Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:75N94023R00007
RFP Amendment 2 is issued to amend the language contained in SECTION M -- EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD, Item 5. Technical Evaluation Factors, "Organizational Experience, Capability and Facilites" crit...
RFP Amendment 2 is issued to amend the language contained in SECTION M -- EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD, Item 5. Technical Evaluation Factors, "Organizational Experience, Capability and Facilites" criterion and, relatedly, to provide clarification to the answer provided for RFP Amendment 1 Questions and Answers, Question 15) RFP AMENDMENT 1 LANGUAGE FROM 5.10.2023 BEGINS HERE: RFP Amendment 1 dated 5.10.2023 is issued to respond to questions from potential offerors. ORIGINAL POSTING LANGUAGE FROM 4.07.2023 BEGINS HERE: This Solicitation is issued by the NICHD Office of Acquisitions on behalf of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). This acquisition is being competed as a 100% Set-Aside for Small Business concerns whereby only Small Business concerns will be eligible for award. The small business size standard for the associated NAICS is $19.5M. A small business ¿concern¿, as defined by FAR 19.001, means any business entity organized for profit (even if its ownership is in the hands of a nonprofit entity) with a place of business located in the United States or its outlying areas and that makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy through payment of taxes and/or use of American products, material and/or labor, etc. "Concern" includes but is not limited to an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative. For more information, see 13 CFR 121.105. Additionally, for acquisitions conducted under a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, per FAR 19.505(b)(1)(i), ¿Limitations on Subcontracting¿, the concern [small business prime contractor] will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities [e.g. also small businesses]. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the concern's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. In other words, for acquisitions conducted under 100% small business set-asides, the small business prime contractor cannot function as a ¿pass-though¿ entity where the majority of the contract expenditures are going to ¿other than¿ small business concerns. This acquisition represents a follow-on requirement to the active NIAAA Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS) contract, HHSN275201800004C, with CSR, Incorporated. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) developed the Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS) project under a contract in 2003 to provide statistical analysis and statistical programming support for use by NIAAA staff who are conducting alcohol-related epidemiologic research. The contractor provides NIAAA staff with technical support including expert statistical analysis and statistical programming to facilitate publication by NIAAA staff of secondary analyses of epidemiologic survey and other data in reports and scientific journals. Major products are Surveillance Reports which are published on the NIAAA website (https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/) and scientific manuscripts which are published by NIAAA staff in peer-reviewed journals. Technical support services of the AEDS contract are available for use by in-house NIAAA staff. Contractor performance requirements include: 1. Producing Surveillance Reports that detail national trends in alcohol consumption and related areas; 2. Providing technical statistical analyses and programming support assistance to NIAAA research staff producing alcohol-related epidemiologic manuscripts that examine use of alcohol in US population and related topics of importance to NIAAA; and 3. Providing technical assistance for in-house staff to answer queries regarding alcohol epidemiology by performing statistical data analyses and/or accessing existing publications. The NIAAA anticipates awarding one (1) cost plus fixed fee term level-of effort contract with a base period of one year plus four successive 12-month term options for a total potential period of performance of five years if all term options are exercised. It is anticipated that the award will be made on or around September 15, 2023, with an effective start date of September 27, 2023. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ONLY. OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTINELY CHECKING THE SAM.GOV CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES WEBSITE FOR ANY POSSIBLE SOLICITATION AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. Any responsible small business concern offeror may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the Agency. This notice does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted. Proposals must be submitted via the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website at https://ecps.nih.gov. Submission of proposals by facsimile or e-mail is not acceptable. For directions on using eCPS, go to the website (https://ecps.nih.gov) and then click on ¿How to Submit¿. See ATTACHMENT 1 of the RFP for full details.
