Services to Support the Activities Conducted by the Office of the Director, Branches and Program of the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (CDC/NCEH/DEHHE), awarded two Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) basic task order contracts as a result of Solicitation #2014-N-16453.

Contract #200-2014-58722 was awarded to Cloudburst Consulting Group, Inc. and Contract #200-2014-61050 was awarded to Karna, LLC.

The IDIQ contracts will be for one (1) 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods for a total of 60 months. The IDIQ contracts were firm-fixed price with a cost reimbursable CLIN for travel. Task orders issued against these IDIQ contracts will be firm-fixed price with varying periods of performance.

Amendment 0001 is being issued to answer questions received from industry for RFP 2014-N-16453. Also, the RFP is being reissued in its entirety with this amendment. Although the affected change pages are clearly marked, Offerors are still encouraged to re-read the entire RFP. The receipt date for submission of proposals has been extended to July 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm EST. Offerors are required to acknowledge receipt of this amendment with their proposal.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health issues this Request for Proposal (RFP) for services to support activities conducted by the Office of the Director, Branches and Program of the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (NCEH/DEHHE). These services support the full range of activities related to epidemiology science, studies, and surveillance for NCEH/DEHHE. The services include: strategic development and operational support, training support, identity support, research-to-practice translation support, scientific consultation, project coordination, data and sample collection, data analysis, sample analysis, publication development and assistance, public dissemination/health communication, program/project evaluation, and scientific project development.

The solicitation number for this procurement is 2014-N-16453. This requirement is being procured as a competitive total small business set-aside under NAICS code 541990 with a size standard of $14.0 M. The total not-to-exceed ceiling price for this procurement is $20 million. This is a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirement being competed in accordance with FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation. The period of performance will be one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, with a total performance period not to exceed sixty (60) months.

Interested parties must respond to the RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. All responsible and qualified sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. No telephone requests will be honored and no bidder's list will be maintained. Notifications will not be sent to the offerors, but it is the offerors' responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps for matters relating to this acquisition and any amendments.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, will be issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for services to support activities conducted by the Office of the Director, Branches and Program of the Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (NCEH/DEHHE). These services support the full range of activities related to epidemiology science, studies, and surveillance for NCEH/DEHHE. The services include: strategic development and operational support, training support, identity support, research-to-practice translation support, scientific consultation, project coordination, data and sample collection, data analysis, sample analysis, publication development and assistance, public dissemination/health communication, program/project evaluation, and scientific project development.

The solicitation number for this procurement is #2014-N-16453. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541990. The resultant award is expected to be a multiple award Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The period of performance will be one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, with a total performance period not to exceed sixty months.

This requirement is being procured as a competitive total small business set-aside based upon the Government's evaluation of capability statements in response to Sources Sought Synopsis #2014-N-15778 posted to FedBizOpps on November 27, 2013. Only small businesses under NAICS code 541990 are eligible to compete for this acquisition. Total not-to-exceed ceiling price of the contract is $20 million with a total guaranteed minimum of $10,000.

This notice is not a request for proposals. No response to this notice is requested or required. The RFP is anticipated for release on or about May 30, 2014. Interested parties must respond to the RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. All responsible sources may submit proposals which shall be considered by the agency. No bidder's list will be maintained. Notification will not be sent to offerors regarding the issuance of the solicitation nor any of its amendments. It is the offerors' responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps for release of this acquisition and any amendments.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist via email wzo7@cdc.gov prior to the expiration date of this notice.