SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing of Buccal Cell DNA Samples
- Notice Date
- 9/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02CO62711-8
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Megan N. Kisamore, Phone: 2402765261
- E-Mail Address
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megan.kisamore@nih.gov
(megan.kisamore@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB), plans to procure, on a sole source basis, services for shotgun metagenomic sequencing of buccal cell DNA samples for a study titled: "Microbiome and Lung Cancer in Shanghai Women's Health Study and Shanghai Men's Health Study"; from BGI Americas Corporation, One Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United States, 02142-1187. The response close date of the notice for this requirement is in accordance with FAR 5.203(a)(1). This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1); and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. The North American Industry Classification System code is 541990 and the business size standard is $15 million. The period of performance shall be 12 months from the date of award. It has been determined there are no opportunities to acquire green products or services for this procurement. Contractor Requirements The Contractor shall collaborate with the NCI/DCEG/OEEB to accomplish the following tasks: - The Contractor shall apply metagenome shotgun sequencing to sequence for 198 buccal cell DNA samples (99 lung cancer cases and 99 controls). Government Responsibilities NCI/DCEG/OEEB shall provide the following: - NCI shall ship 3 µg buccal cell DNA for each of 198 samples (99 lung cancer cases and 99 controls), in one batch, to the Contractor within 2 weeks of purchase order award. Samples shall be coded and shall not have any personal identifiers attached. The NCI principal investigators shall review the final report from this project. Place of Performance All work performed under the subject order shall take place at the Contractor's facility. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria NCI shall have 30 days in which to review and accept the data provided by the Contractor. If no comments or request for revisions are provided within 30 days, the deliverables shall be considered acceptable. Deliverables No later than 10 months after the period of performance start date, the Contractor shall deliver the following to the NCI/DCEG/OEEB technical point of contact, via email: - Written report in Microsoft Excel format to include results of each sample that enables further statistical analyses at NCI. Unique Qualifications of the Contractor The NCI co-directs the SWHS and collaborates with the SMHS with investigators at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University is conducting a series of related microbiome studies of other cancers within the SWHS and SMHS and other cohorts including stomach cancer, which involves use of stomach cancer cases and healthy controls. The successful completion of the NCI study of lung cancer cases and healthy controls will require using data obtained from the healthy control subjects analyzed by Vanderbilt University study of stomach cancer, and combining this data into the database for the NCI study of lung cancer cases and its healthy controls. This will allow NCI to have a large enough group of healthy controls to have adequate statistical power to achieve the lung cancer study goals. Results from the NCI study will be compared to other studies being analyzed by Vanderbilt University. As such, it is critical that scientific results of the analysis of the NCI study of lung cancer including lung cancer cases and its healthy controls are scientifically comparable to the results obtained by the analysis of the study of stomach cancer cases and healthy controls being led by Vanderbilt. Analysis under the study of stomach cancer at Vanderbilt University is done by BGI America Corporation. It is critical that the samples of the NCI-led nested case-control study of lung cancer are analyzed in the same laboratory where samples from the Vanderbilt-led nested case-control study of gastric cancer and healthy controls is being conducted. Using an alternative laboratory would produce results that would not be scientifically comparable with data from the Vanderbilt study and would result in a failure of the NCI study to achieve its goal. This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party, especially small business believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a proposal or quote for the Government to consider. The response and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Responses must be received in the contracting office by 1:00 PM EST, on September 15, 2016. All responses and questions must be via email to Contracting Officer, Megan Kisamore, at megan.kisamore@nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification through SAM.GOV and have Representations and Certifications filled out. Reference: N02CO62711-8 on all correspondence.
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