NIAAA Alcohol Policy Information System

This notice is issued by the NICHD Office of Acquisitions on behalf of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. There is no solicitation available at this time.

The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of all qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran­ owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification according to the North American Industry Classification System, (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set­ aside is possible.
An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.

The NAICS Code applicable to this announcement is 519130 ¿ Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals. The small business size standard for this NAICS is 1,000 employees.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is seeking capability statements from small business organizations (NAICS 519130; small business size standard is 1,000 employees) with experience in publishing reliable information on a publicly accessible web-site about public policies relating to alcohol and consumption and related behaviors, specifically laws and regulations addressing various aspects of alcohol beverage production, packaging, transportation, marketing, taxations, sales, and consumption. Many of these policies are established by governments at all levels (Federal, State, County, and Municipal).

Beyond website maintenance and ensuring data security requirements, the contractor performs legal research to identify and acquire accurate and detailed information on alcohol policies adopted at the Federal and State levels through appropriate electronic resources, develops and provides descriptive overviews and detailed characterizations of specific policy provisions, and updates/maintains the research resource in a manner that permits search and retrieval of policy information by a variety of flexible criteria.

The planned acquisition is a follow-on requirement to active contract HHSN275201800002C, awarded to The CDM Group Inc. with a period of performance 01/01/2018 through 12/31/2022.

See the attachment to this announcement entitled SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT 75N94022R00011 for instructions on how to respond to this announcement.