SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- NIMH Section on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety (SNFA) Clinical Participant Recruitment Support - Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211, MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9559, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9559
- Solicitation Number
- NIHDA-2018-00296
- Archive Date
- 8/22/2018
- Point of Contact
- Christopher A. Weaver, Phone: 301.827.5871
- E-Mail Address
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christopher.weaver@nih.gov
(christopher.weaver@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice Technical Evaluation Criteria Statement of Work SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE 1.Solicitation Number: NIHDA-2018-00296 2.Title: NIMH Section on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety (SNFA) Clinical Participant Recruitment Support 3.Classification Code: R - Professional, Administrative, and Management Support Services 4.NAICS Code: 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 5.Description: See Statement of Work This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. 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. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. 6.Background: The Section on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety (SNFA) uses the tools of psychophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, and family study to investigate the neurobiology of fear and anxiety and their dysfunction in anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders in the population at an estimated cost in the US of more than $50 billion per year. Current treatments are hampered by limited efficacy and unwanted side-effects. Obstacles to the development of better treatments include the lack of pathophysiological markers, unsatisfactory classification due to imprecise boundaries between anxiety subtypes and comorbidity, and poor clinical efficacy of candidate anxiolytics discovered through basic research in animals. The ultimate goal of SNFA is therefore to elucidate the psychological and neurobiological underpinnings of normal and pathologic anxious states in order to inform the etiology, treatment, and classification of anxiety disorders. SNFA research focuses on identifying the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying fear, a phasic response to an imminent threat, and anxiety, a state of apprehension about anticipated harm. SNFA attempts to understand how fear and anxiety are expressed and how these states interfere and interact with cognitive processes to alter goal directed behaviors. 7.Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this potential procurement is to obtain recruitment support services to individuals participating in a collaborative two-part study, pre-treatment and post-treatment, designed by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) SNFA and conducted by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). Patients with anxiety disorders who enroll in a GUMC treatment study will also have the option to participate in a psychophysiological investigation that examines their physiological and subjective reactivity to threat. The SNFA-designed clinical trials and the psychophysiological study will be conducted at GUMC. This study will help SNFA to better associate an individual with an efficient treatment. 8.Project requirements: See General and Specific Requirements in the Statement of Work 9.Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance is one base year and two (2) 12-month option years. 10.Other important considerations: N/A 11.Capability statement /information sought: Respondents shall: 1.Provide a capability statement that clearly describes their ability to provide the requirements specified in this notice. 2.Provide sufficient details of the respondent (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. 3.Provide the respondent DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc. pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. Also, respondents are encouraged to provide their opinions about the difficulty and/or feasibility of the potential requirement or proposed acquisition, possible solutions and approaches that may currently exist in the marketplace, and information regarding innovative ideas or concepts. 12.Submission Instructions: One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8.5" x 11" paper size, with 1" top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. The information submitted must be in outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement and in the capability statement /information sought paragraphs stated herein. A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required. The response is limited to ten (10) page limit. The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested. The response must include the respondents' technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone, and e-mail addresses. All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to Christopher Weaver, Contracting Officer via email at christopher.weaver@nih.gov. Email subject line: "Response to No. NIHDA-2018-00296 NIMH Section on the Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety (SNFA) Clinical Participant Recruitment Support". Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be received on or before August 7, 2018 by 3:00 pm Eastern Time. 13.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 presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 14.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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