MODIFICATION
A -- LUNG TISSUE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: RADIOLOGY CENTER
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- 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
- NHLBI-HR-04-10
- Response Due
- 5/22/2003
- Archive Date
- 6/6/2003
- Point of Contact
- Joanne Deshler, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 435-0340, Fax (301) 480-3338, - Fred Ettehadieh, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-0340, Fax (301) 480-3338,
- E-Mail Address
-
jd52g@nih.gov, fe19w@nih.gov
- Description
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Health (NIH), will make available a request for proposal (RFP) to interested offerors with the ability to serve as a Radiology Center (RC) for a new five-year multi-center research program, the Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC). The overall objective of the LTRC is to enable better management of lung diseases by increasing understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms of these diseases through molecular histopathological studies of human lung tissues with and without disease. The LTRC will facilitate histopathological research of pulmonary diseases by collecting lung tissues from donors and preparing and distributing collections of tissue specimens to researchers within and outside the Consortium. Primary emphases will be on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Collections of specimens will be linked to extensive, individual clinical data appropriate to the particular disease. Donor subjects will be recruited for specific enrollment groups that are designed to address important research questions. The consortium will be comprised of Clinical Centers (CC), RFP-NHLBI-HR-04-08; a Tissue Processing and Distribution Center (TC), RFP-NHLBI-HR-09; a RC; and a Data Coordinating Center (DCC), RFP-NHLBI-HR-11. Offerors are strongly encouraged to read the RFPs for all of these components of the LTRC to better understand the overall structure and function of the Consortium. The RC will develop protocols related to chest CT image acquisition, processing and transmission; train and certify CC personnel involved in CT imaging and transmission of images to the RC; conduct site visits to CCs to ensure compliance with LTRC protocols; establish and maintain a tracking system for the receipt and analysis CT images; maintain an archive of CT images; perform diagnostic analysis of each CT image by a board-certified radiologist; transmit a written report of any abnormalities found to the DCC and to the CC from which the image originated and extract quantitative indices of disease severity from the lung images; analyze each CT image to obtain quantitative and/or semi-quantitative measures of lung disease; transmit anonymized CT images in electronic form to researchers as directed by the DCC; work with other LTRC investigators to prepare reports and manuscripts for publication. ******This is not a RFP and the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this notice. It is anticipated that RFP-NHLBI-HR-04-10, Lung Tissue Research Consortium: Radiology Center, will be available on or fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice through the NHLBI Website at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/inits/index.htm#rfp and posted on FedBizOpps at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541710 with a business size standard of 500 employees. No collect calls will be accepted. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (28-FEB-2003). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 07-MAR-2003. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Record
- SN00274547-W 20030309/030307215944 (fbodaily.com)
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