SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Development and Maintenance of Biosafety Outreach Program
- Notice Date
- 2/1/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOD2012309
- Point of Contact
- Lorraine M Geiser, Phone: 301-402-3349
- E-Mail Address
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geiserl@od.nih.gov
(geiserl@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price contract for technical and scientific advice and guidance on the design and implementation of programs that enhance understanding of the NIH requirements pertaining to the oversight of research involving recombinant DNA. The commercially available services needed would be: Coordinate the development and implementation of national and regional programs involving education and outreach strategies relevant to the oversight of recombinant DNA research and other OBA program areas; Establish and maintain strong lines of communication between OBA and the research and patient communities (including investigators), Institutional biosafety Committees (IBCs), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), academic and industrial research administrators, patients and advocacy organizations. In addition, the contractor shall enhance liaison with program officers and executive officials at the NIH Institutes an Centers and other federal agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, DHHS Office of Human Research Protections, and the United States Department of Agriculture; Identify points of emphasis in education activities by conducting assessments of various areas of compliance to include general compliance with biosafety review requirements of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines), clinical investigator compliance with Appendix M of the NIH Guidelines and the protocol submission process, IBC compliance with registration and annual reporting requirements, and institutional compliance with reports of problems, accidents or violations of the NIH Guidelines; Develop and implement strategies to stimulate enhanced communication between IBCs, IACUCs and IRBs relevant to OBA program areas, as well as to improve interaction and cooperation with national advocacy and voluntary organizations, scientific and professional organizations and federal agencies. Such strategies include conducting meetings and seminars and developing correspondence and communications systems to disseminate information; Serve as the key point of contact with the research and patient communities. Receive input about important issues, concerns, challenges related to NIH biosafety requirement in order to identify points of emphasis in OBA's education programs. Respond to inquiries and develop and provide information on the OBA biosafety and biosecurity programs. Perform strategic analyses of public information needs and develop initiatives to ensure timely dissemination of information based on target audiences, e.g., lay public, news media, scientific research community, Congress and other local, state and federal agencies; Conduct research and gather informational materials that may be of use in various educational activities; synthesize materials to make them ore accessible to OBA staff, committee members, and other end users. Oversee the development of educational materials such as a web page for IBCs, to convey key compliance information and aid in the understanding and interpretation of the NIH Guidelines; Review and coordinate informational materials and products associated with external communications initiatives to include talking points, statements, briefing papers, fact sheets, news releases, reports, agendas, copy for printed informational products, notices for the web and listserv, and PowerPoint slides for presentations; Initiate, coordinate, and manage an awareness campaign to build customer relationships and enhance communications to provide educational opportunities and create a sense of professional community among IBC members, chairs, and staff. Conduct workshops and presentations at national and regional meetings, seminars and conferences to convey information about the NIH Guidelines and other OBA activities. Organize and conduct focus groups to determine public information needs for the purpose of designing, re-designing and/or enhancing OBA databases and informational products; Serve as a key member of a team that conducts site visits to evaluate institutional compliance with the NIH Guidelines, evaluates findings and prepares detailed report of findings with recommendations to improve deficiencies. The contractor will serve as an expert consultant on the requirements in institutions and IBCs under the NIH Guidelines. Participation in these site visits will present the OBA perspective; Provide biosafety expertise in OBA discussions of biosafety policy matters. This performance-based, total small business set aside would be awarded for an initial period of one year, with four successive one-year renewable opton periods, for a maximum of five years. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541690 and the size standard is 6.5M. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about February 7, 2012. The RFP, RFP amendments, and questions and answers related to the procurement shall only be available via the Internet at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.. Offerors are responsible for accessing the website. Interested parties must respond to the RFP to be considered for award. At this time, no written solicitation document is available, telphone requests shall not be honored, and no list of offerors shall be maintained.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02665646-W 20120203/120201234828-8713add7e4071e64adf60b596d06cffb (fbodaily.com)
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