SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- RESEARCH DATA CONSULTANT
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - National Capital Region Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 934134
- Archive Date
- 10/11/2018
- Point of Contact
- Marcos A. Ocadiz, Phone: 301-504-1749
- E-Mail Address
-
marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov
(marcos.ocadiz@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to negotiate solely with PHOENIX BIOINFORMATICS CORP located 39221 Paseo Padre Pkwy Ste J FREEMONT CALIFORNIA for a four (4) month contract to provide services specifically for: 1) transitioning off governmental funding for research data infrastructure, 2) business consulting for research data infrastructure particularly in life and environmental sciences, which is the bulk of ARS-funded research, 3) managing data for research in a discipline related to agricultural research, such as life science, social science, or environmental science. These services will ensure that NAL has sufficient revenue to sustainably maintain and operate the Ag Data Commons DKAN Science platform. This maintenance and operation includes long term curation of data and metadata from associated NAL-operated partner projects, from both intramural and extramural USDA-funded research, and potentially from non-USDA-funded agricultural research. The scope includes research-submitted datasets and harvested metadata from institutional or domain-specific repositories and catalogs, and data storage for ten years or more of data files published through the Ag Data Commons. Finally, the scope includes platform maintenance and standard upgrade testing and deployment. The scope does NOT include business models to support the development of substantial new features for DKAN Science or for development or independent operating costs for the associated NAL-operated products. Phoenix Bioinformatics Corp is the only source which can provide the required service in accordance with our requirements. This procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a) and that only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Authority 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). It is anticipated that this contract will be for the period of September 2018 - January 2019. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within ten (5) calendar days from the date of this notice. Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firm's capability to provide the services described above. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. If by September 25, 2018, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, USDA/NAL shall negotiate solely with Phoenix Bioinformatics. The Government anticipates award by September 26, 2018.
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