REQUEST-FOR-INFORMATION-NOTICE_HHS-NIH-NCI-RFI-MOSB-75N91020R00062-2 FINAL - Amended.pdf

Notice Type: Special Notice Notice Number: HHS-NIH-NCI-RFI-MOSB-75N91020R00062-2 Synopsis: Request for Information (RFI) for the National Cancer Institute’s Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)/Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR)

I. BACKGROUND:

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is requesting information from all parties who may be interested in the re-competition of the NCI’s FFRDC. The FFRDC provides rapid response capabilities and one-of-a-kind resources for the biomedical research community within NCI, NIH and other Federal Agencies. Located in Frederick, MD, the NCI’s FFRDC is a Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) research facility with a unique array of research support and advanced technologies, whose purpose is to bridge the gaps from discovery to healthcare delivery; to accelerate the development of new technologies and prototype treatments for patients; and to pave the way for new advances to enter clinical trials for testing, approval, and delivery to patients via the commercial sector.

Entities authorized to operate, manage, or administer an FFRDC include: a university, a consortium of universities, other not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations, industrial firms as autonomous organizations (identified separately from any parent organization), or industry/academia partnerships.

For more information, please refer to the website at http://frederick.cancer.gov/.

II. DISCLAIMER TO PROSPECTIVE RESPONDENTS:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, capability statements, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain knowledge and information for project planning purposes. Interested parties are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. 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. Those not responding to this RFI are not prohibited from participation in any future RFP, if any. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Beta.Sam.gov (Beta SAM) in addition to the NCI Office of Acquisition’s website under the FNLCR Acquisition Portal at https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/contracts/fnlcr-acquisitions/fedbizopps-notices. Information posted to Beta SAM takes precedence over information provided elsewhere and serves as the Government’s official government-wide point of entry (GPE).

III. INFORMATION FROM INDUSTRY:

Interested organizations are asked to provide input that addresses one or more of the following considerations on the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW) for the NCI FFRDC:

A. Is there any task area in the SOW that is unclear in terms of what the offeror is being asked to do? If so, please identify the task areas and questions associated with requirements of each area.

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B. Is there enough information in the SOW for an offeror to generate a technical approach in order to provide a responsive proposal? If not, please address what additional information would be helpful in clarifying the Government’s requirements.

C. Is there enough information in the SOW for an offeror to generate a cost proposal to align with a proposed technical approach? If not, please address what additional information would be helpful in clarifying the Government’s requirements.

D. Any recommended suggestions or input in order to ensure the Statement of Work is clear and can be translated to define the technical requirements.

IV. DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION REQUESTED:

Interested parties shall furnish the following minimum information:

• Name, Address of Organization, and Organizations webpage;

• Name, title, and email address, of Business and Technical Point(s) of Contact;

• DUNS Number;

• Business Size of Organization;

• Socio-economic status of Organization;

• Indicate whether your Organization is or is not registered in System for Award Management

(SAM);

• Nature of the interested Organization (Examples include but are not limited to: University, Non-profit, General Partnership, Joint Venture, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), Sole Proprietorship, Corporation (C or S);

• Your interest as either the prime or subcontractor;

• If replying as a subcontractor, please indicate in the table below which areas of work are you interested in performing;

Examples of scientific operations performed at the FFRDC include, but are not limited to:

Scientific Operations Interested Areas (X) Advanced Scientific Computing and Bioinformatics Animal Sciences Assay Development and Execution Bioengineering Biospecimen Processing Cell Biology cGMP Production of Biopharmaceuticals and Vaccine Clinical Materials

Chemistry Clinical Studies Support Drug Discovery and Development Imaging Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations Molecular Biology Nanotechnology

Omics Pathology Repositories Structural Biology Virology Scientific Research and Development Program Management Support

Visiting Scholars Program Intellectual Property, Partnering, and Technology Transfer

Laboratory-Directed Exploratory Research FFRDC Enterprise Planning

Examples of facility operations include, but are not limited to:

Facility Operations Interested Areas (X) Facilities Operation and Management Operation and Management Utilities Operations Design Architect of Record Workforce Planning and Management Design and Procurement Strategy Safety and Logistics Environmental Protection/Safety Services Occupational Health Services Employee Safety Emergency Management/Preparedness Other Support Functions Cafeteria Services Conference Planning and Support Labware Services Property Accountability Publications, Visual Communications and Promotional Material Services

Scientific Library Vehicle Fleet Management Warehouse

Examples of business operations and management include, but are not limited to:

Business Operations and Management Interested Areas (X) Acquisition Services/Purchasing Management Financial Management Human Resources

• A discussion of any subcontracting arrangements, partnerships, collaborations, research or university consortiums or other teaming arrangements that your organization may consider for this effort; and,

• A discussion of the Organization’s capabilities to perform the activities identified above in Capability Assessment Information.

You must submit your response electronically in a MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) in no more than ten (10) single-spaced, single-sided pages, with standard 1” margins, and 12-point Times New Roman font. Any pages exceeding the page limitation designated herein will not be reviewed. The due date for the submission of responses to this RFI is 12:00 PM EDT on February 16, 2021. The RFI response must be sent via e-mail to FNLCR_ACQinfo@nih.gov with subject line “Response to RFI Notice Number: HHS-NIH-NCI-RFI-MOSB-75N91020R00062-2”. Any questions related to this RFI should be directed to FNLCR_ACQinfo@nih.gov with the subject line entitled: “Question to RFI Notice Number: HHS-NIH-NCI-RFI-MOSB-75N91020R00062-2”.

V. ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1- FFRDC Draft Statement of Work Attachment 2 - FFRDC Statement of Work Metrics

CONFIDENTIALITY:

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response.

The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose(s) it deems necessary and legally appropriate.

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