SBSS - Content Development for NBS Clearinghouse_04132023_FINAL.pdf

SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Agency/Office: HHS/HRSA/OAMP Contracting Office Location: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 Title: Content Development for the Newborn Screening Clearinghouse NAICS Code: 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

(Non-IT) Incumbent: National Institute for Children’s Health Quality, Incorporated Response Due Date: 2:00PM ET, April 26, 2023

This is a SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (hereafter referred to as “notice” or SBSSN) issued for the purpose of planning and market research. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations and this does not obligate the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award a contract now or in the future.

The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified small businesses only (including 8(a), service-disabled-veteran-owned-small business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small business, small disadvantaged business (SDB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), and women-owned small business (WOSB) to provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Development, Modernization and Enhancement (DME) support Services for the BMISS platform.

This sources sought is seeking responses from small businesses from the following sources:

• GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (Non-IT).

• SAM.gov

No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the capability assessment. All information submitted in response to this announcement must arrive on or before the closing date.

THIS IS STRICTLY MARKET RESEARCH. HRSA WILL NOT ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS

REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THIS MARKET RESEARCH. REQUESTS FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE HONORED.

Background

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care for the tens of millions of Americans who, for a variety of reasons, are medically underserved or face barriers to needed care. HRSA’s mission is to improve health and achieve health equity through access to quality services, a skilled health workforce and innovative programs. Newborn Screening (NBS) is a successful public health program implemented at the state level that saves and/or improves the lives of thousands of babies each year in the United States. Four million newborns each year are screened for conditions that are included on state’s NBS panels as recommended by the HHS Secretary. These conditions may not be apparent at birth but require early intervention and treatment. Early detection mitigates brain and organ damage, may attenuate disease severity, and prevent life-threatening complications associated with these conditions. MCHB has administered various NBS and other heritable disorders programs, which were authorized by the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-204) and reauthorized by the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-240). These programs collectively aim to enhance, improve, or expand the ability of states and local public health agencies to provide screening, counseling, and health care services to newborns and children having or at risk for having heritable disorders.

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA is providing this contract in support of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Health Service Act § 1112 (42 U.S.C. 300b-11)). The statute requires HRSA to establish and maintain a central clearinghouse of current educational and family support and services information, materials, resources, research, and data on NBS. The Newborn Screening Information Center (NBSIC) is a trusted resources for NBS and is an objective, impartial website.

Project Requirements

Please see attached DRAFT Statement of Work for project requirements.

Capability Statements

In response to this Sources Sought Notice, HRSA is seeking capability statements from small businesses who can demonstrate experience with newborn screening and content development of new materials and maintain the current educational materials in English and Spanish for a central clearinghouse of Newborn Screening (NBS) information. Capability statements are NOT proposals and do not address price/cost. The contractor community is asked for information which proves that they have expertise and capacity to meet the requirements of this work. Respondents should provide enough information for HRSA to make an informed determination of their capability to perform the work as identified below. Please provide a list of contract numbers that your organization has had (if applicable), your role on the contract (prime contractor or subcontractor) and the dollar value/percentage of the work performed. If you were a subcontractor on a particular contract, please clarify the work that you did on that contract.

No marketing literature should be submitted in response to this SBSSN. When responding to this notice, vendors must demonstrate their experience in developing and managing enterprise systems of a similar capacity that impacts multiple stakeholders and contractors. A mere statement that the vendor has a required capability is not sufficient.

When answering the following questions, vendors must provide specific and detailed examples of work that was performed that demonstrate required capabilities and the attendant level of effort that was involved.

1. Does the vendor have key personnel, subcontracts, experts and/or consultants for the following:

newborn screening; newborn and child medical/genetic conditions including presenting phenotype, diagnosis, treatment, genetic etiology and implications for family members; family education; screening practices; laboratories methods; public health impact; information technology; health education; medical home; health literacy; cultural competency and patient/family-centered care experts that have served the needs of diverse populations and stakeholders? If so, provide a description of their qualifications.

2. Does the vendor have prior and/or current projects that have similar experience in work related to newborn screening, content development for newborn screening, and management? If so, how many years has the organization and key personnel been working on issues and projects related to newborn screening.

Responses Requested

Please submit your responses by 2:00PM ET, April 26, 2023, to Shawn Horton at SHorton@hrsa.gov in the following format:

• Microsoft Word (or PDF) document with page size 8.5 by 11 inches, with a minimum of 1” margins.

• Times New Roman, font size 12 with single spacing between lines.

• Submission shall not exceed 11 pages. Cover page is not included in the total page count

Respondents are requested to state their capabilities and expertise in clear and concise language.

Respondents are strongly encouraged to avoid use of excessive marketing and sales language.

Note: Language in any resultant RFP will require all small businesses to recertify their size status at the submission of proposal. You are not required to respond to this sources sought notice if you cannot recertify your size as small.

Cover Page

Vendors shall include the following Business information on the Cover Page:

a) Sources Sought Notice number, title, and date of issuance

b) UEI

c) Company Name

d) Company Address

e) Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address

f) Current GSA Schedule, if applicable.

g) Validation of small business status under NAICS: 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services (Non-IT) (Size Standard: $27.5 million). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov.

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).

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information mailto:SHorton@hrsa.gov provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation.

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.

Respondents will not be notified of the results of this market research. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date for responses.

Teaming Arrangements

Firms seeking to respond to this notice as a team or to rely on subcontractors to perform any portion of the work must include the above-requested information and certifications for each entity on the proposed team or each proposed subcontractor. Responses must clearly indicate the nature of the teaming arrangement.

The contractor and any subcontractors must not have any relationships or arrangements through business operations or its employees that could be considered as possibly lessening the company’s objectivity concerning any aspect of the proposed tasks. If such relationships or arrangements exist, contractors or subcontractors shall be required, during the procurement process (if one occurs), to identify potential conflicts of interest and discuss how the conflicts will be addressed and mitigated.