SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Physician Clinical Reference Database
- Notice Date
- 12/22/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- AFICA - AFICA- CONUS
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- FA805216P0006
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2016
- Point of Contact
- LASHELLE M. RABOLD, Phone: 210-395-9392, JENNIFER C. ALLEN, Phone: 210-395-9839
- E-Mail Address
-
lashelle.rabold@us.af.mil, jennifer.allen.15@us.af.mil
(lashelle.rabold@us.af.mil, jennifer.allen.15@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Physician Clinical Reference Database This is a sources sought synopsis only. This is NOT a solicitation request for proposals or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources; (2) whether they are large businesses, small businesses, HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, 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 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with a small business size standard of 500 employees 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. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement as a set-aside based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties are expected to review this notice and the Statement of Work (SOW) to familiarize themselves with the requirements of this project. Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this document, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. Background: The Air Force Medical Service currently utilizes the UpToDate Database. The Government is conducting market research to identify, as potential sources, companies that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to competently produce a database. The database provides an Online Physician's Clinical Reference Database that is posted on the Air Force Medical Services (AFMS) Virtual Library. This database provides multiple, simultaneous access to the site via internet/world wide web. This database enables authorized users to retrieve full-text topic reviews written by experts in the medical specialty and fully reference with current literature sources. Medical topics include such specialties as Internal Medicine with subspecialty coverage, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Practice, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. This database will answer clinical questions with a synthesis of the medical literature and positively affects clinical decision making. Specifications outlining requirements for the Physician Clinical Reference Database is available and will be provided by the Government to interested parties (please see the points of contact below). Responses must clearly detail that your firm's product(s) meet the requirements in detail. Capability Statement/Information Sought: Tailored capability statements shall demonstrate a clear understanding of all tasks specified in the SOW. 1. Describe your past experience (no more than five examples) in producing and maintaining similar databases for Government and/or commercial customers, to include: •· Program name •· Government contract number (if applicable) •· DCMA Point of Contact (if applicable) •· Description of the effort covering the following points: •· type of database provided •· specific post-delivery support provided •· modification/upgrade efforts, as applicable •· Dates & periods of performance •· Value of effort 2. What risks do you foresee in performing this effort? What steps would you likely take to mitigate the risks? Acquisition strategy has not yet been determined. Market research results will assist the Air Force in determining whether this requirement will be a full and open, a small business set aside, or a sole source acquisition. Note that, if there is sufficient demonstrated interested and capability among small business contractors, a key factor in determining if an acquisition will be a Small Business Set-Aside is that two or more potential small business prime contractors must be capable of performing at least 50% of the effort, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. If it is determined that a small business set-aside is appropriate and your company anticipates submitting a proposal as the prime contractor for a small business set-aside, please provide specific details and rationale as to how compliance with FAR clause 52.219-14 would be achieved, including specific details regarding teaming arrangements, etc. If subcontracts are to be used, provide anticipated percentage of effort to be subcontracted and whether small or large businesses will be used. Teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements should be clearly delineated and previous experience in teaming must be provided. Note that if this effort is not set-aside for small business, small business utilization will be considered. Request that large and small businesses provide a reasonable expectation for small business utilization as a percent of total contract value. Please provide supporting rationale for the recommended percentage. Interested sources should respond with a complete information package, providing the information and data requested above. All parties are asked to provide a point of contact, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and a facsimile number in their response. Government points of contact are Contract Specialist, Ms. LaShelle Rabold, (210) 395-9392, e-mail lashelle.rabold@us.af.mil, Contracting Officer, Ms. Jennifer Allen, (210) 395-9839, e-mail jennifer.allen.15@us.af.mil. Electronically submitted tailored capability statements are due no later than 3:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Capability statements received after this date and time will not be considered. All capability statements sent in response this sources sought synopsis must be submitted electronically (via email) to Ms. Jennifer Allen, Contracting Officer, at jennifer.allen.15@us.af.mil, Ms. LaShelle Rabold, Contract Specialist, at lashelle.rabold@us.af.mil, in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The email subject line must specify AFMS Physician Clinical Reference Database. Facsimile responses will not be accepted. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response to this sources sought synopsis or any future requests. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent 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 (FBO). Do not submit proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in your response. Information submitted will become the property of the Government. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitations.
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