SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Unique Identification Tagging Project - Draft Statement of Work (SOW)
- Notice Date
- 12/14/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- #541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2017923MH
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2017
- Point of Contact
- Mario Henriquez, Phone: 301-827-7629, Sally Boakye, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
mario.henriquez@nih.gov, boakyes@mail.nih.gov
(mario.henriquez@nih.gov, boakyes@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work (SOW) This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ). NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. 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; 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. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on scientific and technical issues, except environmental) with a small business size standard of $15 million. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting a Market Survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, 8(a) firms, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, women-owned small businesses and/or HUBZone small businesses capable of serving the needs identified below: Background Rigor and reproducibility has become an important subject of biomedical research policies due to the realization that the inability to uniquely identify research resources, such as antibodies and model organisms, makes it difficult or impossible to reproduce experiments even if findings are supported by the original scientific observations. Recent studies (PeerJ, DOI 10.7717, 2013) reported that 54% of the resources published in journal articles of several major biomedical fields are not uniquely identifiable in publications, regardless of domain, journal impact factor or reporting requirements. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to promoting rigorous and transparent research in all areas of science supported by a variety of grant programs. Recently, updates to application instructions and review language intended to enhance reproducibility through rigor and transparency have been implemented for research grants and mentored career development awards. One of the key requirement for the applicants is the necessity to address key biological and/or chemical resources which include, but are not limited to, cell lines, animals, specialty chemicals, antibodies and other biologics. These biological resources are an integral part of the research and are contributing to the experimental variability. Another important aspect of improving reproducibility of experimental results is the support that NIH provides to the useful research resources. The Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), one of the Office of Research Infrastructure Program's (ORIP's) major components, supports research to develop new animal models (e.g. rodents, invertebrates, nonhuman primates), cultured cells, biological materials, reagents and informatics systems, as well as shared resources with the goal to distribute, characterize, maintain, and archive them for use by other biomedical researchers. In such resources, organisms and biologicals are produced in standard conditions and are delivered to the scientists with guaranteed assurance of the quality and reproducibility of the phenotype and properties as well as significant accompanied information regarding description and original source of the biomaterials. Unfortunately, the current publication practices do not make it easy to identify when these or other resources are used. Even if they are cited, it is very difficult to conduct a global search to extract that information. The major reason is the absence of the standards and sufficient identifying information. Scientists should also be blamed for the problem since, despite the existence of the nomenclature authorities, they often are not unambiguously identifying the exact source of the biomaterials used for the experiments in their publications. Therefore, there is a need for the development and maintenance of the citation system for research resources which will serve the biomedical community to correctly report the animal research resources, accurately replicate and extend the findings and will allow resource distributors and funding agencies to monitor the use of the model organisms and biomaterials. One of the effective solutions to the problem is the use of research resource identifiers on which all stakeholders, such as scientists, government representatives, publishers, and commercial producers, can agree. Purpose and Objective This contract shall provide maintenance and further develop the citation system for research resources supported by the DCM. The system shall allow the following: a. Uniquely identify the particular resource; b. Be machine processable; c. Be outside any paywall: and d. Be uniform across publishers. The system shall maintain and update, as needed, existing indexes already assigned to the primary catalog data from DCM supported resources and shall curate new sources of the data when they become available. A very important function of the system is the dissemination of knowledge about the unique identifiers and assistance to the biomedical investigators in the assignment and use to fulfill obligation of the NIH-funded investigators to adhere to Rigor and Reproducibility standards. The results of the use of implemented system shall be reported to the model organism repositories as well as NIH staff. Specific tasks include the following: • Maintenance of Existing Indexes; • Curation of New Resources; and • Dissemination of Unique Identification System. A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this Sources Sought Notice. The proposed acquisition will be procured in accordance with the policies and procedures under FAR Parts 12 and 13.5. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This Sources Sought Notice is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available. Response Requirements: Please submit the following information: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement should contain enough sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed five (5) pages. The capability statement should also include the following: • Contract name; • Contracting Agency or Department; • Yearly contract value (in $); • Period of performance; and • Description of work and how it relates to the NLM requirements. (b) The capability statement should include references, key personnel, and any teaming arrangements needed to fulfill the requirements. It must identify the responder's small business type and size; DUNS number; NAICS code; GSA SIN Number, and technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 3:00 PM EST on Thursday December 22, 2016 to Mario Henriquez Mario.henriquez@nih.gov and Sally Boakye boakyes@mail.nih.gov. 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. Confidentiality: 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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