Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation-NONCOMPETITIVE_4378483.pdf

NON-COMPETITIVE

COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION

Solcitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2017-050

Title: Data Science Assistance in Neurodegenerative Disease

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2017-050 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quote.

(iii) This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures;

FAR Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) COMBINED SYNOPSIS

SOLICITATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT

PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA) on behalf of the National Institute of Aging intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Faraz Faghri, 405 West Elm Street, Urbana, IL, 61801-3231 for Data Science Assistance in Neurodegenerative Disease services.

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the FAR Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and 13.501 Special documentation requirements and the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901.

Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.501 (a) (1) (iii) the justification (excluding brand name) will be made available within 14 days after contract award or in the case of unusual and compelling urgency within 30 days after contract award.

(iv) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-92-1, dated December 19, 2016.

(v) The associated NAICS code 541611 – Administrative Management and General management Consulting Services and the small business size standard is $15.0 Million.

This requirement is sole-single source, including brand-name, other than full and open competition.

(vi) The contractor will provide resources necessary to accomplish the tasks and deliverables described in the Statement of Work. The conractor shall provide data science assistance and various research related deliverables such as papers, talks and guidance on behalg of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging.

(vii) Period of Performance: The period of performance will consist of one base year as specified below:

Base Year: January 7, 2017 – January 6, 2018

(viii) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(ix) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Management Approach and Technical Capabilities; (2) Personnel Qualifications; (3) Organizatoinal Experience; and (4) Past Performance.

Technical and past performance when combined are approximately equal to cost and price.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(x) The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items, with its offer.

(xi) The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xii) FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR clauses at 52.209-10, 52.233-3, and 52.233-4, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted domestic Corporations, Protest After Award, and Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim, respectively, appy to this acquisition.

(xiii) There are no additional contrct requirement(s) or terms and conditions applicable to this acquisition.

(xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement.

(xv) Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The price proposal must include the labor categories, an estimate of the number of hours required for each labor category, fully loaded fixed hourly rate or each labor category, breakdown and rationale for other direct costs or materials, and the total amount.

In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.”

All responses must be received by Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 12PM, Eastern Standard Time, and reference number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2017-050.

Responses may be submitted electronically to Danielle R. Brown, Contract Specialist, at Danielle.brown2@nih.gov and NIDASSSAPurchaseRequ@mail.nih.gov.

Fax responses will not be accepted.

(xvi) Please contact Danielle R. Brown, Contract Specialist, at Danielle.brown2@nih.gov or

(301) 594-1928 with any questions.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:Danielle.brown2@nih.gov mailto:NIDASSSAPurchaseRequ@mail.nih.gov mailto:Danielle.brown2@nih.gov

FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

STATEMENT OF WORK (SERVICES)

(SOW)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Project:

Data Science Assistance in Neurodegenerative Disease

Statement of Need, Purpose, and/or Objective:

The purpose of this requirement is to procure a contractor to provide all resources necessary to accomplish the tasks and deliverables described in this Statement of Work (SOW). The contractor shall provide data science assistance and various research related deliverables such as papers, talks, and guidance on behalf of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging (LNG/NIA).

Background Information:

As a result of previous work/research, the LNG / NIA, needs supplemental personnel qualified to integrate genetic, imaging, and clinical data into complex machine learning models. Additionally, this area of work will need computer infrastructure development for data collection, management, and analytics that cannot be addressed by current LNG staff.

Period of Performance:

The period of performance shall be for one year, January 7, 2017 – January 6, 2018.

SCOPE OF WORK

General 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 Statement of Work below:

Specific Requirements:

Contractor Requirements (Scope of Work)

• Perform state of the art data science to meet the goals of the LNG.

• Provide state of the art statistical and computing advice to staff, postdoctoral scientists, visiting scientists, and other trainees.

• Perform extensive independent research that focuses on the statistical analysis of molecular genetics and genomic data; collaborate with researchers from around the world.

• Lead the analysis of genotype and multi-dimensional phenotype data.

• Develop could-based analytic pipelines to improve the productivity of the laboratory for long-term research gains.

• Identify next generation framework and solutions to the management and analysis of massive scale data produced and used within the LNG.

• Deliver presentations to international audiences in the field of data science neurodegeneration.

• Prepare technical reports detailing the methodological approach and results of analyses.

• Draft and complete manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed scientific journals.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The government will provide a flexible workspace, laptop, and VPN access for one contractor.

DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES

• Prototype online data aggregations system.

• Manuscripts relating to imaging and genetics in Parkinson’s disease.

• Manuscripts relating to machine learning models within complex health related data.

• Compute code for machine learning analytics.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Travel:

The principal place of performance is off-site with irregular trips to the NIH Main Campus in Bethesda, MD for on-site visits. Reimbursable travel and per diem for performing work on a regular basis off-site and at the NIH Main Campus in Bethesda, MD is not authorized. Any changes to this must be approved in advance by the contracting officer.

Key Personnel:

M.Sc. and ongoing Ph.D. in a related discipline.

Minimum of six (6) years of related experience.

Strong communications skills, both oral and written.

Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills.

1. Upon employment, must complete within 30 days upon arrival at the NIH, the required NIH safety and research integrity coursework/training as mandated for all scientific staff working in NIH facilities:

a. Introduction to Responsible Conduct of Research

b. Introduction to Laboratory Safety

c. Laboratory Safety at NIH

d. Protection of Human Research Subjects

e. Technology Transfer Online Training

2. Must sign Patent Agreement form and Contractor Employee Patent Agreement form at vendor’s orientation.

3. Upon employment, contractor must complete required on-line training within 30 days upon arrival at the NIH:

a. NIH Computer Security Awareness Training

b. NIH Sexual Harassment Training

c. Disability Awareness Training

4. Must complete required annual or bi-annual on-line training, per NIH guidelines for:

a. NIH Computer Security Awareness Training

b. NIH Sexual Harassment Training

c. Disability Awareness Training

Data Rights:

The NIH/NIA/LNG shall have unlimited rights to and ownership of all deliverables provided under this contract, including reports, recommendations, briefings, work plans and all other deliverables. This includes the deliverables provided under the basic contract/purchase order and any optional task deliverables exercised by the contracting officer. In addition, it includes any additional deliverables required by contract change. The definition of “unlimited rights” is contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 27.401, “Definitions.” FAR Clause 52.227-14, “Rights in Data-General” is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract/purchase order.

Section 508—Electronic and Information Technology Standards:

The contractor shall comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR):

1. The following Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will represent the Government for the purpose of this Contract:

a. Candice Coles National Institute on Aging 251 Bayview Blvd.

BRC/04C029

Baltimore, MD 21224 Telephone Number: (410) 558-8501 Fax Number: (410) 558-8103 Email Address: Candice.coles@nih.gov

2. The COR is responsible for: (1) monitoring the Contractor’s technical progress, including the surveillance and assessment of performance and recommending to the Contracting Officer changes in requirements; (2) interpreting the statement of work and any other technical performance requirements; (3) performing technical evaluation as required; (4) performing technical inspections and acceptances required by this contract; and (5) assisting in the resolution of technical problems encountered during performance.

mailto:Candice.coles@nih.gov

3. The Contracting Officer is the only person with authority to act as agent of the Government under this contract. Only the Contracting Officer has authority to: (1) direct or negotiate any changes in the statement of work; (2) modify or extend the period of performance; (3) change the delivery schedule; (4) authorize reimbursement to the Contractor for any costs incurred during the period of performance of this contract; (5) otherwise change any terms and conditions of this contract; or (6) sign written licensing agreements. Any signed agreement shall be incorporated by reference in Section K of the contract.

4. The Government may unilaterally change the COR designation for this contract.

Security Requirements:

There are no security requirements outside of the basic NIH trainings stated above, approval for NIH standard security is covered by current special volunteer status.