A --Fatigue Awareness, Management and Sleep Health Web Page Development

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VNTSC) intends to award a multiple-year task order contract to support the creation of a highly tailored web site to provide information regarding fatigue, fatigue management, and sleep health and disorders as (potentially) related to work schedules of railroad industry employees. The VNTSC possesses expertise in the area of railroad operations and shiftwork, and will work with the contractor to tailor relevant content to these domains. Support will involve: state-of-the-art knowledge, expertise, resources, and international credibility regarding medical issues surrounding human fatigue, sleep research, sleep health and sleep disorders; inclusion of a scientifically proven and implemented, web-based sleep disorder screening tool that screens for at least 3 major sleep disorders; the ability to handle sensitive personal information in compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other such standards; and web design capabilities. Interested parties must submit a capabilities package demonstrating their sustained abilities in each of the following areas: integrity, credibility, and cutting-edge medical knowledge and expertise in subject-matter related to fatigue, sleep research, fatigue management, sleep health and sleep disorders; the ability to appropriately safeguard personal and sensitive information provided over the web in compliance with HIPAA and other such regulations; and the demonstrated ability to design, develop, execute and maintain a functional, user-centered, engaging web site tailored to a non-medically savvy audience. Please limit your responses to seven pages in length, and include links to organization web pages and samples of applicable prior work. Interested parties must respond to this announcement in writing within 6 days of publication. All responses must be sent to Daniel Leone, Contract Specialist, RTV-6D1, United States Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. E-mail responses are also acceptable; please e-mail Daniel Leone at [email protected]. Telephonic requests will not be honored. This Sources Sought is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB). The information provided must show that any interested party has the ability to meet the above Government requirements. For information about the Volpe Center refer to the Volpe Center website at: http://volpe.dot.gov.