75N91023R00033-_Presolicitation_Notice_2.pdf

Pre-Solicitation Notice: RFP No. 75N91023R00033

NCI Center for Global Health, Coordination, Data Analysis, and Technical Support

Contracting Office Address

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute

(NCI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), Riverside Five, 8490 Progress Drive, Suite 400, Frederick, MD 21701-

4998.

Note: This synopsis follows Small Business Sources Sought (SBSS) notice that was released on February 27, 2023 under HHS-NIH-NCI-SBSS-TSB-75N91022R00012-18.

This is a notice of proposed contract action. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, capability statements, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to notify potential offerors that the NIH/ NCI will post a solicitation for the NCI Center for Global Health, Logistics, Data Analysis, and Technical Support.

No proposal response is requested at this time and a formal acquisition solicitation/ Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about October 2023.

Potential interested parties are expected to review this notice and the Statement of Work (SOW) to familiarize themselves with the requirement of this projects; failure to do so will be at your firm’s own risk.

Description

The Center for Global Health (CGH) supports NCI's mission to improve cancer control worldwide. CGH contributes by advancing global cancer research and training and coordinating NCI engagement in global cancer control. CGH also represents NCI in international research partnerships, playing a key role in coordinating multinational research efforts for global benefit.

The CGH vision is to reduce worldwide cancer suffering through global scientific discovery and dissemination.

Two fundamental beliefs underlie this vision. First, current tools for achieving global cancer control are inadequate and new discoveries are needed. Second, existing tools for achieving global cancer control have been incompletely applied and greater population-level dissemination is needed.

CGH’s core values are impact, equity, and collaboration. These values inform CGH efforts to lead innovative programs with partners within and outside of NCI. The goals for these programs focus on research, research training, dissemination, and partnership, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

CGH goals primarily focus on LMIC settings for CGH-led programs:

1. Support innovative, impactful research that (a) addresses key scientific issues in global cancer control and/or (b) leverages unique or unusual scientific opportunities afforded by collaboration with global partners

2. Support cancer research training that enables equitable, impactful global scientific collaboration

3. Promote the integration of current scientific knowledge into global cancer control policies and practice

4. Represent NCI and promote its engagement with key partners in global cancer research and control

CGH engages in multiple research, training, and dissemination activities with international partners. To respond to the broad mandate given to the NCI and to fulfill its own mission, CGH is in need of technical support and coordination for research initiatives; program evaluation to determine the merit of training and other international programs; data and portfolio analyses to address timely research questions with available data and assess investment in different relevant research areas; and preparation of documents to disseminate information about research programs, global cancer control activities, and evaluation results and analyses.

CGH leads multiple extramural initiatives in implementation science (IS) for cancer control in LMICs, along with in-house research initiatives and related activities. These new initiatives also make use of cooperative agreement mechanisms with the intent that CGH will have substantial involvement in the scientific activities conducted by grantees. In particular, given that global cancer implementation science remains at a relatively early stage of development, grantees working in this area will benefit greatly from sharing methods, measures, and solutions as they build their research programs. To facilitate this collaboration, CGH is creating a consortium across grantees to maximize NCI’s investment across these multiple initiatives. Support is needed to enable collaboration across funded projects and initiatives in the consortium, as well as linking to other NCI and

National Institutes of Health (NIH) IS initiatives. One award is anticipated to result from any solicitation posted for this requirement, for services outlined in greater detail in the draft Statement of Work (SOW) attached to this notice.

Project Requirements:

A Draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this notice, outlining the following task areas:

Task 1: Technical support for CGH research, coordination, and evaluation activities.

Task 2: Data and portfolio analysis, and production of accompanying reports.

Task 3: Science and technical writing, presentations, and documentation support

This is a recompetition of one single award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) under contract number HHSN261201800036I awarded to Synergy Enterprises Inc.

The solicitation is anticipated to result in one single award IDIQ. The period of performance for the IDIQ contract will be for five years. Task orders placed within the ordering period of the base IDIQ contract may extend up to five years beyond the end date of the base IDIQ’s contract’s period of performance/ordering period. The anticipated task order type will include firm fixed price, cost reimbursement type, or time and materials, depending upon the nature of support services being acquired. Option tasks and/or periods may be incorporated at the task order level. The anticipated start date is on or about December 29, 2023.

This advertisement does not commit the United States Federal Government to award any contract. The 2022

NAICS code for this acquisition is 541611 with a size standard of $24.5 million. THIS ACQUISTION IS

ANTICIPATED TO BE A SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) 75N91023R00033 is scheduled for electronic release on or about 10/10/2023 and receipt of proposals will be due at 3:00 pm ET on or about 11/09/2023. Offeror’s may submit questions prior to the release of the RFP. Questions shall be sent via email to randall.tiqui@nih.gov. Responses to questions received will be addressed via an amendment, after release of the RFP. The RFP will only be available electronically and must be accessed through https://www.sam.gov/. All information required for submission of a proposal will be contained in the electronic Request for Proposal (RFP) package. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the above-mentioned sites for release of the solicitation and any amendments. All responsible sources may mailto:randall.tiqui@nih.gov https://www.sam.gov/ submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITIATION AND ANY

AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL BE AT THE FIRM’S OWN RISK.

ALL INQUIRIES SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER

LISTED AS THE POINT OF CONTACT HEREIN.

DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Point of contact: Randall Tiqui, Contracting Officer via email at randall.tiqui@nih.gov.

Secondary Point of contact: Carrie Mills, Team Lead via email at carrie.mills@nih.gov.

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