SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Finite Element Modeling (FEM) Consultant - Past Performance Survey - Statement of Work - Provisions & Clauses - Position Description
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Directorate of Contracting, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- ReferenceNo_NEU0016
- Point of Contact
- Melissa Marcellus, Phone: 301-295-3962
- E-Mail Address
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Melissa.Marcellus@usuhs.mil
(Melissa.Marcellus@usuhs.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Position Description for Finite Element Modeling (FEM) Consultant FAR Clause 52.212-3 to be filled out by offerors and included in quotation package. Provisions & Clauses Statement of Work Past Performance Surveys to be completed by customer references and emailed to melissa.marcellus@usuhs.mil by no later than 26 August 2010. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) located on the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, MD has a requirement for a Finite Element Modeling (FEM) Consultant for a project involving injury biomechanics. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This request for quotes (RFQ) for commercial services is in accordance with FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. It will be the responsibility of the contractor to check the website, http://www.fbo.gov, for the issuance of any amendments to the solicitation. This RFQ incorporates all provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-43. This solicitation is set-aside for small businesses and the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541690 - " Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services " with a small business size standard of $7.0 million. See attached Position Description and Statement of Work for full details of this requirement. CLIN Structure for this solicitation is attached. Offerors must provide the loaded hourly bill rates for this position. See attached provisions and clauses. The Government will award a single award, labor hour option year contract. To be eligible for contract award, a contractor must register with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). For instructions on registering with CCR, please see CCR's website at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx. Award will be made on a best value determination considering the following evaluation factors: 1. Price - Offerors must provide the loaded hourly bill rates for the suggested position. Offerors may also provided the loaded hourly bill rates for other key positions identified in their quote. Commitment to the project is estimated to be a minimum of 264 hours for each year, but could be as much as 480 in the base year. Travel is not reimburseable, hourly bill rates must include cost for travel to/from the bi-weekly meetings at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. 2. Corporate Experience - Offerors are required to provide a narrative of their corporate experience in providing FEM Consultants. Offerors are required to provide resumes of key personnel for the suggested position. The incumbent should possess expert level knowledge for Finite Element Modeling of the spinal column and other orthopaedic injury sites. Minimum Education/Training Requirements : PhD degree in Engineering/Scientific discipline Minimum Experience : Greater than 10 years experience with Finite Element Modeling. Expertise and experience as reflected by a number of scientific publications in critically reviewed scientific journals as appropriate to his/her research. Experience with spinal cord/column injuries including explosion and blast-related injuries required. Offerors may provide resumes for additional positions the offeror feels are key to successful performance. Offerors must indicate whether resumes provided are current employees or possible future employees. Any offeror providing a resume of an individual for an identified key position, who will not be available during contract performance, must provide an alternative with comparable qualifications. 3. Past Performance - The Government shall evaluate the offerors' present and past performance within the past three (3) years. Offerors must provide a minimum of three (3) customer references on contracts of similar complexity, scope, dollar amount, and type. The customer references must complete the attached past performance survey and email a copy to melissa.marcellus@usuhs.mil, with a copy to the offeror by 26 August 2010. It is the offerors' responsibility to ensure past performance surveys are received by the due date. Any survey included in the quote package, but not emailed to melissa.marcellus@usuhs.mil will not be considered. Offerors may provide additional information to support past performance history, but not in lieu of the past performance surveys required. USUHS reserves the right to contact customer references for additional information. Offerors will have an opportunity to address any adverse past performance history. Offerors who do not have any past performance history will not be rated favorably or unfavorably, but will instead receive a "neutral/unknown" rating for past performance. A strong history of relevant past performance may be more advantageous to the Government than a less relevant record of favorable past performance. The Government reserves the right to use data provided by the offeror and data provided by alternate sources in conducting its assessment of past performance history. All quotation packages shall be clearly marked with the quotation number, tax identification number (TIN), DUNS number, point of contact name, phone number, fax number and email address (if available). Submit a completed copy of FAR Clause 52.212-3 ( see attached). Questions must be submitted via email to melissa.marcellus@usuhs.mil by 12:00pm on 19 August 2010. Questions submitted after this date will not be answered. Questions will not be answered over the telephone, but will be answered in an amendment to the solicitation posted on or about 20 August 2010. It is the responsibility of the offeror to monitor FedBizOpps for any amendments to the solicitation. All quotes are due by 12:00pm on 26 August 2010 EST. Quotes must be emailed to melissa.marcellus@usuhs.mil. USUHS is located on a secure installation and base access will not be provided nor will anyone be able to meet offerors at the gate to accept quotes. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/USUHS/BethesdaMD/ReferenceNo_NEU0016/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN02242552-W 20100818/100816235723-342e7b9cb8292f4e7a7f11e384f307fc (fbodaily.com)
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