Proposal Management System

Added: Sep 06, 2016 3:08 pm The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda.

Additional information regarding USU can be found on our website: www.usuhs.mil.

USU has a requirement for a Proposal Management System, to include a base period of one (1) year with two one (1) year option periods.

In 2015, USU completed migration from MIT COEUS to Kuali COEUS (KC). In 2016, USU implemented additional improvements to KC with the Ariah Open Source AGPL3 to maintain our ability to local-host and affect the code base of the system. This statement of work seeks commercial support to leverage the Ariah AGPL3 to move the USU to a comprehensive eRA solution.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a request for quotes (RFQ) for commercial items in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This RFQ incorporates all provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-89-1 (August 15, 2016) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) (August 30, 2016).

This requirement is set-aside for small business concerns under NAICS code 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services with a size standard of $27,500,000. In order to be eligible for award, offerors must be registered in www.SAM.gov, with completed representations and certifications by the close date of the solicitation.

Offerors interested in responding to this requirement must provide a quote for the requested services outlined in the statement of work. A single firm fixed-priced (FFP) purchase order will be awarded.

See attached RFQ and Provisions and Clauses including two fill-in Provisions