D.75N95020R00008_TORP_01.pdf

Task Order Request for Proposals (TORP) 75N95020R00008-01 NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform

A. Task Order Title

NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform as a Service Pilot Continuation.

B. Proposal Due Date and Delivery Address

Proposals are due by 11:00 am Eastern time, January 23, 2020. Proposals are to be delivered via e-mail to Stuart Kern at stuart.kern@nih.gov.

C. Task Order Period of Performance

January 28, 2020 – September 27, 2020.

D. Task Order Type

This TORFP will result in a firm-fixed price task order (TO).

E. Task Order Statement of Work

a. Background, Objectives, and Scope

The NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform (NCSP) is an NCATS-sponsored cloud-based system that provides a collaborative platform-as-a-service for NIH collaborators to manage and work with large amounts of complex, cutting-edge data. Collaborators include institutes and centers at NIH as well as external partners such as research hospitals, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, and other government agencies. The NCSP is established through an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, with task orders issued to support the requirements of individual groups. The Platform was initially established under NIH contract no. HHSN271201800020I and continued under contract no. 75N95020P00041.

The objective of this task order is to provide continued access to the NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform by NCATS users.

b. Requirements

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the following.

i. Licensing Scope

Within the Statement of Work included in Solicitation no. 75N95020R00008, and in accordance with the Detailed Technical Specifications included therein, the Contractor shall provide a term license for the NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform—Base Platform License to support the following users:

• NCATS Scientific Computing Platform: 125 users mailto:stuart.kern@nih.gov

Task Order Request for Proposals (TORFP) 27100003 NCATS Collaborative Scientific Platform (HHSN271201800020I)

For purposes of this task order, a “user” is defined as one named authorized user account, which may not be transferred, assigned to, or used by any other user who is not the named user. “NCATS Collaborators” are defined as organizations (e.g., research teams at other institutes and centers at NIH, universities, medical centers, small businesses and industry, patient groups and advocacy organizations, etc.) supported through an NCATS-sponsored initiative or program (e.g., CAN, CTSA), or performing a joint research project with NCATS utilizing data generated relative to the collaborative engagement. PEPFAR is a collaborator conducting a joint translational data research project with NCATS.

F. Technical Proposal Instructions

Your technical proposal shall address the requirements as set forth in this TORP.

G. Business Proposal Instructions

Your business proposal shall provide a firm-fixed price amount that accounts for all the requirements as set forth in this TORP, including user access, cloud hosting, and professional services.

In addition, your business proposal shall provide a payment schedule per milestone. A lump sum payment upon issuance of licenses is acceptable.

The resultant task order will be fixed-price and will not authorize reimbursement for any costs, including other direct costs, cloud hosting, or travel. For the duration of the period of performance, installation, implementation, system configuration, mutually agreed upon training, and operations and maintenance (O&M) (including cloud hosting) are included at no additional cost.

H. Evaluation for Task Order Award

The Government will award a task order resulting from this TORFP if the proposal conforms to this solicitation, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate your proposal: (1) technical (capability of the item offered to meet the agency need); and (2) price.