SOLICITATION NOTICE
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- Notice Date
- 11/18/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, IRP, 9000 Rockville Pike Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NOI60019
- Response Due
- 12/2/2005
- Archive Date
- 12/17/2005
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support/Simplified Acquisition (SS/SA) Branch on behalf of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Dr. Layla Kassem, 5230 Nebraska Ave., Washington, DC, to provide clinical genetics research to improve the family volunteer recruitment efforts, formulation of appropriate ascertainment strategies, refinement of diagnostic procedures, and improvements in case definition. Period of Performance for this requirement is approximately 12 months. Dr. Kassem is uniquely qualified because of her intensive training, she is highly skilled in performing family study methods and clinical data analysis. Dr. Kassem has been active in the field of mental health for over 15 years. She has a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and is currently a Ph.D. candidate for the Committee on Human Development in the Department of Psychology. She has also worked as a Senior Project Coordinator for the Schizophrenia Genetics Research Program at the University of Chicago, where she acquired extensive family study experience directly related to the scope of this requirement. Her ability to formulate and synthesize clinical data analyses into coherent reports is illustrated by her publication record, which includes three peer reviewed publications and many presentations at scientific meetings. The sole source determination is based upon the knowledge, skills and expertise that Dr. Kassem possesses. An award to any other source would affect the NIH?s prior and current research involving protocol # 80-M-0083 entitled, ?Bipolar Genetics: A Collaborative Study would not provide any cost savings to the Government. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541990 and the Size Standard is $6.0M. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition procedures and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NOI60019 may be submitted to the NIDA, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, 31 Center Drive, Bldg 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, Attention: Tonya D. Anderson.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN00934326-W 20051120/051118211758 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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