SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Health Services Research Literature and Vocabulary Support
- Notice Date
- 12/27/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-06-054-UHP
- Response Due
- 1/11/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2006
- Description
- This is a synopsis being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. This solicitation document incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through the October 2005 Federal Acquisition Regulation revision, which includes the consolidation of all Federal Acquisition Circulars through 2001-27. This acquisition is NOT small business set-aside and the NAICS code is 511120. It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to procure professional support services for the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) on a sole source basis from Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), a non profit organization located in Plymouth Meeting, PA. The vendor shall provide: (1) machine-readable records relating to Health Services Research (HSR) and Healthcare Technology Assessment (HTA) reports and literature collected, abstracted, and indexed by ECRI in its role as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Information Transfer on Medical Devices and as a producer of a number of HSR information products including the Healthcare Standards Directory, and (2) delivery of ECRI?s updated Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS) for incorporation into NLM?s Unified Medical Language System (UMLS?). As the coordinating unit at the National Library of Medicine for health services research and health data standards, NICHSR is responsible for assuring that major medical vocabularies and nomenclatures, including medical device nomenclature, are represented in the UMLS?. ECRI has created and maintains the proprietary Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS), a standard international nomenclature and computer coding system for medical devices. ECRI also produces proprietary publications and databases related to health services research. The nomenclature, databases and publications are not available from any other source, thus no other source can provide ECRI?s proprietary data and services which are required under this requisition. NICHSR has identified ECRI as having the requisite experience, knowledge and skills to perform this task. ECRI is uniquely qualified to provide the required services in the shortest possible timeframe and at least cost. This requirement is for a twelve (12) month period. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations however, all responses received, within 15 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by NLM. The quoter shall include all information which documents and/or supports the qualification criteria in one clearly marked section of its quotation. The contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under this order. Full text of clauses and provisions are available at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): http://www.arnet.gov/far/. The following clauses and provisions apply to this acquisition and may be obtained from the web site: FAR 52.213-4, Terms and Conditions?Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items) (July 2005).
- Record
- SN00958614-W 20051229/051227211626 (fbodaily.com)
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