A--Research & Development and Related Support Services for USAMRIID and Various Federal Research Laboratories

This is the Final Solicitation for W81XWH-07-R-0027. The U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) located at Fort Detrick, MD has a requirement for Research and Development and Related Support Services for Various Fede ral Research Laboratories. The contractor shall provide all personnel necessary to provide nonpersonal research and development related support services. These services will support and/or provide: 1) Execution and accomplishment of defense medical resea rch, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) objectives; 2) Assistance in program management and policy development related to medical research, development, and acquisition programs and activities; 3) Other contract efforts in support of RDT&E objectives . A limited number of positions will be classified personal services such as physicians and nurses who will provide direct patient care. Services may include the provision of assistance as applied to and in support of RDA business and DOD and non-DOD labo ratory management in the following functional areas (listing may not be all-inclusive): 1. Research and development; 2. Issues dealing with the conduct and results of medical science and technology; 3. RDA program management; 4. Medical logistics; 5. Regulatory compliance; 6. Financial management of DOD and service RDA programs; 7. Biological surety; 8. Information technology programs in support of research. The Core personnel support will be firm fixed price and the ability to surge up for additio nal support will be made available by the issuance of task orders. This contract may be utilized by all MRMC activities and other Federal research laboratories. The current contract providing this support ends 15 September 2008, but this contract may b e awarded earlier to allow for a sufficient Phase in Period. The anticipated period of performance is for a one year base period with four one-year option periods available for exercising. Competitive procedures within the Small Business Administrations 8(a) Program are being utilized, and the resultant award will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity task order type contract. Only eligible 8(a) firms certified as 8(a) under the NAICS Code 541712 as of the date of proposal submission need submit a proposal. The website location for the final RFP is www.usamraa.army.mil  W81XWH-07-R-0027, under Solicitations. The Governments responses to the vendor questions and comments to the draft RFP/site visit are also included on the USAMRAA website. No additional site visits will be conducted. Please refer to the Final RFP for the due dates for 1) any vendor questions, and 2) the proposal submission date. The USAMRAA POC is Tonya Kreps, Contract Specialist, who can be reached at [email protected] l or (301) 619-2519.