SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Information technology systems infrastructure for a prospective U.S. cohort set within health care systems to study cancer
- Notice Date
- 12/29/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NCI-SBSS-ETSB-1008-58
- Point of Contact
- Rosa M. Lopez, Phone: 2402765426, Jill Johnson, Phone: 240-276-5395
- E-Mail Address
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rosa.lopez@nih.gov, jill.johnson2@nih.gov
(rosa.lopez@nih.gov, jill.johnson2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Type of Notice: 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 the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Background: The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) focuses on research to discover genetic and environmental determinants of cancer and identifying new approaches to cancer prevention. Purpose and Objectives: DCEG plans to build a prospective multi-center adult cohort study of 150,000-200,000 adult participants enrolled through U.S. integrated health care systems to study the causes of cancer and the means of its prevention. The core objectives of the cohort are for participants to complete an online consent followed by an online questionnaire, and provide blood and urine donation as well as possibly discard samples (e.g. discard Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) cards). The cohort will additionally have all of the desirable attributes of a contemporary study as part of its core objectives including serial biospecimens, tumor tissue, comprehensive data from Electronic Medical Records (EMR) on elements such as drug prescription, medical conditions and procedures, and repeated questionnaires combined with reliable passive and long-term follow-up strategies for cancer ascertainment. In addition to providing a rich source of information for a wide variety of hypotheses about the etiology of cancer, the cohort infrastructure will also be designed to allow investigation of non-cancer outcomes (e.g. cardiovascular events, diabetes). It would also allow for enhancements to be added at any phase to allow more detailed assessment of certain exposures (e.g. environmental exposures, lifestyle factors), collection of additional specimens (e.g. oral wash, stool), and to facilitate patient-centered and health delivery research to improve patient care through evidence-based decisions. Project Requirements: Three separate acquisitions are anticipated to create the proposed successful large-scale cohort, including a support service contractor for field activities (See Sources Sought Notice HHS-NIH-NCI-ETSB-1007-58); software solution for IT systems infrastructure; and integrated health care system(s) to serve as recruitment sites (See Sources Sought Notice HHS-NIH-NCI-ETSB-1009-58). This notice pertains to the software solutions for IT systems infrastructure. The successful software solution contractor will provide a cost-effective integrated study and data management system that will utilize state-of-the-art data analytics platforms to capture all study related data and to monitor all study activities related to recruitment, enrollment, specimen collection, follow-up and add on components. The successful contractor will also be responsible for providing the study website, systems integration, database system, and data management. This infrastructure will also serve as a platform for data and biospecimen access for researchers. The successful contractor will work in collaboration with the recruitment sites, support service contractor for field activities, the NCI, and other entities through all the various study activities. Specific tasks to be performed by the successful contractor include the following: (a)Develop and maintain a study website with different dashboards and tiered access for different roles. For example, the website shall include: user-friendly interface to be used by participants (e.g. to complete e-consent and questionnaires, access study information), the study team (e.g. to access real-time monitoring of study activities) and researchers (e.g. to provide access to query of data for high level planning and for research analysis). (b)Develop and maintain a study monitoring and management system (similar to a Customer Relationship Management system) that integrates and tracks all study operations, including automated reports, reminders etc. The system shall have the capability to be accessed through multiple devices (e.g. computer, tablet, smart phone) by the study team. (c)Identify and implement system integration of research data from multiple sources (e.g. e-questionnaire, electronic medical records, laboratory information management system, linkage data) into an integrated database system that is centrally accessible. (d)Develop an automated data management system that incorporates automated quality control checks, provides extensive logs for error checking, and alerts errors that require troubleshooting on a study dashboard. (e)Develop a data query tool system (e.g. Entity-Attribute-Value Model) that can be accessed through the study website and will provide data without personal identifiers. The tool shall allow to researchers to perform queries on the following: research data overview, visualization, export, in-depth analysis, metadata on variables, data processing rules and guidelines. (f)Implement and maintain robust privacy and data security protections in accordance with Agency policies. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance for this requirement is one year, with four one-year option periods. Capability Statement/Information Sought: We encourage all responsible small business sources to submit a capability statement which will be considered by NCI. All Small Business sources that previously responded to Sources Sought Notice HHS-NIH-NCI-SS-ETSB-1008-58 may respond to this Small Business Sources Sought by submitting a new capability statement. In the absence of a new capability statement, the original response will be considered. Organizations that submit capability statements in response to this notice shall clearly document and demonstrate the capability to accomplish the following: 1.Ability to customize existing software solution(s), or if need be to develop software, for any or all of individual the IT systems listed below: (a)Study website/dashboards, (b)Study monitoring and management system, (c)System integration, (d)Automated data management system, and (e)Data query tool. 2.Ability and innovation to incorporate all the following key requirements for the IT systems infrastructure: integrated comprehensive system that interoperates with various data sources; real-time access by different users for monitoring and managing study activities and for research data query; online and paperless; automated with built-in consistency checks; and extensible to accommodate new study components. 3.Ability and willingness to work with collaborators, in particular if vendor is unable to provide all IT systems infrastructure. Interested qualified organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 20 pages (12-point font minimum), including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc., that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. Capability statements should also include an outline of previous or similar projects performed. 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 Sources Sought notice must be received electronically (via email) by Rosa Lopez, Contract Specialist at rosa.lopez@nih.gov, Catherine Kennedy at catherine.kennedy3@nih.gov, and Jill Johnson, Contracting Officer at jill.johnson2@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) by January 6, 2017, 2:00 PM, Eastern Time. 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 the information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure 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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