SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Interdisciplinary Studies of Occupational and Environmental Cancer
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Suite 600, Rockville, MD, 20852, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N02-CP-71002-50
- Response Due
- 4/2/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2007
- Description
- The Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch (OEEB) of the National Cancer Institute is re-competing a contract for support to interdisciplinary studies, NO2-CP-11015, currently held by Westat, Inc. The contract will establish a mechanism to provide all the services required to conduct a wide variety of domestic and international (case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, and pilot) studies. The scientific design and oversight of the activities are the responsibility of the OEEB professional staff. The major activities of the contractor include: 1) obtain necessary information to determine effective study resources (e.g., capabilities of collaborating institutions, numbers of eligible study subjects, exposure information, etc.) and prepare, pretest, evaluate and produce data collection forms, including computer-assisted questionnaires; 2) prepare training programs and materials for abstractors, interviewers and other study personnel and procedure manuals; 3) arrange for the collection, handling, transport, storage and analysis of biologic, industrial, and environmental samples; 4) assemble death certificates and records on cancer incidence and have them evaluated and coded by appropriate nosologists, pathologists or clinicians; 5 ) trace study subjects to locate them for interview, (industrial or general population) environmental measurements, or biologic specimen collection, to determine their vital status, to assess cancer incidence, to assess exposure, to assess genetic susceptibility, or to obtain other information necessary for the study; 6) train abstractors, interviewers, telephone screeners, coders, phlebotomists and others who will be involved with acquiring and assembling data; abstract, microfilm, photocopy or obtain computer records (clinical or office medical records, hospital charts, vital records, employment records, etc.); 7) interview subjects or surrogates using mail, telephone, computer-assisted or personal interviews; 8) arrange for clinical diagnostic studies, laboratory evaluation of study subjects and industrial or general population environmental measurements at the subject?s (or employer?s) convenience; 9) collect and deliver biologic, industrial or general population environmental samples to laboratories or individuals for storage and/or analysis; 10) carry out pilot studies to identify appropriate laboratories, evaluate quality control of ongoing laboratory analyses, establish databases of the results of laboratory analyses, help to coordinate data processing needs for laboratory results for a wide range of studies (including those not under this contract) and assist with monitoring the availability, and managing the use of, stored biologic samples from previous studies; 11) enter coded information into suitable computers; 12) design and maintain computer databases and associated reporting software and prepare edit programs, edit data, and correct computer files where necessary; 13) produce analyses specified by the NCI investigator; 14) document each step of a study and maintain, in an orderly arrangement, all relevant material so that any aspect of the study may be reviewed and evaluated by the NCI staff at any point in time; 15) develop subcontracts on specialized field procedures, industrial hygiene or general environment components and laboratory analyses of biologic samples. A person experienced in the collection, handling and coordination of biologic and environmental samples must be identified to work on studies conducted under this and other OEEB contracts. The name of the key personnel and their experience in these tasks must be provided with the technical proposal. A uniform budget assumption shall be included in the RFP to require that all offerors propose a line item of $600,000 per year of the contract for required subcontracts. A second uniform budget assumption shall be included in the RFP to require that all offerors propose a line item of $50,000 per year of the contract for travel. It is anticipated that one incrementally funded, cost-reimbursement, term type contact will be awarded for a period of five years, with a required total level of effort of 50,000 direct labor hours (10,000 direct labor hours per year). It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) package will be available on or about March 2, 2007 with responses due approximately 30 calendar days following the actual date of issuance of the RFP. The RFP may be accessed via the NCI Office of Acquisition (OA) website: http://rcb.cancer.gov/rcb-internet/ under ?Current Requests For Proposals?. Award of this project is anticipated by October 1, 2007. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the NCI. No collect calls will be accepted.
- Record
- SN01226423-W 20070208/070206220217 (fbodaily.com)
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