Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying and its Impact on Youth across the Life course (Consensus Study)

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND QUOTES WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine 500 Fifth Street, NW, Room T-433C Washington, DC 20001 This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the authority of (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a) (1) set forth in FAR 6.302-5 (c) 1-b iii. The purpose of this notice is merely to allow interested firms an opportunity to demonstrate their qualifications for the requirement below. In order to respond to this notice, qualified firms must be able to clearly convey experience and/or ability (via a capability statement) to perform the tasks identified below: The corresponding NAICS code is 541720 and the small business size standard is $7MILLION. Description the Service The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council will convene a committee of experts to conduct a consensus study that will produce a comprehensive report on the state of the science and policies related to bullying prevention. The IOM has completed a workshop entitled "Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying and its Impact on Youth Across the Life Course" which helped lay a foundation for the conceptualization of this study. Our hope is that this body of work will result in a comprehensive understanding of the state of bullying prevention and provide recommendations and guidance on future bullying prevention work. The study committee will review relevant research and practice-based literatures on bullying prevention, building on the workshop as appropriate; the committee will also consider the impact of federal and state laws and local policies related to bullying prevention. The provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2 is not applicable. The Government will award a Purchase Order resulting from this synopsis/solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforms to the exact services listed above and is the lowest price. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by the closing date will be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer or acknowledge its listing in Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jul, 2014), applies to this acquisition. The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference: (a) (1) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009) (Applies to all contracts); (19) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755); (20) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Aug 2009) (E.O. 13126); (21) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); (22) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246); (23) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sept 2006), (24) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793); (25) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Sept 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212); (26) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Jan 2009). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.); (28) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b); (29)(i) 52.223-16, IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (Dec 2007) (E.O. 13423).; (38) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332); (41) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a). Interested Offerors must submit capability statement and/or proposal NO LATER THAN 9:00 AM EASTERN TIME FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 9:00AM EDT, via electronic copy to Raymond.Meraz@psc.hhs.gov. Each response should include the following Business Information: a. DUNS; b. Company Name; c. Company Address; d. Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system; e. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All Offerors must be registered on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp; f. Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email address. Please contact Raymond J. Meraz, Contracting Officer, at Raymond.Meraz@psc.hhs.gov with further questions. (No phone calls please).