SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to modify In-Life Data Collection and Management System for the NTP
- Notice Date
- 11/7/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- NIHES2018-Instem
- Archive Date
- 12/6/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Smith,
- E-Mail Address
-
smithj3@niehs.nih.gov
(smithj3@niehs.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. This notice is being published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.201 and 5.204 requiring notice of a proposed contract action. This is NOT a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source action is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and delays in service make competition not feasible. Any contract action will be made in accordance with documentation and approval through a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC). The National Toxicology Program (NTP), within the Division of the National Toxicology Program (DNTP), uses the commercial proprietary Hosted Provantis® Toxicology Data Collection & Reporting System (hereafter termed Provantis). Access to the Provantis database is provided by Instem LLS, the sole owner and distributor of Provantis. In accordance with FAR 6.302-1 and HHSAR 306.302-1, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) intends to issue a non-competitive modification to expand the scope of services provided under the contract by increasing the number of user licenses. Instem, LSS is the incumbent for the existing NIEHS Contract Number HHSN273201300004C which was competitively awarded on February 27, 2013 with a period of performance of March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014, with additional annual option years through February 28, 2023. The current contract provides access to Provantis through a specified number of annually purchased user licenses. The NTP now requires access to Provantis in a greater capacity than the current contract allows for. Therefore, the NIEHS intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis to expand the scope of the current contract to acquire additional user licenses to continue providing adequate access to Provantis for the NTP and NTP contract laboratories. A brief description of the expanded need is as follows: 1) The current contract provides an option to add up to 10 blocks of 25 user licenses (250 licenses total) over the life of the contract. The government intends to expand this to a total of 21 blocks of user licenses (525 licenses total) in order to ensure NTP needs can be met adequately over the remaining years of the contract. Justification : Instem is the sole owner and distributor of Provantis software and access to and the use of Provantis cannot be obtained from any other source. Additionally, as owner of the product, Instem is the only vendor capable of providing annual support services or making alterations to Provantis, as required by the NTP. No other vendor is capable of supplying the services required. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government shall consider all responses received within fifteen (15) days of this posting. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. NIEHS will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice. ONLY EMAIL RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please email responses regarding this requirement to the contact listed in this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIEHS/NIHES2018-Instem/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 161 Washington Street, Suite 1550, conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428, United States
- Zip Code: 19428
- Zip Code: 19428
- Record
- SN04734685-W 20171109/171107231823-1600a1a754cd0ca7e48d1b7fec25c7a7 (fbodaily.com)
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