Why Hospital Staff Catch the Flu: Assessing Modes of Transmission

This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine the availability of potential small business (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business) to provide a final technical report describing results from a collaborative field study to improve understanding of the relative contributions of direct-contact, respiratory droplets, and droplet nuclei for transmission of influenza in healthcare settings. CDC/PGO is looking for, but not limiting to, small businesses that have the ability meet the requirements set forth in the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). Contractors who believe that they posses the expertise and experience to fulfill all of these requirements in the draft SOW are invited to submit technical and management capabilities addressing each of the areas in writing. Interested contractors should also address whether they can fulfill the requirements via GSA schedules. Please send responses via e-mail to mpu0@cdc.gov by close of business on 4 April 2011. Please limit your response to no more than five (5) pages (size: 8.5"x 11" pages, with 1" margins), using Times New Roman 12 pt font or equivalent, and submitted in Microsoft Word 2003 or Adobe PDF formats. Also include information such as: Company name, address, email, telephone number, points of contact, CAGE code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) and respond to the following questions: (1) Is your business a large or small business (2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergent business, or a small, disadvantaged business (3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and whether your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. (4) Is your firm a certified HUBZone firm (5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business (6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned. All offerors must register on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp. To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. All information received in this RFI that is marked "Proprietary" will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned nor will receipt be confirmed. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This Sources Sought Notice is being used for informational and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this Notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Notice. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation.