The National Institutes Of Health Comprehensive Nationwide Emergency and Short Term Back Up Child/Adult/Elder Care Placement Service
Closed Solicitation Posted
This opportunity was awarded. See the award notice from .
- Solicitation number
- NIHOLAO2020G00005
- Agency
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Office of Logisitics and Acquisition Operations
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561 Administrative and Support Services
- PSC
- R799 Support- Management: Other
- Place of performance
- Bethesda MD 20892 USA
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health seeks to award a fixed-price contract for a comprehensive nationwide emergency and short-term backup child/adult/elder care placement service. The contractor must demonstrate the ability to deliver and manage a reliable, monitored placement service with nationwide availability, especially in the Washington D.C. area, to provide childcare, mildly ill care, and adult/elder care within two hours of notification. The contractor will also be responsible for collecting and reporting data, as well as technical and administrative support. Proposals are due by July 13, 2020 and the anticipated award is a one-year contract effective September 29, 2020, with potential option years extending to September 28, 2025.
There is no set-aside designated for this procurement. The primary NAICS code is 624410 and PSC code is R499. The incumbent contractor is Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. under the current contract. Pricing will include an annual access fee paid by NIH as well as hourly care fees billed directly to and collected from NIH users by the contractor. The place of performance is Bethesda, Maryland and services must be available nationwide and 24/7/365 to NIH employees. An amendment clarified requirements and answered questions from potential offerors.
Notice text
The NIH requires a contractor to demonstrate its ability to effectively and efficiently deliver and manage a reliable, monitored and comprehensive nationwide back-up child/adult/elder care placement service that provides the following:
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• An annual firm fixed fee structure in which the NIH pays an annual access fee and the NIH user pays an hourly cost of care fee.
• Direct billing and collection of the cost-of-care fees from the NIH user by the contractor.
• Availability to reserve and receive care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Availability throughout the United States, especially in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area (i.e., Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia).
• Registration and reservation systems accessible and operable by toll-free telephone and web-based application.
• Child care (in home, licensed child care center, licensed family child care, and licensed camp for children up to 13 years of age or children who are disabled and under the age of 18 years) within two (2) hours of notification by telephone and web-based application.
• Mildly ill care (in home) within two (2) hours of notification by telephone and web-based application.
• Adult/elder/self-care (in home) within two (2) hours of notification by telephone and web-based application.
• Collection and provision of data on all aspects of the contract in the form of monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the Contacting Officer’s Representative (COR) and/or the designated alternate COR.
• Complete and necessary technical and administrative support for all aspects of the service.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NIHOLAO2020G00005 Amendment 00001.pdf.pdf | ||
| RFP NIHOLAO2020G00005.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| The National Institutes Of Health Comprehensive Nationwide Emergency and Short Term Back Up Child/Adult/Elder Care Placement Service | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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