SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Integrated Engineering and Media Development Services
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2013760
- Archive Date
- 7/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Suet Vu, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
-
vus@mail.nih.gov
(vus@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is conducting a market survey to help determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and/or HUBZone small businesses capable of serving the needs identified below. The NAICS codes applicable to this notice are 541330 - Engineering Services and 541430 - Graphic Design Services. Background The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has established a long range goal of encouraging the use of high quality visual information by health professionals and the public. The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC), through the Audiovisual Program Development Branch (APDB), has the requirement to perform research and development in the production, distribution, use and evaluation of audio and video materials and systems in support of this NLM goal. Given this mandate, the APDB plans and implements the development of prototype demonstration, instructional and informational projects. APDB also provides technical planning, engineering, and production support for NLM projects utilizing multimedia systems, technology and facilities. As the size and scope of these programs expand, the development of innovative information display and dissemination technologies integrating a wide variety of media becomes critical. Only through the use of current, digital media creation methods and advanced display and distribution systems, can the APDB continue to fulfill its role in meeting the growing demand for awareness and access to relevant biomedical visual information. Purpose The purpose of this procurement is to obtain, as part of a quick-reaction tasking arrangement, professional audio and video planning, design, engineering, installation, integration, and related testing services, including installation materials and equipment, as required to upgrade multimedia systems, conference facilities, and production facilities in the NLM. These upgrades are required to provide NLM with rapid upgrades to state-of-the-art interactive, multimedia production and presentation systems. The purpose is also to quickly obtain creative, integrated media design services, graphic production, animation, instructional design, and multimedia development required for the final fabrication, installation, and testing of facilities to meet the mandated objectives of the NLM, which is to raise public awareness of its programs and services through the development and use of innovative information products and techniques. Vendor Requirements 1) The contractor shall provide the required planning, design engineering, development, production, fabrication, installation and testing services and related equipment and installation materials required to accomplish specific tasks defined by the designated NLM project officer. 2) The contractor shall provide the required creative integrated media development services, graphic production, signage development, and instructional systems design to allow full interactive multimedia capability of the specified facilities. Potential contractors may submit capability statements on all or any subset of the services described in paragraph C. 1) and/or C. 2). This is a Small Business Sources Sought Notice. This is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disable, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. This Sources Sought notice is not a Request for Proposals (RFP), nor is an RFP available. Interested firms responding to this sources sought notice must adhere to the following: (a) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement should contain enough sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed 10 pages. (b) The capability statement must identify the responder's small business type and size; DUNS number; NAICS code; and technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses. (c) All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 3:00pm Eastern Standard time on Monday, June 24, 2013 to Ms. Suet Vu at vus@nlm.nih.gov. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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