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NLM-08-089-EJBFederal

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The Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of Medicine, is seeking proposals for systems engineering services to support the Electronic Records Administration (eRA) grants management system. This system is designed to manage the entire lifecycle of research grants for NIH and HHS, from planning through application submission to grant closeout and reporting, while electronically capturing and managing related research data. The resulting contract will be a Performance Based Services Contract awarded under Full and Open Competition, focusing on providing IT services in business and requirements development, IT architecture support across data, software, network, and hardware, functional software testing, and configuration management. Additional capabilities may include software design and development, documentation and training support, and aiding the implementation of systems aligned with NIH and HHS initiatives. Offerors must demonstrate prior experience in architectural, business analysis, testing, and configuration management for federal grants management systems or similar large, complex systems, as proposals lacking this will not be considered. The procurement will be conducted under FAR Part 12 and Part 15 procedures. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is scheduled for release on April 4, 2008, with a proposal submission deadline of May 5, 2008. Interested organizations must request the RFP via email from the designated contact, Em’Ria J. Briscoe, including their business size designation, as telephone requests are not accepted. The contract is associated with NAICS code 541330 and is managed by NIH personnel, with further details and full clauses available through the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

General Info

NIH seeks proposals for IT systems engineering supporting electronic grants management lifecycle services.

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NAICS

541330 - Engineering Services

Place of Performance

6705 Rockledge DriveBethesda, MD 20817

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PostedMar 17

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Emria C Briscoe

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Tonitta L HopkinsContracting Officer

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Full Description

The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine is soliciting proposals for a wide range of systems engineering services to support the grants management system for the Electronic Records Administration (eRA) of the NIH. The eRA?s mission is to: (1) to support the NIH and HHS research grants program from initiative planning and application submission through grant closeout and reporting and (2) to electronically capture and manage research related data. The resultant contract will be a Performance Based Services Contract under Full and Open Competition procedures. The major objectives of this contract are to provide information technology (IT) services necessary to support eRA in the following areas: (1) business and requirements development; (2) IT architecture support regarding data, application software, network, and hardware eRA entities; (3) functional testing of software; and (4) configuration management. In addition, the contractor may also provide software design and development support; documentation and training support; and support the implementation of systems that are designed to accommodate NIH and DHHS initiatives. Please note that the offeror must have demonstrated experience providing architectural, business analysis, testing, and configuration management for Federal grants management systems or a similar system in size, scope and complexity to the eRA requirements. Proposals that do not include this demonstrated experience will not be considered. This proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items - in conjunction with FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation. Full text of clauses and provisions are available at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): http://www.arnet.gov/far/index.html. The expected release date of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is April 4, 2008 with proposals due May 5, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Any organization interested in responding to the solicitation notice must request a copy of the RFP by e-mail and include your organizations business size. Information may be requested from Em?Ria J. Briscoe at briscoee@mail.nih.gov. NO TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED.