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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT NON-COMPETITIVE Solicitation: NIMH-22-000002 Title: Support for the RCADS Data Collection Measure THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPO... PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT NON-COMPETITIVE Solicitation: NIMH-22-000002 Title: Support for the RCADS Data Collection Measure THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with University of California, Los Angeles, 10889 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201, to provide support for users of the RCADS family of data collection instruments. This will include developing a website for RCADS users; creating a help desk to answer questions from RCADS users about existing RCADS instruments; and developing a system to allow RCADS users to request changes or translation of the RCADS instruments. The RCADS is a collection of copyrighted psychometric instruments originally developed in 1998 at the University of California, Los Angeles. NIMH has recently required the use of these copyrighted RCADS psychometric instruments as a term and condition of new grant awardees. This new requirement to use these copyrighted RCADS psychometric instruments will require changes to, assistance with and modifications of these instruments by the the RCADS copyright holder and Principal Investigator at the University of California, Los Angeles. This proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. University of California, Los Angeles is the only responsible source because the Principal Investigator is the copyright holder for RCADS and no other supplies or services will satisfy the Agency requirements. The period of performance is one (1) 12-month base year with four (4) 12-month option periods. THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.www.sam.gov.” All responses must be received by Monday, November 1, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, and reference number NIMH-22-000002. Responses may be submitted electronically to Robin Knightly, Contracting Officer, at Robin.Knightly@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. Extensions to the deadline will not be granted. Please contact Robin Knightly, Contracting Offer, at Robin.Knightly@nih.gov or (301) 827-5302 with any questions.