National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) Acquisition Support

Sources Sought Number: HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-OD-43015 Project Title: National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) Acquisition Support This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of all qualified business sources; (2) whether they are Large or Small businesses; HUB Zone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541219, 541511 or 541519 for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be not construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. When the solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Background: Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM) oversees all acquisition activity at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). By procuring both goods and services, OALM supports the NIH's core mission in the field of medical and behavioral research for the nation. The Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO) is a component of OALM and is NIH's premier central services organization for Acquisition and Logistics Services, which includes Property Management, Inventory/Supply Management and Transportation Services. The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is a component of OALM. NITAAC is an authorized agent to administer Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) used by any federal civilian or Department of Defense (DoD) agency to acquire IT products, services and solutions. the vechicle used to administer the GWAC program is called the Electronic Government Ordering System (e-GOS). NITAAC currently administers the following GWACs for IT related procurements: (1) The Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) (2) CIO-SP3 Small Business (3) Electronic Commodities Store (ECS III) (4)Chief Information Officer for Commodities and Services (CIO-CS) OLAO administers several Multiple Award Contracts (MACs) for use by NIH and Federal Government customers. OLAO currently administers the following MAC vehicles: (1) Long Term Administrative Services Contract (LTASC); (2) NIH Communications and Teleconference Services Contract (NIHCATS 11); (3) Public Information and Communication Services Contract (PICS). Purpose and Objectives: The primary goal of this contract is to provide expert IT and website infrastructure services, finance and accounting analysis, business process and organizational assessment support, acquisition oversight and lifecycle support, policy, marketing, and communication development and implementation support, and portfolio, program and project planning and management services acquisition support for the administration the NITAAC GWAC program and other related business systems. The following task areas will be supported under this contract: 1. Information Technology (IT) and Website Infrastructure Services 2. Finance and Accounting Services 3. Acquisition Lifecycle Management Services 4. Portfolio, Program, and Project Management Services 5. Policy, Marketing and Communication Development and Implementation Services 6. Business Process and Organizational Assessment Support Project requirements. Anticipated period of performance: The period of performance is expected to be from September 14, 2015 to September 13, 2020. Other important considerations: Vendors cannot be a contract holder or a subcontractor of any of the contracts administered by OLAO or NITAAC due to issues of conflict of interest and unfair competitive advantage since the contractor will have access to proprietary and procurement sensitive data. Vendors must have/or be eligible to provide key and task order personnel who can receive NIH security clearance. The potential level of security clearance required may be: Non-Sensitive, National or Public Trust. Submission of Capability Statements and Delivery Instructions: In 15 pages or less any interested and business organizations should submit a capability statement of their organization which demonstrates their technical approach and corporate capability to supply the services described above and in the statement of work. Briefly include any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. Responses must reference the sources sought number HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SS-OD-43015 and include the following: (1) Name and Address of the Company, (2) Size and type of business, pursuant to the applicable NAICS code 541219, 541511 or 541519 (3) Point of contact with name, title, phone, fax and email, (4) DUNS number, (5) Contractors' capability statements should address the services required in the statement of work and the important considerations mentioned above, (6) List of organizations to whom similar types of services have been previously provided. Please follow the instructions and guidance provided. QUESTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE. THE DUE DATE FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM EST. Virus free capability statements can be emailed to Darlene Johnson, Contract Specialist at Darlene.Johnson@nih.gov NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. If mailed, three (3) copies of the capability statement will be required. (a) When mailing your capabilities through the U.S. Postal Service use the following address: National Institutes of Health, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, (OLAO), 6011 Executive Blvd., Room 629A, Bethesda, MD 20892. ATTN: Darlene Johnson, Contract Specialist. (b) When hand delivering, or using a courier service such as: UPS, Federal Express, etc., use the following City, State, and Zip Code: Rockville, MD 20852. Responses by Facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a request for proposal will be published on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). Responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality - No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).