SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Ethics Support Services
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2011-031-KCC
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2010
- Point of Contact
- Kenya Crawford, Phone: 3014350358
- E-Mail Address
-
crawfordke@nhlbi.nih.gov
(crawfordke@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Title: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Ethics Support Services This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice (SS). This is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small business; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small business; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business, under the applicable NAICS code, should not submit a response to this notice. The NAICS code for the project is 541611. The small business size standard is $5M. Purpose and Project Requirements: The purpose of this proposed acquisition is to identify qualified organizations that can provide expert assistance and support to the Office of Administrative Management (OAM), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) in functions related to Ethics actions and analyses. Specifically, the contractor shall perform the following tasks: (1) Assist with solicitation, processing, tracking, analysis and follow-up of all Confidential Financial Disclosure Forms (OGE-450) such they can be certified by Deputy of Ethics Counselors (DECs); (2) Assist with solicitation, processing, tracking, analysis and follow-up of all Public Financial Disclosure Forms (SF-278) using the NIH Enterprise Ethics System such that they can be certified by the DEC; (3) Assist with solicitation, processing, tracking, analysis and follow-up of all Annual Report of Outside Activities (HHS-521) forms such that they can be certified by the DEC; (4) Assists with the preparation and submission of the annual ethics training report; (5) Assists with coordinating and reviewing other ethics activities as needed, including official duty activities, outside activities, honorary degrees, awards, widely attended gatherings, CRADAs, clinical protocols, Material Transfer Agreements, waivers and authorizations, HHS-716 review, and the like, so that they can be signed by the DEC; (6) Assists with reviewing travel documentation for ethics purposes (i.e. sponsored travel); (7) Provide ethics training to NIBIB staff; (8) Attend meetings of the DECs and Ethics Coordinators; (9) Assists with responding to ad hoc ethics inquiries from Institute staff; (10) Assists with the preparation of other reports as may be requested by the NIH Ethics Office during the course of the project period; (11) Transfer ethics records to other Institutes and Centers as appropriate; and (12) Assists as the NIBIB Ethics Liaison with the NIH Ethics Office It is anticipated that the level of effort shall not exceed a maximum of 20-hours per week. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance for this proposed acquisition is 12-months from the award date. Capability Statement/Information Sought: Small businesses possessing experience and demonstrated capability to accomplish the aforementioned requirements are to supply pertinent information in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to successfully perform the required services. Information furnished must not exceed 5 pages (12-point font minimum), included all attachments, resumes, charts, etc. All responses must include an indication of current certified small business status, and clearly marked on the first page of the capability statement, as well as the eligible small business concern’s name, point of contact, address, and DUNS number. Information Submission Instructions: All Capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted, electronically (via email) to Kenya Crawford, Contract Specialist, at crawfordke@mail.nih.gov in either MS Word, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by December 10, 2010, 2:00 PM EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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