SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Case Control Study of Esophageal Cancer
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 621511
— Medical Laboratories
- 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
- Reference-Number-NCI-70059-NG
- Response Due
- 5/25/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/9/2007
- Description
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI), plans to procure services and supplies on a sole source basis with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 09, France relating to a case-control study of esophageal cancer that IARC is conducting in Golestan Province, Iran. The supplies and services herein are being procured in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures authorized by FAR Part 13.106. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 621511 and the business size standard is $12.5M. The purpose of this procurement is to evaluate risk factors in and obtain biological samples from a high risk population at the western end of the Central Asian Esophageal Cancer Belt. NCI requires questionnaire data and biological samples from 100 cases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and 200 controls from such a population. This data will aid the NCI in understanding the causes of ESCC in this area and will allow comparisons of exposures between this and other high-risk areas. IARC is the only major research institution conducting a case-control study of esophageal cancer at the western end of the Central Asian Esophageal Cancer Belt, and is therefore the only known source for data and biological samples from this area. IARC has a long history of quality research activities, including research in this geographic area. The comparison of results from this and other high risk areas, which are very different geographically, culturally and ethnically, will be a valuable resource for identifying etiologic risk factors for this disease that are important throughout the world. The contractor shall: 1) anonymize all data and biological specimens, so they cannot be linked to individuals; 2) provide questionnaire data on 100 cases and 200 matched controls collected in Golestan Province; 3) provide pathologic data on all of these subjects who have been endoscopically examined; 4) provide one diagnostic HE-stained tissue section of esophageal cancers found in these subjects and; 5) provide one 2ml serum aliquot and genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood cells from all of these subjects. The Period of Performance shall be from June 1, 2007 or the date of award, whichever is later, for twelve (12) months. This is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the researcher to determine if the party can perform this requirement. An original and one copy of the capability statement must be received in the contracting office by 1:00 pm ET on May 25, 2007 to Malinda Holdcraft, Contract Specialist. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to 301-402-4513 or sent via email to holdcram@exchange.nih.gov. It is the vendors? responsibility to call 301-402-4509 or email the aforementioned individual to insure questions have been received. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certifications in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), http://www.bpn.gov and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) http://orca.bpn.gov. Please reference NCI-70059-NG on all correspondence.
- Record
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