Specimen testing services for laboratory medicine

Amendment 02 to the RFP contains the following changes:

1. The receipt of the proposal intent form has hereby been changed from December 02, 2015 to December 11, 2015. This revision is located in "Att 2-Proposal Intent Response Revised" attached to this announcement.

2. The SF1449 is revised and attached as "SF1449 16-000072 Revised" to refelect the change in the proposal response date from December 23, 2015 to January 5, 2016.

3. Clarification added that Block 26 of the SF1449, TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT, shall reflect the total value of the proposal inclusive of the base and 4 (12) twelve month option periods.

4. The Technical Proprosal Volume 1, Sections 1-3 referenced in SECTION L of the solicitaion pages 34-35 shall not exceed 20 pages combined.

5. The Technical Proposal Volume 1, Section 4 referenced in SECTION L page 35 maximum page limit has changed from 15 pages to 10 pages.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged

Amendment 01 to RFP contains the following changes:

1. The receipt of proposals to the RFP has hereby changed from December 23, 2015 to January 5, 2016.

2. All qestions regarding the RFP must be received by the contracting office by December 20, 2015.

3. All proposal submissions must include a statement that the proposal is valid for at least 90 days after the receipt of the proposal.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged

The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a Single Award, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract pursuant to FAR Part 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items in conjunction FAR Part 15. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a 234-bed biomedical research hospital with an active outpatient component. The Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) processes standard, esoteric and specialized laboratory tests at the NIH/Clinical Center (CC). The laboratories housed within the CC process and report approximately one million and seven hundred thousand (1,700,000) test results per year. The NIH has a unique research role. The performance of unique or unusual tests supports ongoing clinical research and clinical trials.

The NIH estimates submitting approximately 31,000 tests per year to an off-site reference laboratory. The contractor shall provide commercial laboratory services to collect, test, and report results of patient specimen. A full outline of the requirement can be found in the Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Specimen Test List -Attachment A located in this announcement. Because of the research focus, each sample requires a high degree of methodological and reference range uniformity to ensure consistency over time.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 621511 with a size standard of $32.5 million. The resulting contract will be for a twelve (12) month base year estimated to begin on or around (March 1 2016) and four (4) twelve month option periods to include FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. All options will be evaluated. A complete RFP package will be available on or about November 20, 2015. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download via www.fbo.gov; hard copy solicitations will not be issued.

By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor ineligible for award.

Contractors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 866-606-8220, or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. Please direct all questions regarding this requirement via e-mail to the POC identified in this synopsis.