Loren Data's SAM Daily™

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 FBO #1766
SOURCES SOUGHT

Q -- Establishing Outcomes for the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging Cohort. The Home Visits Program

Notice Date

9/25/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Division of Research Acquisition, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 6E01, MSC 7540, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7540
 

ZIP Code

20892-7540
 

Solicitation Number

260-06-08
 

Response Due

10/27/2006
 

Archive Date

11/10/2006
 

Description

THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT COMMIT THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). NO RFP IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. BASED ON CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS ACQUISITION MAY BE SOLICITED AS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, OR AS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. ALL SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE. INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTING A CAPABILITY STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT MUST IDENTIFY THEIR SIZE STATUS. SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS MUST HAVE THEIR SIZE STATUS CERTIFIED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE SYSTEM (NAICS) IS 541710 WITH A SIZE STANDARD OF 500 EMPLOYEES. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, is seeking small businesses with the capabilities to perform home-based visits and, alternatively, telephone visits to Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (BLSA) participants who, for different reasons, cannot come to the study clinic in Baltimore for a traditional follow-up evaluation. The successful offeror will be required to furnish all the necessary services, personnel, material, equipment and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, needed to perform the work outlined in the statement of work (SOW). The full SOW and technical evaluation criteria for this project are attached. General requirements will consist of performing the following tasks: 1. Update contact information on BLSA participants who are not currently coming to Baltimore for follow-up assessment over the last three years and, based on current information, are not deceased. 2. Make a telephone contact with the BLSA participants potentially eligible for home visits or telephone interviews to establish their status, their willingness to participate in the home visit program or, if not, in a telephone interview. 3. In BLSA participants enrolled in the home visit program, conduct an extensive ascertainment of the health status, aimed at ascertaining multiple health-related outcomes (dementia, mobility limitation, ADL disability, frailty, CHD, cancer etc.). In BLSA participants who are only willing to participate in a telephone interview, collect standard information through a telephone interview. 4. Collect a blood sample to be used for basic tests of clinical chemistry, DNA extraction and storage of cells, serum and plasma. 5. Provide participants and their families with a detailed description of the study, and obtain informed consent for participation, including consent for the use of previously collected biological specimens. 6. Provide to the NIA a database with all the tracking information and all information collected over the telephone interview and during in person home visits, maintaining full compatibility with the BLSA core database. Information on the core database will be provided by the Project Officer. Small business concerns that believe they possess the capability necessary to undertake the work described in the statement of work should submit an original and one (1) copy of their capability statement to the address shown above by October 27, 2006. Electronic copies of capability statements will also be accepted and can be emailed to: cyrush@od.nih.gov Please reference the solicitation number on all related correspondence. Collect calls will not be accepted.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Baltimore, Maryland

Zip Code: 21225

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01153616-W 20060927/060925220200 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

---

| FSG Index  |  This Issue's Index  |  Today's FBO Daily Index Page |