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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

CEIRR Influenza Data Processing and Communication Center (iDPCC) 75N93020R00002

Sources Sought Reference Number: 75N93020R00002

Type of Requirement

New Requirement Follow-on (Contract No.:______________) Other (specify):__Re-competition_________

Place of Performance

Place of performance is unknown at this time Place of performance is known. Address or general location:_______________

Recompetition (if applicable)

Name: CEIRS Data Processing and Coordination Center (DPCC).

Contract Number: HHSN272201400026C Address: Digital Infuzion, Inc 656 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 300 Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Contracting Office Address

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Acquisitions, 5601 Fishers Lane, MSC 9821, Bethesda, MD, 20892-9821

Sources Sought Notice Information

Introduction

This is a Sources Sought notice. 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 small business sources; (2) 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 classifications; and (3) size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition.

Information submitted in response to this notice 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 541714 should not submit a response to this notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement as a set-aside based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses submitted must indicate if you have a GSA schedule contract, a contract on GSA 8(a) STARS, or a contract on GSA VETS GWAC.

Background

Research supported and conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that threaten millions of human lives. The NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) supports extramural research to control and prevent diseases caused by virtually all infectious agents. This includes basic and applied research to develop and evaluate therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics that are funded through a variety of research grants and contracts, as well as the evaluation of new and improved vaccine and therapeutic candidates in clinical trials and studies. In addition to maintaining this robust basic and applied research portfolio, NIAID’s mandate further requires the ability to rapidly respond to new and emerging disease threats.

Purpose and Objectives

DMID has a requirement to establish an Influenza Data Processing and Communication Center (iDPCC) in support of NIAID’s Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR) Network. The CEIRR RFP can be found at here.

The iDPCC would be a re-competition of the current Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) Data Processing and Coordination Center (DPCC) contract # HHSN272201400026C, which was awarded in 2014 to Digital Infuzion.

Project requirements

The objectives of the DPCC original award were: data collection, management, and quality control; website development and access; study communication, collaboration, and reporting; training and technical assistance; and data tracking and reporting.

The iDPCC will maintain an emphasis on data processing, coordination, and reporting. The iDPCC will also include responsibilities to function as a central communication resource for the CEIRR Network and other NIAID Universal Influenza Vaccine programs and resources.

These responsibilities will include extensive outreach to the broad scientific community to publicize NIAID’s influenza research programs and facilitate access to influenza reagents and resources generated by the programs.

All projects carried out under resultant contracts must be conducted in a manner consistent with all applicable Federal regulations and the DMID, NIAID, NIH and DHHS policies and guidelines for the conduct and oversight of research involving human subjects.

Anticipated period of performance

The anticipated start date is on/or about December 31, 2020 with a one-year base period and six (6) one-year Option periods all accounting to 10.4 FTE each, Options for increased level of effort up to an additional 10 FTE annually, as well as Options for small-scale Collaborative Analytics Projects.

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Capability statement / information sought

Sources must have the expertise, personnel, and facilities to meet the requirements of the project stated herein. Tailored capability statements submitted as a result of this notice must demonstrate the organization’s qualifications and experience, specifically providing evidence as to the organization’s capability to perform the requirements stated herein, with particular attention to the following:

Ability to maintain and operate secure state-of-the-art computer-based systems that provide appropriate tracking, processing, coordination, and analysis of data collected, generated, and processed by the NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR). Ability to function as a central communication/outreach resource for the CEIRRs and other NIAID Universal Influenza Vaccine initiatives to provide access to NIAID-generated resources for the broader scientific community. Ability to provide established facilities, infrastructure, equipment, qualified personnel, and all necessary resources and services for archiving, analyzing, updating, and maintaining genomics, surveillance, reagents, and other types of research data from the CEIRRs sites and for the reporting and submission of such data to appropriate, publicly accessible databases with the responsibility for carrying out the following functions:

a) Transfer of data, resources, and contract-generated materials from prior Data Processing and Coordination Center contract.

b) Data collection, management, and quality control of all study data generated by the CEIRR Network.

c) Communication, outreach, collaboration, and coordination of CEIRR Network activities to include publicizing network-generated influenza data and resources and facilitating collaboration between CEIRR sites and other investigators.

d) CEIRRs site training, assessment, and technical assistance to support the data submission and management of data by site staff.

e) Project Management, integration, and coordination of all iDPCC contract activities.

f) Support all data tracking and reporting needs of the CEIRR Network, as directed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

Page Limitations:

Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored Capability Statement not to exceed five (5) pages, excluding resumes. Capability Statements must not include links to internet web site addresses (URLs) or otherwise direct readers to alternate sources of information. Font size must be 10 to 12 points. Spacing must be no more than 15 characters per inch. Within a vertical inch, there must be no more than six lines of text.

Print margins must be at least one-inch on each edge of the paper. Print setup should be single-sided on standard letter size paper (8.5 x 11" in the U.S., A4 in Europe). All proprietary information should be marked as such.

Required Business Information:

• DUNS.

• Company Name.

• Company Address.

• Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address

• Current GSA Schedules and/or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) appropriate to this Sources Sought.

• Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system.

• Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/index.html/#1. This indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your Capability Statement (preferable placed under the eligible small business concern’s name and address).

Number of Copies:

Please submit one (1) electric copy of your response as follows:

For this Small Business Sources Sought, the NIAID requires capability statements to be submitted online via the NIAID electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website.

For directions on using eCPS, go to the website https://ecps.nih.gov and then click on "How to Submit."

All Capability Statements sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via e-mail) to Harun Ali, Contract Specialist, at harun.ali@nih.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The e-mail subject line must specify sources sought reference 75N93020R00002. Facsimile responses will not be accepted.

Common Cut-off Date:

Electronically submitted tailored capability statements are due no later than 05:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on 12/02/2019. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED

AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

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. 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 the 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.

However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality No 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).”

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