SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Toxicology Support Services
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Command, Center for Health Care Contracting, ATTN: MCAA C BLDG 4197, 2107 17TH Street, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234-5015
- ZIP Code
- 78234-5015
- Solicitation Number
- W81K04-16-R-0011
- Archive Date
- 4/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Dawn E. Simington, Phone: 2102213154
- E-Mail Address
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dawn.e.simington.civ@mail.mil
(dawn.e.simington.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBJECT: Toxicology Support Services for the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD), Army Public Health Center (Provisional), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD SOL#: W81K04-16-R-0011 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY; it is not a Solicitation (i.e. Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or Invitation for Bids) or an indication that the Health Readiness Contracting Office (Provisional) (HRCO(P)) will contract for the services contained in the RFI. This RFI is part of a Government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary and the Government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. If a competitive solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that Solicitation announcement separately from any response to this announcement. This RFI does not restrict the Government's acquisition approach on a future Solicitation. RESPONSES: Respondents to this RFI are to describe their interest and ability to perform the requirements summarized within this notice. Responses are to contain (1) company name, (2) CAGE code, (3) business size pursuant to NAICS code 541690 (size standard $15million ), (4) mailing address, (5) primary point of contact information, to include telephone number and email address. Responses should be formatted as either MS Word (.doc) or Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) and should be limited to a maximum of two (2) pages. Proprietary/Competition Sensitive information (appropriately marked) will be protected from disclosure to the greatest extent practical, however it is preferred that respondents do not provide proprietary or otherwise restricted responses. No faxes, courier delivered, or telephone inquiries/submissions will be accepted. Responses should be submitted to Dawn Simington, Contract Specialist at dawn.e.simington.civ@mail.mil no later than 4:00 PM CST, March 31, 2016. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Toxicology Support Services for the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD), Army Public Health Center (Provisional). The HRCO(P) has developed this RFI to identify potential sources in the commercial marketplace capable of providing the following services to support the Army Public Health Center Toxicology Division. The Department of Defense (DoD) requires expert opinion on the matter of toxicology and related issues through the review of available literature, reports, and data culminating in a report to the DoD. The contractor shall provide qualified personnel, services, materials, equipment, supplies and facilities necessary to maintain a standing committee on toxicology (COT) to investigate, examine, and report upon toxicology and related sciences, as required by the DoD, and return an autonomous reporting of the findings to the DoD. The contractor shall provide scientific support services in the form of a standing committee on toxicology (COT) and a toxicology information center (TIC). The specific toxicological support services (tests, analysis, consultation) required are unknown and unpredictable therefore this contract is considered noncommercial in nature. A detailed description of the required services is provided below: a. Evaluation of toxicity information: The contractor shall provide for an analysis of the quality and value of toxicological information. The COT and its staff will assemble and organize data and provide bibliographies for wide-ranging toxicologically related subjects required by the DoD. The COT and its staff will assess the appropriateness and applicability of the data in the individual studies to the problems identified in specific requirements from the DoD. Since the response time frame will vary from subject to subject, the COT will notify the DoD of the anticipated timeframe needed to respond to the specific task within 30 days of receipt of the task and shall take into consideration that each task will be considered complete when a final report (in the form of a book or booklet) has been submitted to the DoD upon completion of the task. This book shall summarize the consensus findings of the subcommittee and any recommendations arising from their deliberations. The contractor shall make these reports available online and available to the public without restriction within 10 calendar days upon completion of the final report; these reports shall be downloadable from the website for free. The contractor shall also make additional hardcopies of the final reports available to the public and may change a fee for hardcopy publications. b. Toxicological expert opinion: The contractor shall provide a committee composed of internationally known experts in toxicology, medicine, occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, immunotoxicology, pharmacokinetics, biochemistry, pharmacology, inhalation toxicology, neurotoxicology, epidemiology, and risk assessment to provide expert advice and consultation services to the Army Public Health Command (Provisional) as required. c. Toxicology analysis: The contractor shall provide in-depth analyses of requests for toxicological advice, including specialized safety evaluations for military personnel. Plan symposia and workshops to consider specific topics of interest to the DoD which will result in proceedings or reports. d. Toxicology information collection: The contractor shall collect and maintain toxicity information from published and unpublished sources on a wide variety of substances to which humans are exposed, occupationally and environmentally. e. Toxicology Coordination: The contractor shall assist in coordination of toxicology programs within the sponsoring DoD agencies. f. Information Source: The contractor shall serve as a medium of exchange of toxicity information among the DoD agencies and between the DoD and the scientific community. All interested vendors should respond in accordance with the above paragraph, please include GSA contract number if applicable. POINTS OF CONTACT: Dawn E. Simington, Contract Specialist, 210-221-3154, dawn.e.simington.civ@mail.mil and Yesenia C. Rodriguez, Contracting Officer, 210-221-4179, yesenia.c.rodriguez2.civ@mail.mil
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