SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- National Library of Medicine (NLM) Health Care Journalism Fellowship Program - Draft SOW
- Notice Date
- 5/6/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- 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
- SSN_NIHLM2016797
- Archive Date
- 6/4/2016
- Point of Contact
- Sheila R. Edmonds, Phone: 3014966546
- E-Mail Address
-
sheila.edmonds@nih.gov
(sheila.edmonds@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft SOW 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. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ). NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME. 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- 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 the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611430-Professional and Management Development Training with a small business size standard of $11 million. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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: Background The National Library of Medicine (NLM) established a Health Care Journalism Fellowship Program in order to: 1) raise NLM's visibility and awareness among the news media; 2) promote and foster the use of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NLM's health informatics sources, research results and health education information; and 3) enhance the quality and accuracy of today's coverage of science and medicine generally, and of NLM specifically. The NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship program was specially established to: • Increase Visibility for NLM. This Health Care Journalism Fellowship raises NLM's visibility among health news reporters, writers, editors, and producers as a source of interesting, reliable, and valuable scientific information. Participants are exposed to - and receive hands-on training in - some of NLM key resources and services, and return to their newsrooms to share this information with their colleagues as well as their fellow journalists. • Improve Knowledge Dissemination. The NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship helps to make more journalists aware of the information NIH and NLM provide and opens new communication channels with the public. Working closely with journalists in the Health Care Journalism Fellowship helps them optimally access and utilize the library's informatics resources enabling NLM to accelerate and enhance its ability to distribute and promote its vast scientific knowledge and materials. Health and medical journalists also become more able to incorporate more of the library's services, programs, and resources into their news reporting and editing. • Enhance Medical and Scientific Reporting. Through the Health Care Journalism Fellowship, NLM impacts future coverage of health and medicine by helping fellows better understand and appreciate the scientific process and obtain evidence-based information. On-site at NLM -- and released from their daily deadline pressures -- reporters see first-hand how to access biomedical evidence, how to analyze its importance, and then describe its application. The Fellows also are exposed to the process of government research-from awarding grants, to publishing trial results, to how studies affect the delivery of care. Most of all, the Fellows become well-versed in effectively mining and culling NLM's vast and comprehensive health informatics resources. Established in 2009, the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship is solely for independent and news organization-based journalists who write about health and biomedicine. The Fellows are screened and selected by an independent journalism organization that is devoted to professional development. Although Fellows are sought from each of the three (3) media venues: print, broadcast (TV or radio), and online (Internet), the Contractor shall select the most qualified candidates who are most likely to benefit from the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship program. A group of journalism Fellows shall attend a 5-day, on-site visit with researchers and senior officials at NLM and NIH. The NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship is similar to a prior NIH Fellowship program, which placed reporters from organizations such as USA Today and Associated Press with leadership in various NIH institutes. The NIH public information officers, who participated in the NIH Fellowship program, believe it forged long-lasting relationships with the selected journalists. The news media participants attested it helped them better understand and, consequently, enhanced their capability in covering NIH. Purpose/Objective The purpose of the requirement is to procure the professional services of an independent, professional development-oriented journalism organization (the Contractor) to assist the NLM with planning and implementing its annual NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship Program. The target audience for participants in the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship program shall include the Contractor's organizational members who write exclusively for news organizations that serve the general public as well as health and medical reporters and editors who write about health and medicine for independent journalism organizations that also serve the general public. General assignment, non-health and medical specialist journalists, public relations, and practitioners who do not work for news organizations that serve the general public (such as public information officers for health organizations) are not the intended audience to participate in the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellow Program. The services of an independent, professional development-oriented journalism organization are crucial to the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship program's success because the organization's participation will create instant credibility for a journalistic educational development activity and ensure participatory interest among its intended, target audience. The Contractor's participation will also enhance the quality of health and medical journalism through utilizing its organizational standards regarding membership, professional practice, and ethics. The Contractor shall possess national leadership in health and medical journalism and have an elevated professional standing among health and medical journalists as well as in the journalism community. The Contractor's membership criteria shall focus on health and biomedical reporters and editors who are independent or who work for news organizations. These attributes have contributed to the prior Fellows' selections and success of the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship program. A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this Sources Sought Notice. The proposed acquisition will be procured in accordance with the policies and procedures under FAR 13.5. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This Sources Sought Notice is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available. Response Requirements: Please submit the following information: (1) Provide a capability statement demonstrating relevant experience, skills and ability to fulfill the Government's requirements referenced in the attached draft SOW. The capability statement should contain enough sufficient detail for the Government to make an informed decision regarding your organization's capabilities; however, the statement should not exceed five (5) pages. (2) The capability statement should include references, key personnel, and any limitations to the responder's ability to fulfill the requirements of the SOW as a prime contractor and any arrangements necessary to address such limitations, if applicable. It must identify the responder's small business type and size; DUNS number; NAICS code; GSA SIN Number, and technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. In order to obtain specific information regarding organizational capability in providing critical elements of the attached draft SOW and to further determine the availability and technical capability of qualified businesses, responders shall provide a response to the below inquiries indicating the responder's capability. Responses should provide a description of relevant experience and abilities and shall include, where applicable: : • Contract name • Contracting Agency or Department • Contracting Agency or Department Point of Contact • Yearly contract value (in $) • Period of performance • Description of work and how it is relevant to the NLM Journalism Fellowship Program requirement. (a) Does your organization provide ongoing professional training and development programs for its members and health and medical journalists? If so, please detail. (b) Does your organization have the internal staff capacity and capability to support all aspects of the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship as outlined in the draft SOW? If so, please detail some of the organizational infrastructure that is available to support the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship as outlined in the draft SOW. Also detail any limitations to your organization's ability to fulfill the requirements of the SOW as a prime contractor and any arrangements necessary to address such limitations, if applicable. (c) Does your organization have a membership that represents all forms of media outlets (print, broadcast, and internet)? (d) Does your organization have a membership that includes health and medical journalists suitable to be potential applicants to the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship, as described in the draft SOW? If so please detail the make up/credentials of the responder's membership. (e) Is your organization affiliated with journalism programs at U.S. colleges and/or universities? (f) Does your organization have experience with administering, planning and/or implementing initiatives similar to the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship? If so, please detail. (g) Does your organization have the ability to provide planning and logistical support services for a Journalism Fellowship program for the target audience as specified in the draft SOW? If so, please provide prior experience and examples of initiatives similar to the attached NLM SOW requirement. (h) Does your organization have the ability to publicize the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship solely to its members? (i) Does your organization have the ability to plan, develop, and implemement a selection process to vet membership applicants for the NLM Health Care Journalism Fellowship? (j) Does your organization have the ability to select and empanel qualified judges as specified in the draft SOW to serve on the review/selection committee? (k) Does your organization possess relevant experience and the ability to plan and provide upfront financial resources for domestic travel for up to ten (10) persons at a time, as required by the draft SOW? If so, please detail. All capability statements must be submitted electronically no later than 2:00 PM EST on Friday, May 20, 2016 to Sheila Edmonds at sheila.edmonds@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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