National Patient-Level Data Sets

NOTE: This is a re-posting / modification of NOI to add additional provisions and clauses related to Right in Data, FAR part 27. This is a Notice of Intent (NOI). The Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc. for the procurement of nationally representative patient-level data on microbial species relevant the work of the Epidemiology Unit of the Laboratories of Clinical and Infectious Diseases (LCID). This acquisition will be made in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and solicitation for commercial Items," as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is a Notice of Intent (NOI). The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-82 June 08, 2015. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services with a small business size standard of $32.5 million. A small business set aside is not applicable. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure on a sole source basis from Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc. nationally representative datasets with detailed microbiological, clinical and demographic information. These data sets support the core part of the mission of the Epidemiology Unit to describe trends in antimicrobial resistance in the US. Data sets will include a minimum of 5 years of microbiology data and will allow linkage of species data to demographic, clinical and pharmacy information. Place of Performance: NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, BLDG 15B-1, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States. FOB: Destination The government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this notice of intent that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. The award will be based on the following; price, capability to meet the requirements, delivery and the best value to the government. The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (April 2014) FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (March 2015) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items (Please ensure 52.209-2 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation. (Dec 2014) is updated in your SAM record) FAR 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance (April 1984) 52.227-15 Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (Dec 2007) (a) This solicitation sets forth the Government's known delivery requirements for data (as defined in the clause at 52.227-14, Rights in Data--General). Any resulting contract may also provide the Government the option to order additional data under the Additional Data Requirements clause at 52.227-16, if included in the contract. Any data delivered under the resulting contract will be subject to the Rights in Data--General clause at 52.227-14 included in this contract. Under the latter clause, a Contractor may withhold from delivery data that qualify as limited rights data or restricted computer software, and deliver form, fit, and function data instead. The latter clause also may be used with its Alternates II and/or III to obtain delivery of limited rights data or restricted computer software, marked with limited rights or restricted rights notices, as appropriate. In addition, use of Alternate V with this latter clause provides the Government the right to inspect such data at the Contractor's facility. (b) By completing the remainder of this paragraph, the offeror represents that it has reviewed the requirements for the delivery of technical data or computer software and states [offeror check appropriate block]- [ ] (1) None of the data proposed for fulfilling the data delivery requirements qualifies as limited rights data or restricted computer software; or [ ] (2) Data proposed for fulfilling the data delivery requirements qualify as limited rights data or restricted computer software and are identified as follows: _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (c) Any identification of limited rights data or restricted computer software in the offeror's response is not determinative of the status of the data should a contract be awarded to the offeror. (End of provision) The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (May 2015) FAR 52-212.5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (May 2015) FAR 52-227-14 Rights in Data - General (Alternate II) *see attachements for full text HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (January 2010) *The applicable subparagraphs of FAR52.212-5 are included in the attachment to this posting. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation (www.sam.gov). Copies of the above-referenced provisions and clauses are available from http://www.acquisition.gov/far/loadmainre.html & http: //www.hhs.gov/regulation/index.html or, upon request, either by telephone or fax. To facilitate the award process all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The Terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" (Quoter shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).) Submission shall be received not later than 06/27/15 Offers may be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to Bevin Feutrier; (Fax - +1 (555) 000-0000), (E-Mail/ contact@example.gov). Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f) All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to Bevin Feutrier @ contact@example.gov.