SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Interactive Data Language (IDL) Support
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- 1083080
- Point of Contact
- Tamara Williams, Phone: 3018277154
- E-Mail Address
-
tamara.williams@fda.hhs.gov
(tamara.williams@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Interactive Data Language (IDL) Support This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and capability of qualified small businesses (including certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged, HUBZone firms; veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and women-owned small businesses) to provide Interactive Data Language Support. The Contractor shall provide telephone, email, and website technical and administrative support for all licensed IDL components listed below: Quantity Part# Description 8 10PCUSNMTR IDL Linux Node-Locked Maintenance Renewal 2 35PCUSNMTR IDL Linux Node-Locked DICOM Toolkit 5 10WINSNMTR IDL Windows Node-Locked Maintenance Renewal 1 10WINPUMTR IDL Windows Flexible Single User License 1 35WINPUMTR IDL DICOM Toolkit Windows Flexible Single User Support includes: •Technical support representatives ready and able to walk users through IDL problems to a solution, as well as a dedicated account manager for contracting issues. •Moving IDL licenses between hardware platforms. •Updates and bug fixes to IDL software as they become available, including DVD-ROM distribution, documentation for updates and changes, and/or web download. The Contractors must satisfy the following requirements. Provide a detailed description of your company's (including its teammates, if applicable) experience and demonstrated abilities to deliver each and every one separately of the requirements listed above. The anticipated period of performance is a base period of 1 year plus 4 one year option periods. The NAICS Code is 511210. The size standard is $18 mil. Interested small business offerors are encouraged to respond to this notice. However, be advised that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of respondents' capacity and capability to perform the specific work as required. Response must directly demonstrate the company's capability, experience, and/or ability to marshal resources to effectively and efficiently perform each of the tasks described above in sufficient level of detail to allow definitive numerical evaluation. Include relevant information that demonstrates the company has similar experience in supporting a mid-level, multiple systems interfacing IT application in a highly visible and complex government business environment. Failure to definitively address each of these factors will result in a finding that respondent lacks capability to perform the work. Responses to this notice (capability statements) shall be limited to ten pages, and must include: 1. Company name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and FAX numbers, website address (if available), and the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives. 2. Name, title, telephone number, and e-mail addresses of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses. 3. Business size for NAICS XXXX (size standard $ or number of employees) and status, if qualified as an 8(a) firm (must be certified by SBA), Small Disadvantaged Business (must be certified by SBA), Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone firm (must be certified by SBA), and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (must be listed in the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages). 4. DUNS number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number, and company structure (Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.). Companies also must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR, at www.ccr.gov) to be considered as potential sources. 5. Identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and contract number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. 6. If the company has a Government approved accounting system, please identify the agency that approved the system. Please submit copies of any documentation such as letters or certificates to indicate the firm's status (see item #3, above) Teaming arrangements are acceptable, and the information required above on the company responding to this announcement, should also be provided for each entity expected to be teammates of the respondent for performance of this work. To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. Any proprietary information submitted should be identified as such and will be properly protected from disclosure. This notice is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, a Solicitation, and a Request for Quotes, or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained in this announcement. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this announcement. The government is interested in comments on the Statement of Work. Responses to this announcement will not be returned, nor there any ensuing discussions or debriefings of any responses. However, information obtained as a result of this announcement may be reflected in the subsequent solicitation, and FDA, OAGS may contact one or more respondents for clarifications and to enhance the Government's understanding. This announcement is Government market research, and may result in revisions in both its requirements and its acquisition strategy based on industry responses. STATEMENT OF WORK COMMENTS SHOULD BE PROVIDED SEPARATELY FROM THE CAPABILITY STATEMENTS. RESPONDENTS MUST SUBMIT CAPABILITY STATEMENT AND STATEMENT OF WORK COMMENTS VIA E-MAIL to Tamara Williams at Tamara.Williams@fda.hhs.gov no later than January 7, 2011 12:00 PM Eastern Time for consideration.
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