Drug Development Portfolio consulting services with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Small Business Innovation Research Program/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) and consulting on Clinical Trial-ready CNS Compounds

PRESOLICITATION - NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACQUISITION National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Management, Office of Acquisition (OA) Neurosciences Consolidated Operation Acquisition Center (COAC) ________________________________________ (FAR Subparts 5.101(a) (2), (2) (i), & 13.105) Announcement Number: NIHDA201800085 Date Notice Expire: April 9, 2018 Date Solicitation Issued: March 29, 2018 Date Responses Due: April 9, 2018 at 9 AM Eastern Standard Time Proposed Award Date: April 16, 2018 Project Title: Drug Development Portfolio consulting services with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Small Business Innovation Research Program/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) and consulting on Clinical Trial-ready Central Nervous System compounds Contracting Office: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Neurosciences Consolidated Operation Acquisition Center (COAC), Office of Acquisition (OA) Contact Points: Contracting Officer: Kenneth Goodling, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852 301.827.5854/kgoodlin@nida.nih.gov Contract Specialist : Michelle C. Morelli, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852 301-827-814/ michelle.morelli@nih.gov ________________________________________ Acquisition Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the resultant contract award will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-97, dated January 24, 2018 North American Classification System (NAICS) Code: 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Small business size standard: $15.0 Million Classification Code: B5999 - Other Special Studies & Analyses Set-aside Status: Not applicable Competition Status: This requirement is posted as non-competitive. Non-Competitive (Single-sole Source (Including brand-name) Determination: This notice of proposed acquisition is posted as an intent to award a purchase order on a non-competitive basis to Allan J. Cross, 17 Twin Creeks Drive, Thornton, PA 19373 Description of Requirement: The NIMH Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) supports research and development by small businesses of innovative technologies that have the potential to succeed commercially or to provide significant societal benefits. The Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) has the same objectives but requires academic research involvement. The SBIR and STTR programs support research aimed at the development and validation of new methods, tools and technologies to advance understanding, prevention, and treatment of mental illness and to understand normal brain function. The purpose of this requirement is to acquire technical expertise in drug development for the NIMH SBIR/STTR program drug development portfolio. In addition, the contractor will provide technical expertise on investigational drugs that can be licensed to small businesses or be provided to academic institutions for further testing of target engagement, safety, efficacy and tolerance The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this notice to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the Statement of Work (SOW) will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Refer to attached "Statement of Work" for specific requirements, period of performance and evaluation criteria. Summary Statement: All responses to this solicitation notice must be received by 9: 00 am, Eastern Standard Time, on April 9, 2018 and must reference the announcement number specified above. Responses may be submitted electronically to Michelle Morelli, Contract Specialist, michelle.morelli@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. Closing Statement: "All responsible sources may submit response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency."