SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- PEDIATRIC CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-NHLBI-HV-04-01
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2003
- Point of Contact
- Robert Julia, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 435-0340, Fax (301) 480-3338, - Craig Miron, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 435-0340, Fax (301) 480-3338,
- E-Mail Address
-
rj12s@nih.gov, cm49x@nih.gov
- Description
- The Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases (DHVD), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to release a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) entitled "Pediatric Circulatory Support" for basic and applied research to develop novel circulatory assist devices or other bioengineered systems for infants and children with congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease who experience cardiopulmonary failure and circulatory collapse. This announcement is released under NAICS code 541710, for research and development contracts, size standard 500 employees. The primary objective of the BAA is to develop novel circulatory assist devices including left and right ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal gas exchange systems, and other bioengineered systems for infants and children with congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease. Offerors are encouraged to propose basic physiological and bioengineering studies necessary for the design and evaluation of novel pediatric assist devices. This may include pre-clinical and clinical studies that explore innovative strategies to meet the circulatory needs of the pediatric patient population. Each offeror is expected to focus on overcoming the physiological and bioengineering hurdles that currently impede development of extracorporeal and implantable assist devices for infants and small children. Systems must be, for example, appropriately sized, but capable of providing adequate cardiac output for the infant or child, while avoiding complications associated with the patient's small size, such as vascular injury or thrombosis. It is not anticipated that every offeror will propose a program that includes clinical testing within the five contract years, although each proposal should include the design and evaluation of devices with a clear potential for future clinical application. The contractors will need to have considerable medical/scientific expertise in order to carry out the work to achieve the highly sophisticated research and technical objectives of this program, using biomedical staff including materials science and bioengineering, pediatric cardiologists and surgeons, and facilities involved in cardiovascular surgical treatment of infants and children. This will be a best value acquisition based primarily on technical merit. This is not a solicitation for contract proposals. It is anticipated that BAA NHLBI-BAA-HL-04-01 will be released on or about November 29, 2002, with notices of intent to submit a proposal due on or about March 21, 2003 and proposals due on or about May 21, 2003. The Government intends to negotiate four to eight contract awards for periods of five years each effective on or about February 15, 2004. The solicitation will be posted on the NHLBI Home Page. Access via the NIH Website (http://www.nih.gov). At the NIH Home Page select "Grants and Funding Opportunites," then select "Research Contracts," from the listing select "National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)." Offerors with internet access may go directly to http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/inits/index.htm#rfp and search by BAA number or title.
- Record
- SN00204797-W 20021116/021114213120 (fbodaily.com)
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