NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: Coordination, Communication and Operations Support (CCOS)   4

The purpose of RFP Amendment Number 02 is to distribute RFP questions and answers and update RFP and Attachments 1 and 3 accordingly to reflect answers.

The purpose of RFP Amendment Number 01 is to update RFP Attachment 1 - Packaging and Delivery of Proposals for Use with the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) Website, in order to clarify proposal page limits.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Office of Acquisition (OA) on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) invites you to submit a proposal in response to the requirements of this RFP No. 75N95022R00054 for NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program: Coordination, Communication and Operations Support (CCOS). This Request for Proposal is prepared in accordance with the Uniform Contract Format prescribed for Government Wide application by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Uniform Contract Format is both a Request for Proposal and a contract award document. The resulting contract will consist of Parts I, II, III of the Uniform Contract Format.
Background
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program is one component of the NCATS Strategic Plan to advance clinical and translational science (CTS); it is designed to develop and implement innovative solutions that will improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of the process for turning observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into interventions that improve individual and public health. The CTSA Program is a national consortium of medical research institutions, called hubs', that collaborate locally and regionally to catalyze innovation in training, research tools and processes to improve the translational research process; it includes other CTSA Program initiatives as well. As one of the largest NIH clinical and translational science programs and an exemplar for team science, NCATS envisions the CTSA Program progressing towards a standards-based, interoperable network in a cloud environment.
The purpose of this contract will be to provide the NCATS with coordination, communication and operations support to create and promote effective collaboration among CTSA Consortium participants. Anticipated activities may include implementing innovative approaches to the collection, analysis, use and dissemination of various types of data to assess the impact of the CTSA Program; fostering effective communication to support CTSA Program activities; and strengthening collaboration and team science among the participants and stakeholders. The contractor shall work closely with the CTSA Program hubs, centers, external partners, stakeholders, and NIH staff in order to accomplish these goals.

Instructions

See attachments for the Request for Proposal (RFP) in its entirety with all attachments and instructions.
If you intend to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation, please send a Proposal Intent Response Sheet, RFP Section J, Attachment 2 in accordance with the instructions in the RFP cover letter.
Question due date/time: June 13, 2022, by 4:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time.
Questions concerning this RFP should be submitted in accordance with the instructions in the RFP cover letter.
Responses to Offeror questions shall be provided via an amendment to the RFP on or around June 17, 2022.
It is your responsibility to monitor the web page at https://sam.gov for any amendments that might be issued under this RFP. A separate notice of RFP amendments, if any, to individual sources, will not be made.
Proposals are to be delivered electronically via the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website at https://ecps.nih.gov. Please reference Attachment 1, listed in Section J, entitled Packaging and Delivery of Proposals for Use with the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) Website for instructions and further details.
Please note that you must create an account in the NIH electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) system/website in order to submit a proposal and it may take up to there (3) business days to establish a new account. Please apply for a new account early to allow enough time for the registration process.