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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 19, 2016 FBO #5383
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- Computational Chemistry Infrastructure Setup and Support

Notice Date

8/17/2016
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

511210 — Software Publishers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
 

ZIP Code

20892
 

Solicitation Number

HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-694
 

Archive Date

9/13/2016
 

Point of Contact

Farrin Stanton, , ,
 

E-Mail Address

farrin.stanton@nih.gov, farrin.stanton@nih.gov
(farrin.stanton@nih.gov, farrin.stanton@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

INTRODUCTION 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. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. The notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. The information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a small business social-economic set-aside, competitive or non-competitive method is possible, and to determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government's requirement. ALL organizations with the capability and availability to perform the requirement under the applicable NAICS code are invited to submit a response to this notice. NORTH AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE 511210 SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS The mission of the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse is to conduct state-of-the-art research on basic mechanisms that underlie drug abuse and addiction, and to develop new methods for the treatment of drug abuse and addiction. Research is supported at the molecular, genetic, cellular, animal, and clinical levels and is conceptually integrated, highly innovative, and focused on major problems in the field. The long-term goal of the research is to better understand the biological and behavioral factors contributing to initiation, maintenance, and elimination of drug abuse and addiction (and associated diseases), and to translate this knowledge into improved strategies for preventing, treating, and reducing the negative consequences for the individual and for society caused by drug abuse and addiction. Purpose and Objectives: Dr. Lei Shi has established the Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics Unit (CCMBU) at the NIDA IRP to continue his work in Molecular Dynamics to help in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms for actionable targets that may help mediate drug abuse and addiction. In support of Dr. Shi’s research, the NIDA IRP will continue in the establishment of a dedicated computational infrastructure complete with specialized hardware and configurations that will work with his laboratory’s software stack at efficient speeds to effectively model the molecular interactions between small molecules and membrane-bound proteins. The hardware will require highly skilled expertise to construct, configure, and support. In order to complete the initial set-up and continued support of on-going computational research at NIDA-IRP, the CCMBU requires specific specialized software and dedicated highly skilled expertise and support of the established computational infrastructure. Much of the initial installation and configuration required for this infrastructure has been completed Project Requirements: The CCMBU staff of the NIDA IRP requires the services of a state of the art modeling and simulation solutions provider in the area of structure-based drug design. The chosen vendor will be required to provide computational chemistry software and infrastructure maintenance and support services to the NIDA IRP computational chemistry equipment located in Baltimore Maryland. Specifically, the NIDA IRP requires a firm with the comparable expertise to provide: 14 days of ongoing low-level systems proprietary support of the computational infrastructure over the period of one (1) year. Additionally, the firm must be an approved commercial distributor of computation software with authorization to provide the following: Desmond MD (Commercial version) OPLS3 force field (FF) FF Builder (Commercial version) CAPABILITY STATEMENT INFORMATION SOUGHT Respondents must provide, as part of their responses, clear and convincing documentation of their capability of providing the item(s) specified in this notice. Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required must submit specific documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Contractors must provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Farrin Stanton, Contract Specialist, at Farrin.Stanton@nih.gov in MS Word format by or before the closing date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. The response must be received on or before August 29, 2016 11:00am, eastern time. CONCLUDING STATEMENTS Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your 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 review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price purchase order. 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).
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-694/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20879, United States

Zip Code: 20879
 

Record

SN04228556-W 20160819/160817235415-1239d9d5720020a2dbd08bdfc5d5e592 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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