SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Internet Website Crawlng, Filtering and Documentation
- Notice Date
- 3/20/2008
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, MD, 20857-0001, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- FDA-SOL-08-00539
- Response Due
- 4/3/2008
- Archive Date
- 4/3/2008
- Point of Contact
- Ted Weitzman, Contracting Officer , Phone 301-827-7178, Fax 301-827-7101, - Brenda Lee, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-827-7036
- E-Mail Address
-
ted.weitzman@fda.hhs.gov, brenda.lee@fda.hhs.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U. S. Food and Drug and Administration intend to award a competitive requirement for Internet Website Crawling, Filtering and Documentation. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subparts 12.6 and 13.5 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation FDA-SOL-08-00539 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-24. This is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 519130. The small business size standard is 500 employees. This is a firm fixed price contract. The period of performance is from effective date of award through 12 months plus four option periods. The contractor shall identify, confirm and rank websites engaged in targeted activity that meet FDA search criteria which will be given to the contractor at time of award. This requirement also includes website activity and site ranking criteria. Ranking is by the amount of website activity and by numbers of links to a site and by the sophistication and complexity of the appearance of the pages. FDA will provide a list of URLs and websites (target areas) to the contractor for persistent investigative and market research monitoring of specifically identified mal-content related to fraudulent bird flu products. The contractor shall provide internet crawling, investigation, market research, website filtering, and website documentation for the target sites. The contractor shall provide progress reports monthly and for high risk areas the contractor shall provide progress report(s) within one week. These reports include website target identification, target content, threshold, site filtering, scoring, site reviewing and confirmation. The contractor shall help the FDA manage its targeted mal-content merchants through a combination of proactive and persistent site analysis coupled with a detailed case management system that allows confirmation and data collection on suspected violations and merchants. The contractor shall supply all of the necessary personnel, supplies, equipment, and facilities to perform the following tasks. The contractor shall have the capability to manage a changing database of targeted mal-content merchants through a combination of proactive and persistent site analysis, investigation and market research coupled with a detailed case management system that allows analyst confirmation (and data collection) on suspected violations. The basic steps of the process are as follows: Step 1 - Identify Target Sites: FDA will provide the contractor with their known list of URLs and websites. The contractor shall identify all known and relevant pages associated with that list. The contractor shall crawl the internet to identify pages associated with specific content to be identified by FDA. Step 2 - Content Targets and Thresholds: The contractor shall crawl each page of the target areas to determine if any target content violations appear to exist. Step 3- Filter and Score Sites: During the crawling process, the contractor shall use technology to score and reviewed pages based on content, links, website transaction activity and other mal-content precursors. The scoring data will be used to determine which pages are forward to the Government analyst/representative for human confirmation. Step 4- Review & Confirm: Each site that meets the FDA content thresholds (as determined by the contractor?s scoring algorithms) shall be analyzed by the contractor to confirm such content meets FDA criteria. Step 5 -Action & Report: The confirmed violations shall be reported to FDA in a password protected and unique portal. The FDA shall have the ability to manage each record, add website specific data, and use tools to assist in
- Place of Performance
- Address: US
- Zip Code: 20857
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20857
- Record
- SN01537223-W 20080322/080320223511 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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