SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- ETHICS CONSULTANT
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, IRP, 9000 Rockville Pike Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 38NIDAIRP2006
- Response Due
- 8/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2006
- Description
- The National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP) intends to award on a sole source basis the services of Mr. Stephen R. Gane, 37149 Lord Baltimore Lane, Ocean View, De. 19970, for the Ethics Consulting and Support to include outside activities, travel (foreign, domestic and sponsored) and Technology Transfer Programs. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541622 and the business size standard is $6M. Background: The supplies and services are being procured in accordance with simplified Acquisition Procedures authorized by FAR 6.302-1. The Rules relating to ethical conduct, conflict of interest and financial disclosure. The NIDA/IRP is responsible for providing general support in terms of review and application of NIH standards regarding ethical conduct. Period of Performance is OCTOBER 16, 2006 through October 15, 2007. Contractor qualifications: 5 years working experience at NIH and 5 years work experience with NIDA must include work with ethics, outside activities and travel programs. The contractor must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the NIDA policies relating to ethics, outside activities and experience using Microsoft word, access and excel. The contractor must use knowledge of the NIH and NIDA Technology transfer Program with demonstrated experience reviewing technology transfer requirements: This includes work with senior officials in preparing internal policy statements and procedural guidance to issue policy and procedural manuals for distribution to NIDA/IRP employees and consultative support to IRP scientists on matters of good ethical practices. This must be in concert with applicable NIH and DHHS guidance. The work requires the contractor to attend local monthly town hall meetings and address ethical principles and practices and prepare briefings and recommendations to NIDA/IRP management on the impact of New or changed regulations. The contractor must access, input and manipulate the Ethics Management Information System (EMIS) and track and monitor outside activities, joint appointments and other relevant information. EMIS information must be cross referenced prior to approval of HHS 520 and 348 travel forms. The contractor must review all ethics forms including Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), financial disclosures and other relevant documents to ensure compliance. This work also includes integration of policy statements with applicable NIDA, NIH and Department guidance on outside activities and review of both foreign and domestic sponsored travel require for good ethical practices. Microsoft word, Access and Excel must be used as work for spreadsheet tracking of travel requests. The contractor must coordinate review with senior staff on all NIDA/IRP ethics matters. Develop, as necessary, processes for review of patent prosecution requests and material transfer agreements prior to submissions for approval. Sole Source Intent: Mrs. Stephen R. Gane is the only known source to NIDA that can provide the aforementioned requirements. Mr. Gane has 35 years of experience in the business administration, contracts and grants, strategic planning, technology transfer programs including 14 years of NIDA experience specializing in ethical principles and practices. For his last 14 years with the Government, he served as NIDA?S principal point of contact on ethics, technology and related domestic and international travel program issues. He managed daily activities of the ethics program, and wrote NIDA?S ethics policies and instructional memoranda. He reviewed and reported on financial disclosure reports, and worked with the Ethics Management Information System. He tracked travel events attended by NIDA staff and had extensive experience in reviewing and/or approving sponsored travel requests. He also documents, confidential disclosure statements, and other NIH component technology transfer service request for competitive quotations: however interested parties may submit a capabilities statement. This statement and any other furnished material must be in writing and must contain in sufficient detail to allow NIDA to determine of the party can perform this requirement. Capabilities statements from other small business only must be received in the contracting office by 3?00PM EST. August 28,2006. Questions must be submitted in writing to Gloria Mancuso by email to gmancuso@intra.nida.nih.gov. A determination by the government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determing whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Note #22
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland
- Zip Code: 21224
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
- SN01116502-W 20060818/060816220548 (fbodaily.com)
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