Notice of Intent to sole source.pdf

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PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT)

SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT

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

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA) on behalf of the National Institute of Arthritus and Musculoskelteal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) intends to negotiate and award a Purchase Order without providing for full and open competition to IQ Solutions, Inc. for management, technical, logistical, and administrative services for the continued operation of two national information clearinghouses.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541614 with a Size Standard of $20.0 million.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-01 effective 01 December 2022.

This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR Subpart 8.405-6 Limiting Sources.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Background

The goal of this acquisition is to acquire support services for the continued operation of two national information clearinghouses, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Information Clearinghouse (NIC) and the NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center (NRC). In dealing with the public and other clearinghouse users, each of these two Congressionally-mandated national information clearinghouses has a separate identity.

The nature of the support services for these clearinghouses is to provide public inquiry response, materials development, materialsmanagement and dissemination, database development, web site development and management, meeting and exhibit support, graphic design and production, communications planning and outreach, and a variety of other communications activities in support of the NIAMS' mission. The acquisition is for the purchase of these varied communications services.

TYPE OF ORDER

This is a Time-and-Materials Task Order.

SERVICES

Specific services required under this contract include:

• Project management and planning

• Response to information requests

• Materials development

• Materials management and inventory control

• Health/science writing and editing

• Video production and editing

• Graphic design and production services

• Printing and reproduction

• Development and maintenance of reference files and databases

• Support and services for website cloud hosting and content management

• Website development and management

• Digital and social media support, including third-party websites (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube)

• Communications research and evaluation

• Outreach and promotion

• Exhibit and meeting support

• Media monitoring and outreach

• Reporting, including measurement tools and metrics

• Transition planning and closeout

Period of Performance 1/15/23 to 1/14/24

PAYMENT

Payment will be issue after within 30 days after invoice is received.

CLOSING STATEMENT

This is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.”

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses must be received by Friday, January 6, 2022 12:00 P.M. EST. Responses must be submitted via email to derek.bowks@nih.gov.

“All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.”

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:derek.bowks@nih.gov