PRE-SOLICITATION.NOTICE.NIH.OMS_EAP-08.1932019_-FINAL.doc

Pre-solicitation Notice with SOW

HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-PRESOL-(OMS)-19-011

National Institute of Health, Occupational Medical Services Page | 8

Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO), Office of Acquisitions (OA), Research and Development (R&D) Section, 6011 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852.

ATTENTION: The Contracting Officer listed on this notice is the only government official to contact with regards to this requirement.

Pre-solicitation Notice: Pursuant to FAR 5.201—General This is a Pre-solicitation notice and draft Performance Work Statement for all 8(a) small business concerns. The purpose of this notice is to advise 8(a) small businesses of an upcoming opportunity to support the NIH’s Occupational Medical Services (OMS) Employee Assistance Program and to obtain comments and questions with regards to the attached draft Performance Work Statement.

This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The solicitation will post on or about September 6, 2019. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps on a regular basis for the solicitation along with any amendments.

It is the Government's intent to solicit as a 100% small business set-aside.

An organization that is not considered a 8(a) small business under NAICS 622110, should not submit a response to this notice.

Introduction and Background:

The Occupational Medical Service (OMS) program is a critical component of the NIH biomedical research mission. It provides ongoing medical care to researchers and their support staff to protect personnel from adverse health consequences due to their work environment and to preserve research resources. The OMS works closely with safety, scientific and administrative professionals at all levels to ensure that the proper procedures and controls are in place to prevent and respond to exposures, injuries, and occupational illnesses at the NIH. The NIH OMS program serves as a national model for occupational medicine in research facilities and sets the standard for the development and implementation of novel, proactive occupational medical programs.

The primary intent of this requirement is to provide support designed to meet general and unique occupational medical needs of the biomedical research mission of the NIH. Briefly, this includes: pre-placement evaluations, enrollment into cohort medical programs based on risk, including immunizations; management of occupational injuries and illnesses; incident response and clinical care after hazard exposures, including those involving highly pathogenic organisms; assessment and triage of emergent personal illnesses; return-to-work evaluations; data management and analysis; and outreach to collaborate with OMS partners. In addition, the OMS contract supports the Employee Assistance Program, which offers assistance to employees with problems that adversely affect work performance or conduct.

Anticipated Period of Performance: This requirement will be set aside for 8(a) small businesses (FAR 19) and competed under FAR 19.8.05 Competitive Procedures. The anticipated period of performance will be a minimum base period of one (1) year and the possibility of a maximum of four (4) option years.

Anticipated contract type will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee with incentive for Award Term, The successful Contractor may be provided additional contract periods, pending evaluated successful performance.

Information Submission Instructions:

1. There is a limit of ten (10) questions per potential offeror.

a. Focus on the technical aspects of the draft PWS.

2. There will be an opportunity to ask additional questions when Request for Proposal is posted.

a. Be sure to include a valid Point of Contact when submitting questions and comments to Ms. Chaudhry.

3. Questions and comments shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing. In order to control communications with potential Offerors and ensure fairness, NO VERBAL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.

a. List the questions and comments (1-10)

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4. Questions and comments shall be submitted in writing and sent electronically to Ms. Aseia Chaudhry, Contracting Officer, at Aseia.chaudhry@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), on or before 10:00 a.m. Eastern on August 27, 2019. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time to be considered.

A Notice of Intent to Propose is due via email on or before the closing deadline of this notice. The deadline for submitting a Notice of Intent to Propose is 9:00 a.m. Eastern, September 5, 2019. The Notice of Intent to Propose shall be sent to Aseia Chaudhry, Contracting Officer, at Aseia.chaudhry@nih.gov .

Disclaimer and Important Notices: 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 law firm responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the law firm’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 review of the questions received, additional notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities.

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).