This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of small businesses (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business) under NAICS code, 811219 ($19.0), that have the capability, experience, and capacity to provide turnkey aquarium services to include but not limit to delivery of labor, supply, equipment, repair, and preventive maintenance services to maintain a healthy aquaria livelihood and environment of the fishes throughout the NIH Clinical Hospital. Currently, the Clinical Center requires maintenance on fifteen (15) total aquaria of which three (3) are saltwater and twelve (12) freshwater aquaria. The aquaria are located in various locations in the buildings; seven are in outpatient clinics, and the remainder in the inpatient areas of the Hatfield building. The aquaria were installed for patients, guests and staff of the Clinical Center and are intended to provide a sense of comfort in a research hospital setting. The types of patients treated at the Clinical Center range from those who are incapacitated to those who are ambulatory. The aquaria play an important role in the patient's comfort and the contractor needs to be willing and comfortable to engage patients as appropriate.
Statement of Work-Background/Scope/Objectives
The following information describes the layout, structure and complexity of the hospital. This information is critical in developing an accurate plan for the care and maintenance of the fish on this contract.
The Clinical Center Complex of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is located in Bethesda, Maryland. The Clinical Center is the hospital of the NIH consisting of 234 inpatient beds, 76-day hospital stations, outpatient clinics, diagnostic and treatment areas, and public waiting areas. The complex consists of the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (Magnuson Center) that covers 661,600 sq. ft. and the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (Hatfield Center) that covers 698,263 sq. ft. The Magnuson Center is 61 years old and had a substantial addition completed in 1981 called the Ambulatory Care Research Facility (ACRF). The ACRF is a fourteen-floor structure that houses clinics and research laboratories on twelve floors. The first and second levels of the ACRF houses clinical services including diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), surgery, transfusion medicine and laboratory medicine.

The Hatfield Center opened in 2005 and houses the inpatient units, day hospitals, additional clinics, admissions, pharmacy, social work, rehabilitation medicine departments, staff use areas, support areas and research laboratories. The Hatfield Center is a seven-story structure with a central large open atrium at the core of the building that connects four separate sectors that house occupants. Patients are housed on levels 1, 3, 5 and 7 on the southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest sectors of the facility. Levels 2, 4, and 6 are interstitial mechanical space except for small clusters of offices on the east and west elevator lobbies and atrium portions of the facility. Research laboratories are located on levels B3, B2, 1, 3 and 5. The laboratories lead to the southeast and southwest patient care units through distally placed elevator lobbies.

The Governments objective is to obtain a (subject Contract shall cover services) display aquaria for the Clinical Center and maintain a healthy living environment for Saltwater and Fresh water fish throughout the Hatfield Center and the Magnuson Center which is large Hospital Environment in a both outpatient and inpatient areas. A maintenance contract will be needed in order to maintain a healthy environment for the Aquariums in the Clinical Center .Included in this contract will be detailed services performed at each location, the Contractor shall maintain a legible log at any tank fed by NIH personnel.
The NIH CC intends to issue a single Request for Proposal (RFP) and issue one award contract for maintenance of Aquaria Environment. The award will be firm fixed-price and include one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods."
Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Capability statement-Any potential offeror must demonstrate the following:
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity, experience and capability for the following subject topic
1) Discuss your company's experience in performing the same or similar services in providing Aquarium turnkey services to include but not limit to delivery of labor, supply, equipment, repair, and preventive maintenance services to maintain a healthy aquaria livelihood and environment of the fishes throughout the NIH Clinical Hospital.
2)
Business Information:
a. DUNS
b. Company POC, Phone and address
c. Company Address (Company Point of contact, phone number and email address)
d. Type/size of company, NAICS code and Social Economic status, validated in SAMS.
e. Current GSA Schedule, (if registered)

 

The synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. All information submitted in response to this announcement must arrive on or before the closing date.

Responses must be submitted to the POC by December 11,2014 by 1:00pm Eastern time.

No calls please

Attn: India Payne, Contract Specialist
NIH Clinical Center
Office of Purchasing and Contracts
10 Center Drive, Bldg 10 Room 2C537C
Bethesda, MD 20892-5480
E-mail: [email protected]

 

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