SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- NIH Sign Language Interpreting Services - PWS
- Notice Date
- 7/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541930
— Translation and Interpretation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- SS-NIHOD2015072
- Point of Contact
- Terita R Stevenson, Phone: 301-402-3727
- E-Mail Address
-
stevenst@od.nih.gov
(stevenst@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PWS Introduction This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American 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 NAICS code 541930, with a size standard of $7.5 million should not submit a response to this notice. Background NIH prides itself on being an inclusive and collaborative agency and is committed to meeting the diverse needs of its staff, patients and visiting family members, and visitor/guests. Members of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) community consider NIH a workplace of choice for providing quality sign language interpreting services that enable them to perform the essential duties of their job, fully participate in social activities, trainings a seminars; and enjoy full access to all the benefits of working at NIH. These essential services also allow patients and visitors/guests to engage in all that NIH has to offer. Project Requirements See attached: NIH Sign Language Interpreting Services PWS Capability Statement Small business concerns that believe they possess the capabilities necessary to undertake this work should submit complete documentation of their capabilities to the Contracting Officer. The capabilities statement must specifically address each project requirement separately. Additionally, the capability statement should include 1) the total number of employees, 2) the professional qualifications, and technical personnel as it relates to the attached PWS requirements, 3) a description of general and specific facilities and equipment available 4) an outline of previous projects that are similar to the project requirements in which the organization and proposed personnel have participated, and 5) any other information considered relevant to this program (training, regulations, etc). The capability statement must not exceed 15 single sided or 7.5 double sided pages in length and using a 12-point font size minimum. Interested small business organizations are required to identify their size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone numbers of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Terita Stevenson, Contract Specialist, at stevenst@od.nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), within 15 calendar days of the date of this announcement. All responses must be received by 1:00 pm, EST. on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, in order to be considered. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your 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 review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) performance-based contract to provide centralized sign language interpreting services for NIH staff, patients, and visitors who are deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH), in accordance with the terms and conditions specified herein, and in compliance with all applicable Federal laws. It will be for a base plus four (twelve month) option years with an approximate award date of January 1, 2016. All information pertaining to this procurement will only be posted and made available for viewing and downloading on the Government Electronic Posting System (FBO) site at https://www.fbo.gov. It is the responsibility of interested concerns to review this site frequently for updates.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OoA/SS-NIHOD2015072/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health (NIH), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03814072-W 20150730/150729000503-1b00f87814cbd0904f6b372cce2ce2d5 (fbodaily.com)
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