technical consultations.

Develop multimedia information system applications by using authoring and other software tools to develop interactive and presentation programs that combine text, data, maps, and other graphics

Perform various quality assurance and quality control functions such as reviewing software code, performing tests and benchmarks for application functionality and performance, etc.

Technical writing and editing to develop documentation and user guides for systems and applications produced under this contract

Other activities to support health information systems, as may be needed

5. AUXILIARY AND SUPPORT SERVICES. Typical auxiliary and support services that might be required under this contract include:

On-site (at CDC headquarters or CDC field offices) long-term and short-term staffing

Website, web portal, and webpage development, enhancement, support, and maintenance, including support to solicit, develop, or maintain SI content in the technical areas listed above

Technical and logistical meeting support for domestic and international consultations, workshops, and meetings

Development, piloting, and application of training materials, methods and tools that support capacity building in support of the strategic information activities described herein. Training methods may include formal classroom training, interactive video, computer-assisted training, Internet based training, individual tutoring, mentoring, and other effective methods as specified in individual task orders. This may include the development of new courses and adaptation of existing courses to new settings.

Conduct literature reviews and summaries and provide other similar research support

Provide administrative and logistical support to the implementation of all other strategic information activities described herein, including transportation of data, samples, and equipment

Other auxiliary and support services, as needed

Section D - Packaging And Marking

There are no clauses/provisions included in this section.

Section E - Inspection And Acceptance

FAR SOURCE TITLE AND DATE

52.246-4 Inspection of Services - Fixed-Price (Aug 1996)

52.246-5 Inspection of Services - Cost Reimbursement (Apr 1984)

E.2 Inspection and Acceptance (Jul 1999)

Inspection and acceptance of the articles, services, and documentation called for herein shall be accomplished by the Contracting Officer, or his duly authorized representative (who for the purposes of this contract shall be the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative ) at the destination of the articles, services or documentation.

(End of Clause)

Section F - Deliveries Or Performance

FAR SOURCE TITLE AND DATE

52.242-15 Stop-Work Order (Aug 1989)

52.242-15 Alternate I Stop-Work Order - Alternate I (Apr 1984)

52.242.17 Government Delay of Work (Apr 1984)

F.1 Deliverable(s) Schedule for Task Orders (Jul 1999)

The Contractor shall deliver to the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) and Contracting Officer any reports or deliverables as may be specified in the individual task orders within the time frames specified.

(End of Clause)

F.2 Period of Performance (Task/Delivery Order Contracts)

(a) Contract: The period of performance of this contract shall be a base period of twelve (12) months from the effective date of the contract and four (4) one year option periods. The effective date of the contract will be the date of award.

(b) Task Orders: The time for completion for each task shall be determined on each individual task order.

Task/delivery orders under this contract may be awarded by the Contracting Officer at any time within the contract period.

F.3 Place(s) of Performance

Place(s) of performance will be identified on each individual task order. The place(s) of performance could be either at the contractor’s facility or in one of the countries identified below. The Center for Global Health (CGH) currently supports activities in 73 countries and regional programs including: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Papa New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Georgia, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Asia Regional, Caribbean Regional, Central America Regional, and Central Asia Regional. The intent of this contract is to cover activities to be conducted in the above listed countries and all other countries that may be added to the CDC international portfolio in the future.

F.4 Deliverable(s) Schedule for Overall Contract

Notwithstanding the individual reporting/deliverable requirements that are identifed in each task order, the Contractor shall , after receiving a task order award, adhere to the following requirements for the base contract :

A. The Contractor shall have monthly meetings with the Contracting Officer Technical

Representative and other CGH staff. The meetings may be conducted face-to-face, as a telephone conference call, or through other electronic means. Individual task orders may require additional meetings.

B. The Contractor shall provide one copy (via e-mail) of a monthly written narrative to the

Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) and the Contracting Officer before the 15th of the following month, summarizing the number and type of activities as outlined below. Any such reports will be submitted in Word format (Microsoft Office Word 2007). If reports require spreadsheet attachments, such spreadsheets will be provided in Excel format (Microsoft Office Excel 2007). The

Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) and the Contracting

Officer a monthly summary report including, but not limited to, the following:

-A summary listing of the status of all task orders indicating percent of period of performance elapsed and percent of funding used on each task order; total task order funding; and percent of total level of effort provided for that contract period.

-Major or recurring problem areas seen in CDC’s environment.

-Summary of any other general operational or management problem areas and recommendations.

-Number of Contractor employees who attended either CDC-sponsored or outside training each month including the date attended and course/topic covered

C. The Contractor shall submit individual monthly reports providing details on each individual Task

Order concerning the current status of each ongoing project. The reports shall be narrative in form, and

Requirement Measure of Success Criteria for Acceptance

Monthly Meeting (see “A” below) Monthly meetings with CGH

Contracting Officer Technical

Representative (COTR) and other

CGH staff members as needed.

Meetings to occur monthly after date of contract award and every month thereafter.

Monthly Summary Report (see “B” below)

Monthly summary reports of performance under this contract.

Summary report due the 15th of each month for activities conducted the previous month

Monthly Individual Reports (see

“C” below)

Monthly individual task order reports of performance under task orders.

Individual task order reports due the

15th of each month for activities conducted the previous month.

shall include a summary of progress toward completion of each Task Order, problems encountered to date, including the Contractor's assessment of specific impact of such problems on estimated costs and scheduled date of completion, and any Contractor recommendations. In addition, the reports shall include the following information on each project (including modifications) for the current reporting period and cumulative reports for the time from commencement of the project through the current reporting period:

-Labor hours and dollars expended on each project for the present reporting period and year to date by labor category (i.e., Program Manager, Computer Programmer III, etc.).

-Other direct cost items and associated costs that were authorized (e.g. software acquisition, travel, etc.).

-Beginning dates for projects scheduled.

-Anticipated completion date for projects.

Any items specified for delivery in A,B, and C are subject to the review and approval of the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) and/or the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall deliver the reports specified above, within the time frames specified.

Section G - Contract Administration Data

G.1 Reimbursement of Cost (Apr 2000)

(a) For the performance of this contract, the Government shall reimburse the Contractor the cost determined by the Contracting Officer to be allowable (hereinafter referred to as allowable cost) in accordance with the clause entitled Allowable Cost and Payment in Section I, Contract Clauses. Examples of allowable costs include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) All direct materials and supplies which are used in the performing of the work provided for under the contract, including those purchased for subcontracts and purchase orders.

(2) All direct labor, including supervisory , that is properly chargeable directly to the contract, plus fringe benefits.

(3) All other items of cost budgeted for and accepted in the negotiation of this basic contract or modifications thereto.

(4) Special expenditures which, upon request from the Contractor, the Contracting Officer approves as being an allowable cost under this contract, such as purchase or lease of office furniture or equipment, etc..

(5) All travel costs plus per diem or actual subsistence for personnel while in an actual travel status in direct performance of the work and services required under this contract. These costs will be in accordance with the Contractor’s policy and subject to the following:

(i) Air travel shall be by the most direct route using “air coach” or “air tourist” (less than first class) unless it is clearly unreasonable or impractical (e.g., not available for reasons other than avoidable delay in making reservations, would require circuitous routing or entail additional expense offsetting the savings on fare, or would not make necessary connections).

(ii) Rail travel shall be by the most direct route, first class with lower berth or nearest equivalent.

(iii) Costs incurred for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses shall be considered reasonable and allowable to the extent that they do not exceed on a daily basis the per diem rates set forth in the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

(iv) Travel via privately owned automobile shall be reimbursed at not more than the current General Services Administration (GSA) FTR established mileage rate.

(b) Except as stated herein, the Contractor shall not incur costs unless the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer has been obtained. When costs are incurred without such prior authorization, with the intent of claiming reimbursement as direct costs, it shall be at the contractor’s risk.

G.2 Negotiated Indirect Cost Rates (Feb 2000)

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the clause entitled Allowable Cost and Payment in Section I, Contract Clauses, allowable indirect costs under this contract shall be determined by applying the following negotiated indirect rates to the bases specified below:

TYPE RATE LOCATION APPLICABLE TO BASE

Fringe Benefits Overhead G&A

Bases: (1)

(b) The above rates are provisional billing rates only and shall apply from the date of award until such time as the contract is amended. Any modification to change the above rates will also state the effective period covered for the new rates.

G.3 Subcontracting Program Reports (May 1998)

(a) The Contractor shall submit the reports listed below in accordance with the instructions and within the time periods specified on the report forms:

(1) Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts.

(2) Standard Form 295, Summary Subcontract Report.

(b) In addition to the reporting information specified on the report forms, the Contractor shall provide, in the “Remarks” block on each Standard Form 294 submitted, a narrative of the progress made in fulfilling the small business and small disadvantaged business subcontracting goals contained in its approved plan.

(c) The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer any difficulties encountered in achieving the goals and shall describe the action being taken to overcome the difficulties.

G.4 Applicable Service Contract Act Wages (Jul 1999)

The attached Wage Determination, No. 05-2133 dated 10/15/2009, for the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitian area, specifies hourly rates of wages that shall be paid to all employees performing work required under this contract in Atlanta, Georgia. These rates have been determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the provisions of the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended. (See FAR 52.222-41, incorporated by reference in Section I.)

G.5 Evaluation of Contractor Performance (Service) (Jan 2000)

(a) Purpose

In accordance with FAR 42.1502, the Contractor's performance will be periodically evaluated by the Government, in order to provide current information for source selection purposes. These evaluations will therefore be marked “Source Selection Information.”

(b) Performance Evaluation Period

The Contractor's performance will be evaluated at least annually.

(c) Evaluators

The performance evaluation will be completed jointly by the Project officer and the Contracting officer.

(d) Performance Evaluation Factors

The contractor's performance will be evaluated in accordance with the attachment listed in Section J titled Performance Evaluation Report.

(e) Contractor Review

A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation.

The contractor shall submit comments, rebutting statements, or additional information to the Contracting Officer within 30 calendar days after receipt of the evaluation.

(f) Resolving Disagreements Between the Government and the Contractor

Disagreements between the parties regarding the evaluation will be reviewed at a level above the Contracting Officer. The ultimate conclusion on the performance evaluation is a decision of the contracting agency. Copies of the evaluation, contractor's response, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the evaluation.

(g) Release of Contractor Performance Evaluation Information

The completed evaluation will not be released to other than Government personnel and the contractor whose performance is being evaluated. Disclosure of such information could cause harm both to the commercial interest of the Government and to the competitive position of the contractor being evaluated as well as impede the efficiency of Government operations.

(h) Source Selection Information

Departments and agencies may share past performance information with other Government departments and agencies when requested to support future award decisions. The information may be provided through interview and/or by sending the evaluation and comment document to the requesting source selection official.

(i) Retention Period

The agency will retain past performance information for a maximum period of three years after completion of contract performance for the purpose of providing source selection information for future contract awards.

G.6 Contracting Officer (Jul 1999)

(a) The Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to the expenditure of public funds. No person other than the Contracting Officer can make any changes to the terms, conditions, general provisions, or other stipulations of this contract.

(b) No information, other than that which may be contained in an authorized modification to this contract, duly issued by the Contracting Officer, which may be received from any person employed by the United States Government, or otherwise, shall be considered grounds for deviation from any stipulation of this contract.

G.7 Contract Communications/Correspondence (Jul 1999)

The Contractor shall identify all correspondence, reports, and other data pertinent to this contract by imprinting thereon the contract number from Page 1 of the contract.

G.8 Contracting Officers Technical Representative (COTR) Technical Guidance (Sep 2009)

Performance of the work hereunder shall be subject to the technical directions of the designated COTR for this contract.

As used herein, technical directions are directions to the Contractor which fill in details,…