Presolicitation_Notice.docx

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Acquisition Division (EAD), Norfolk, VA, on behalf of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), is soliciting an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type of contract for Independent External Peer Reviews. The nature of the work to be performed primarily involves independently identifying, selecting, and compensating reviewers based on their expert qualifications and rigorous peer review standards, and providing all logistical support for each review. Expertise that may be required will be for various scientific topics related to NMFS fisheries management issues, such as:

The contractor must have knowledge of and access to a sufficiently large pool of qualified experts to accommodate 15 - 25 desk-type or panel-type reviews per year with an average of three reviewers needed per review. Deliverables in the form of final peer review reports are also independently reviewed by the contractor’s qualified technical team before delivery to the NMFS. Requirements for independent external peer reviews can vary in the type of review, the number of external reviewers, the number of days required from each external reviewer, and the dates of the review.

This procurement is a 100% set-aside for businesses that are certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as participants in the 8(a) Business Development program and that are small businesses under the applicable NAICS code, which is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. NAICS code 541690 has a corresponding size standard of $15,000,000.00. The acquisition will be issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) in accordance with FAR Parts 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; the RFQ will be issued on or about June 25, 2019 with quotes due on or about July 12, 2019. The anticipated award date is August 30, 2019. The Government anticipates awarding one five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from this solicitation. Task orders issued against any resulting contract may be firm, fixed priced, time and materials, or labor hour types of task orders. The RFQ will be issued via electronic posting on the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps or FBO) web page www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of the RFQ will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor FedBizOpps for the release of the RFQ and all subsequent amendments. Prospective contractors who are interested in submitting a quote for this acquisition are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service and to be on the Interested Vendors List for this acquisition (see applicable tab within FedBizOpps where this synopsis is posted). Offerors are encouraged to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to submitting a quote. For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via e-mail to Elizabeth Lotz, Contract Specialist, at Elizabeth.Lotz@noaa.gov or via telephone at (757) 441-6557.