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DESCRIPTION: The National Institutes of Health - NICHD intends to procure the services of a contractor to provide Orcid Membership for Premium/Large Organizations. ORCID Inc is the sole source of this... DESCRIPTION: The National Institutes of Health - NICHD intends to procure the services of a contractor to provide Orcid Membership for Premium/Large Organizations. ORCID Inc is the sole source of this membership service to track PIs and their publications or grant applications and did not have any authorized resellers of this proprietary product in the past. However, NICHD office of Acquisition wants to post it in the open in case there are changes and other 3rd party vendors can offer the same services. ORCID is a unique international collaboration between authors, publishers and funders like NIH. It is the only service that provides a unique persistent identifier for a scientific author. It is the only way to reliably track authors across multiple papers, even if they change their name, or if there is more than one person with the same name. NIH uses ORCID to help track our investigators and their scientific publications. With ORCID, NIH can track people throughout their career, even if they change jobs, their names, or have a common name, which helps us better understand the impacts of our funding and training. NIH recently received OMB clearance to require ORCID identifiers for PIs of all grant applications. This full Membership fee will support technical consultation to make system changes and data feeds to support operations. NIH has OMB clearance to require ORCID identifiers for PIs of all grant applications. ORCID is now integrated into eRA and SciENcv, two NIH systems to manage grants. This full Membership fee supports technical consultation to make system changes and data feeds to support operations. ORCID is a unique international collaboration between authors, publishers and funders like NIH. It is the only known service that provides a unique persistent identifier for a scientific author. It is the only known way to reliably track authors across multiple papers, even if they change their name, or if there is more than one person with the same name. NIH uses ORCID to help track our investigators and their scientific publications. With ORCID, NIH can track people throughout their career, even if they change jobs, their names, or have a common name, which this helps us better understand the impacts of our funding and training. A couple years ago another vendor submitted their capability statement in response to the Notification to Sole-Source. The vendor was named Quadyster and specialized in providing information technology Cloud Services. Upon review, it was determined that the capabilities statement from Quadyster did not provide any details on their ability to be an authorized reseller of ORCID memberships (it looked to be something small businesses hand out during industry/vendor days). In addition, their quote did not provide enough details to even assess whether the vendor could deliver the full premium membership features of ORCID.org, as described at https://orcid.org/about/membership. The price in comparison to ORCID was only $5 less and it wasn’t clear if support was subject to incur additional costs (quote stated, “The pricing provided is only for the software licenses, renewal & support as stated above. Software and installation are not part of the pricing provided.”). In the end, it was determined that proceeding with an award to ORCID as a sole-source was the most advantageous to the Government and it would be costly if the Government was required to purchase and install new software and unclear if they were even an authorized reseller of the product. This proposed procurement is for a service for which the government does not intend to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis to ORCID Inc. but rather hereby encourages any vendor able to secure the same membership to provide their quotes.. In order to comply with the requirements in this solicitation number # HHSNORCID05102021, the responses should be based on our interpretation of the general requirements provided below. Combined Synopsis/solicitation: The proposed contract action is for a continuation of previous services. However, qualified vendors and distributors may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotations. This notice is a request for competitive quotes and all quotes received within the time and date of publication of this " Notice” will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a future competitive procurement. HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this project, interested parties must be registered in beta SAM and submit a price quotation by 9:00 am, ET, May 25th, 2021. Offerors should submit one copy of the quote to MOE FILALI via email. Electronic transmissions to Moe.Filali@nih.gov are preferable but must be timely. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure the proposal is received by the date and time shown above. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is HHSNORCID05102021 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-05. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541990. However, this solicitation is not set aside for small business. Period of Performance: June 1st, 2021 through May 31st, 2022 The service agreements period of performance should begin upon delivery of product. Award will be made on a lowest quote basis. Software must comply with the Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ‘794 d). Please provide statement on quote that software is 508 compliant. Please provide a copy of the software license with the quote. The Section 508 standards applicable to this contract/order are identified below: a. A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). b. Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. c. Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. d. Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. e. A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. f. When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by Assistive Technology. g. When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with 1194.21(a) through (l). h. When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive Technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. i. A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794d. The contractor must provide a written Section 508 conformance certification due at the end of each order/contract exceeding $100,000 when the order/contract duration is one year or less. If it is determined by the Government that EIT products and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility in the Product Assessment Template, remediation of the products and/or services to the level of conformance specified in the vendor's Product Assessment Template will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense. In the event of a modification(s) to the contract/order, which adds new EIT products and services or revised the type of, or specifications for, products and services the Contractor is to provide, including EIT deliverables such as electronic documents and reports, the Contracting Officer may require that the contractor submit a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template to assist the Government in determining that the EIT products and services support Section 508 accessibility requirements. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found at http://508.hhs.gov. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items with its offer. The provisions of FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items – Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; FAR Clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment; FAR Clause 52.213-4 to reflect the changes in FAC 2019-05 and FAR Clause 52.244-6 to reflect the changes in FAC 2019-05. The offeror must include their Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Interested vendors capable of providing the Government with the equipment specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. The quotation must reference “Solicitation number” HHSNPitchbook07142020. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted by email to Moe.filali@nih.gov. Faxed copies will not be accepted PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov/SAM The following Federal Acquisition Regulations clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Mar 2005), 52.212-4 (Sept 2005), 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes of Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Aug 2006). (6)(i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002) (E.O. 11246). (18) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793). (20) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001) (38 U.S.C. 4212). (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332). Other clauses include but are not limited to FAR 52-252-25 (Section 889) and related Foreign Telecommunication equipment… Primary Point of Contact: MOE FILALI Contracting Office Address: NIH/NICHD Office of Acquisitions 6710B Rockledge Drive, Room 1145D Bethesda, MD 20817 (w) 301.827 7737 Moe.filali@nih.gov