Amendment_1_to_BAA-N01DA-15-4422.pdf

“NIH Pain Consortium Centers of Excellence in Pain Education”

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.: BAA-N01DA-15-4422

AMENDMENT NO.: 1

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 29, 2014

PROPOSAL DUE DATE: June 16, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT (CHANGED)

ISSUED BY:

NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch Office of Acquisitions National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health

Points of Contact: Brian H. O’Laughlin, Contracting Officer (Email:olaughlinb@nida.nih.gov) Kara Anderson, Contract Specialist (Email: kara.anderson@nih.gov) Ryan C. Cleary, Contract Specialist (Email: clearyrc@mail.nih.gov)

TO ALL OFFERORS:

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of proposals is extended. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment on each copy of the proposal submitted. IF YOU FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT ON YOUR PROPOSAL, WE MAY REJECT YOUR PROPOSAL. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter, provided each letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received by the NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch prior to the proposal due date specified above.

DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT

PURPOSE: To amend the BAA to extend the proposal due date and to clarify some BAA requirements. Unless specifically noted, all specifications remain unchanged.

PART I. The BAA is amended as follows:

The BAA deadline has been extended to June 16, 2014; the NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch must receive your proposal by 3:00 P.M. EDT.

The period for offerors to ask questions has been extended to May 14, 2014; questions must be received by 3:00 P.M. EDT by the NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch.

PART II. Amendment No. 2 will Answer Questions NIH Already Received NIDA will issue Amendment 2 to answer offeror questions it already received on BAA-N01DA- 15-4422. NIDA plans to post Amendment 2 on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) by May 7.

Broad Agency Announcement Amendment 1 BAA-N01DA-15-4422 Page 2 of 2

PART III. BAA Quick Reference Below is a quick reference to the key points of the BAA.

Key Area Location Yearly pricing/funding guidelines BAA Cover Letter (PDF Page 1) Contract Structure, including option years and option quantities

Section B, Article B.2 (PDF Pages 7-8)

Contract Deliverables Sections C and F (PDF Pages 9-13; 16-17) List of Attachments and links to electronic copies of Attachments

Section J (PDF Pages: 43-44)

Instructions on how to structure your Business and Technical Proposals

Section L (PDF Pages: 46-82)

Evaluation Criteria* Section M (PDF Pages: 83-86) NIH’s Research Interest* Attachment 18 (PDF Pages: 139 -145) Statement of Work Format* Attachment 18 (PDF Pages: 145-146)

* Although all parts of the BAA are important, the parts with the asterisk above are especially important.

Note: NIDA recommends that offerors read the entire BAA; this quick reference guide is only a tool to assist offerors. Offerors are responsible for conforming to the requirements of the entire BAA.

PART IV. Statement on Use of Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for this Solicitation NIDA has received feedback from potential offerors concerning increased length and proposal requirements of the solicitation for the NIH Pain Consortium Center for Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs) funding. The resulting funding will be provided through a Federal contract, not a grant. Because this is a Federal contract, there are additional legal requirements which are not present with grants. The contract vehicle gives NIH more direct control over the contractors’ activities. A contract funding vehicle is also beneficial to the contract awardee. Holding a contract diversifies the awardee funding pool, and the personnel working on the contract can add the experience to their resumes and curriculum vitae. Additionally, the contracts will give the awardee institutions valuable experience in Government contracting and provide performance feedback in the form of annual performance reviews that will be saved in a Government-wide database for about 3 years.

NIDA selected a BAA as opposed to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit the CoEPEs contract. The BAA allows the offeror greater freedom and flexibility in the research they wish to pursue. The BAA requires the offeror to create the Statement of Work (SOW) which will be incorporated into the contract, as opposed to a RFP where the NIH creates the SOW and the offerors must meet the strict requirements of the SOW.

All other terms and conditions of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) remain unchanged.