SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Research - Grade Cranberry Product Development - to Correct Sol. No. N01-AT-11022-64 to Read N01-AT-21011-64
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Br., 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Room 604, Rockville, MD, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N01-AT-21011-64
- Response Due
- 4/22/2002
- Point of Contact
- James Carder, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-3776, Fax (301) 480-0241, - Robert Barnie, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-3779, Fax 301-480-0241,
- E-Mail Address
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jc490y@nih.gov, rb355w@nih.gov
- Description
- ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT - The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) seeks a Contractor to develop standardized products for cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) (1) juice cocktail, (2) concentrate, and (3) encapsulated powders, and their matching placebos. These products will be used in NIH-supported research grants. It is important that the cranberry products for NIH-supported research be of a high quality. The NCCAM's plans for research on cranberry include award of (1) this Contract for development and production of research-grade cranberry products and placebos and (2) subsequent grants for basic and clinical research on the role of cranberry in the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI), other infections, and other conditions for which there is credible evidence of efficacy. Award of the Contract for cranberry product development is the first step in the overall program. The Contractor shall support the preparation, characterization, standardization, and maintenance of a supply of research-grade cranberry products and matching placebos with concomitant quality control and quality assurance. The Contractor shall provide adequate information about the source, collection, storage, processing, extraction and purification process, formulation, stability, and safety of the products in order to meet Food and Drug Administration requirements for the filing of Investigational New Drug applications. The Contractor shall be responsible for producing, labeling, packaging, storing, inventorying and distributing two batches of the cranberry products and placebos to the grantees. Provision of products to grantees means that the Contractor shall scale up from developing research-grade materials to the manufacture of larger quantities of the product. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541710. Request for Proposal (RFP) No. N01-AT-21011-64 will be available on or about February 20, 2002 and receipt of proposals will be due on or about April 22, 2002. The RFP will only be available electronically and may be accessed through the National Cancer Institute's, Research Contract Branch (RCB) Home page at http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/ Once at RCB's Home page select Current Requests for Proposals. All information required for the submission of a proposal will be contained in the electronic RFP package. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE RFP AND ANY AMENDMENTS. NCCAM's plans to award a 3 year contact on or before September 30, 2002. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contact. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-FEB-2002). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 01-OCT-2002. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/RCB/N01-AT-21011-64/listing.html)
- Record
- SN00180272-F 20021003/021001220224 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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