Bibliometric Analysis Services

COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION (1) Action Code: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (2) Date: September 17, 2012 (3) Year: 2012 (4) Contracting Office Zip Code: 20892-7902 (5) Classification Code: (6) Contracting Office Address: 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6129, Bethesda, MD 20892 (7) Subject/Title: Bibliometric Analysis Services (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-(RG)-2012-341-DEL (9) Closing Response Date: 9/27/12 (10) Contact Point(s): Deirdre Lyons (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD (13) Contract Line Item Number(s): TBD (14) Contractor Award Date: 9/28/12 (15) Contractor Name: TBD (16) Description: Bibliometric Analysis Services (17) Place of Delivery: CSR, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6129, Bethesda, MD 20892 (18) Set-aside Status: 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (i)THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6 AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. (ii) The solicitation number is NHLBI-CSB-(RG)-2012-341-DEL. The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-61, September 13, 2012. (iv) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541690 with a business size standard of $7.0M. THIS REQUIREMENT IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. This acquisition is being conducted in accordance with the procedures of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Simplified Acquisition Threshold of $150,000.00) as set forth in FAR Part 13. (v) The contract line item numbers, items, quantities, and units of measure will be determined at the time of award to correspond with the winning proposal. (vi) STATEMENT OF WORK AS FOLLOWS: Title: Bibliometric Analysis Services Background: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is is the nation's medical research agency-making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific merit. CSR receives all research grant applications sent to NIH and handle the review of more than 70% of those by organizing peer review groups (study sections) to evaluate research grant applications. CSR's mission is to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews - free from inappropriate influences - so NIH can fund the most promising research. The Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation (OPAE) at CSR is establishing an information technology infrastructure. OPAE is currently procuring access to a bibliometric database which will enable large scale batch queries for bibliometric records and associated citation metrics (Please reference Solicitation NHLBI-CSB-(RG)-2012-340-DEL). This information will enable CSR to establish relationships between applicants and reviewers so CSR can understand where fields of study may overlap. In order to process the information obtained through the bibliometric database, CSR requires bibliometric analysis services. Requirements: The contractor shall provide the following analysis services: - The contractor shall construct aggregated profiles of groups of scientists through co-citation, analysis, and visualizations constrained by administrative structures at CSR's integrated review groups. - The contractor shall provide up to 60,000 independent profiles that may date as long ago as 7 years. - The Contractor shall provide CSR with full data rights to the aggregated data including individual records. Government Responsibilities: CSR will provide the names and anonymized text of the titles/abstracts/aims of the grant applications of the profiles to be gathered. (vii) The Period of Performance will be for 12 months and will begin on the date of award. (viii) FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, is applicable to this requirement and is incorporated by reference. All Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html (ix) FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, is applicable to this requirement. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award shall be made to the lowest priced, technically acceptable offeror. The Government will evaluate proposals based on the following evaluation criteria: A) Technical Capability and B) Price. (x) In accordance with FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required. (xi) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, is applicable to this requirement, and is incorporated by reference. (xii) FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, is applicable to this acquisition. Additional FAR clauses cited are: 52.204-1, Approval of Contract, 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Sanctioned Activities related to Iran - Representation and Certification, 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items, 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011), 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury), 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct. 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (xiii) There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions. (xiv) There are no Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) assigned rating is applicable to this requirement. (xv) All offerors shall electronically submit, a quotation addressing the following items to Contract Specialist Deirdre Lyons at deirdre.lyons@nih.gov by 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time, September 27, 2012: 1) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required. (refer to item (x) above). Offerors shall submit their quotations no later than 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time, September 27, 2012. The quotation must reference the RFP No. NHLBI-CSB-(RG)-2012-341-DEL. All responsible offerors may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations can be emailed to the Contracting Specialist, Deirdre Lyons at deirdre.lyons@nih.gov Quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above. Faxed proposals will NOT be accepted. (xvi) For information concerning this solicitation, please contact Deirdre Lyons by email at address deirdre.lyons@nih.gov.