SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Professional, administrative, and management support services
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2004
- 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
- NHLBI-PS-2004-035
- Response Due
- 2/19/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/5/2004
- Point of Contact
- Cecilia Morales, Purchasing Agent, Phone (301) 435-0366, Fax (301) 480-3345,
- E-Mail Address
-
cm71f@nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide service to assist in the Coordination of new and ongoing tasks on the research on women?s health and gender differences. The contractor will serve as the NIDA representative to the NIH Office of Research on Women?s Health Coordinating Committee on Women?s Health, and as chair of NIDA?s Women and Gender Research Group (WGRG). The contractor will work primarily on the programmatic planning and coordination of drug abuse research on women?s health and gender differences, promoting and facilitating high-quality research applications; sharing information within the NIDA and among other NIH institutes; respond to inquires from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the NIH Office of Research on Women?s Health, the scientific research community, and the public dissemination of research findings to the research community and to the public and liaison activities with professional organizations. The Statement of Work for the requirement is as follows: 1) The contractor will review scientific literature and analysis on sex/gender differences in the neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms and consequences of drug abuse, sex differences of stress in drug abuse, in the brain reward system, in reactivity to drug cues, and brain imaging studies on sex differences in the effects of all drug abused areas. 2) The contractor must prepare the contents of NIDA?s publication of ?Focus on Women & Gender Differences Mini-Program? for the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) to be held on June 13-17, 2004, which consists of identifying the CPDD abstracts on females and/or sex/gender differences in drug abuse. 3) Prepare NIDA?s submission for ORWH?s 2003-2004 Biennial Report to Congress which will be identifying and reading NIDA-supported research articles on women and gender differences published in 2003 and 2004, prepare summary and analysis of findings and integrating new research with existing literature. 4) Using data from national surveys including the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Monitoring the Future, the contractor must show sex differences/similarities in drug abuse by constructing graphs for PowerPoint presentations, Update and provide written reports and new surveys with similarities and differences between males and females. 5) The contractor will be responsible for updating the NIDA?s website including updates for the past three (3) years, on women, gender differences and drug abuse and provide information to the grantees. 6) Using the NIH library utilities and PubMed and PsychInfo, the contractor must identify and compile drug abuse research articles on women, gender differences and drug abuse. All work under this project, priority of assignments and due dates will be determine and monitored by the Project Officer. The project shall be completed approximately one (1) year from the date of award of the contract. The successful contractor must have a minimum education of a Ph.D. in the Medicine field, a Master?s degree in Experimental Psychology from an accredited University; college training in Behavioral, Neuroscience, Neurobiology and on drug abuse. The contractor must have extensive working experience in neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms and consequences of drug abuse; Must have writing skills for publication on scientific neuroscience and sex differences in drug abuse articles; presentations at scientific meetings; experience in electronic scientific literature including PubMed and PsychInfo; experience in the use of scientific graphing software, using Powerpoint, Excel, and Microsoft Word. The contractor must be available for the performance of this project, immediately after the award of the contract. Offerors are requested to submit a proposal which includes: (1) a Fixed loaded hourly rate; (2) estimated amount for travel and miscellaneous expenses; (3) Curriculum Vitae, documenting education and experience; (4) a minimum of three (3) references or contracts completed during the past three (3) years and all contracts that are currently in process that are similar in nature to the solicitation work scope. References or contracts listed may include those entered into by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local governments and commercial concerns. Offerors that are newly formed entities without prior contracts should list contracts and subcontracts as required above for all key personnel. The following information must be provided for each reference or contract: (a) Reference?s and/or Contracting Officer?s name and telephone number; (b) If contract, Program Manager?s name and telephone number; (c) Name of Contracting Organization; (d) Contract Number; (e) Contract Type; (f) Total contract value; (g) description of requirement; and (h) the Dun & Bradstreet (DUNs) number. This requirement is under the North American Indutry Classification System (NAICS) code 541710 with size standard 500 employees. This acquisition is solicited as a total small business set-aside. Proposals are due on February 20, 2004 and they will be evaluated on conformance to the Government?s requirements and price. The Government reserves the right to award a contract without discussions if the Contracting Officer determines tha the initial prices are fair and reasonable and that discussions are not necessary. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which if timely received shall be considered by the agency. Proposals must be submitted in writing to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge Building 2, Suite 6149, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817-7902, Attention: Ms. Cecilia Morales, Purchasing Agent. Fax Proposals will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative.
- Record
- SN00516701-W 20040207/040205211944 (fbodaily.com)
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