Commercialization Assistance Program

Added: Feb 19, 2014 3:39 pm

1.       DATE:  February 19, 2014

2.       Period of Performance:  one year from award date with (4) one year options

3.       Contracting Office and ZIP code:  National Library of Medicine 20817

4.       Classification code:  The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) is 541611—Administrative Management and General Consulting Services with a small business size standard of $14.0 million.  For the calculation of annual receipts and number of employees see parts 121.104 and 121.106 in SBA’s Small Business Size Regulations, http://www.sba.gov/regulations/121/.

5.       Contracting Office Address:  6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 105 Bethesda, MD 20817

6.       Subject:  SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION.

7.       Proposed Solicitation Number:  NIHLM2014085

8.       Closing Response Date:  March 4, 2014

9.       CONTACT POINT OR CONTRACTING OFFICER:  Reginald Brown

10.   CONTRACT AWARD AND SOLICITATION NUMBER:  NIHLM2014085

11.   CONTRACT AWARD DOLLAR  AMOUNT:  approximately $6.3M

12.   CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER:  N/A

13.   CONTRACT AWARD DATE:  TBD

14.   CONTRACTOR:  TBD

15.   DESCRIPTION: 

The purpose of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) is to help NIH Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II awardees accelerate the transition of their NIH-funded technologies under the SBIR and STTR programs into the marketplace. CAP is designed to provide participants with individualized assistance toward accomplishing the following goals:

•     Developing or improving strategic business planning

•     Developing or improving market identification, definition, and research capabilities

•     Developing or improving marketing materials

•     Developing a roadmap for and establishing licensing opportunities

•     Developing a roadmap for and establish strategic and/or investment partnerships

•     Seeking regulatory and/or reimbursement approvals

CAP is a mentoring and training program that includes one-on-one business counseling organized around topics that will contribute to the development of a strategic action plan, business plan, or a licensing or go-to-market strategy. Additionally, the CAP seeks to provide robust strategic and technical assistance to program participants seeking help with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory and approval processes, typically representing a significant proportion of companies funded by the NIH SBIR and STTR programs. 

A Firm-Fixed Price services type contract will be awarded for a Base Year plus  Four Option Years, consisting of 12 months each, if exercised by the Government.

Base Year:       04/01/2014 – 03/31/2015

Option Year1:  04/01/2015 – 03/31/2016

Option Year2:  04/01/2016 – 03/30/2017

Option Year3:  04/01/2017 – 03/30/2018

Option Year4:  04/01/2018 – 03/30/2019

The contractor shall furnish all management, supervision, labor, transportation, and equipment to provide janitorial services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW) necessary to provide Janitorial Services in compliance with all local, and Federal laws at the Headquarters Management and Research Facility (HMRF), Washington, DC.  The government will award a contract from this Request for Proposal (RFP) to the responsible contractor whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, using tradeoff process and using evaluation factors such as past performance, and risk. 

The RFP Number NIHLM2014085, will be issued on 19 FEBRUARY 2014 with a closing date/ receipt of proposals on 5 MARCH 2014, which will be posted on the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation and/or amendments will be distributed. It is the potential contractor's responsibility to use this avenue (FEDBIZOPPS) for release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. If you have any questions, you may contact the Contract Specialist, Mr. Reginald Brown, at (301) 435-4393 or via e-mail at reginald.brown3@nih.gov. All questions shall be communicated to the Government no later than 24 February 2014.

Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM can be obtained by accessing the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/#1 or by calling 1-888-227-2423.

The solicitation will be issued in accordance with FAR Part 15 contracting by negotiation, competitive acquisitions using a variety of best value trade-off process, past performance, risk rating, and price; which will be described in more detail on the RFP.  The selection panel will evaluate contractor’s proposals using other than price when combined; 1) the non-price factors will be significantly more important than price.

16.   PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE:  dependent upon vendor award

17.   SET-ASIDE STATUS:  This requirement is issued as a set-aside for Small Business (S/B)

*see attached RFQ and SOW