SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Assembly, Shipping, and Tracking of Biospecimen Collection Kits
- Notice Date
- 7/27/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Westat (NINDS PRIME CONTRACTOR), 1650 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- WESTAT_8208-07-01
- Response Due
- 8/29/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2007
- Description
- The National Children?s Study (NCS) is a major longitudinal cohort study that will follow children from before birth to at least 21 years of age and will evaluate the effects of a variety of environmental factors, including chemical, physical, biological, and psychosocial factors, on children?s health and well-being. Researchers will analyze how these elements interact with each other and what helpful and/or harmful effects they might have on children?s health. Data will be collected from children and their families from different areas of the country, from varied backgrounds, and of different family types. In order to study the main hypotheses for the National Children?s Study, a variety of data will be collected from participants, including biological specimens. Biospecimens from a potential mother, father, and/or child will either be collected by a data collector or self collected by the participant and will take place at defined time periods or visits during the study. The visits are defined as Pre-Pregnancy (P1), First Trimester Pregnancy (T1), Third Trimester Pregnancy (T3), Birth (B) and 1, 3, 6, or 12 months after the child is born (1 month, 3 months, 6 months, or 12 Months). Study centers from across the nation will manage the data collection within their area and will work with the Program Office (National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC)) and the Coordinating Center (Westat) to meet the needs of the study. The study will begin with 7 Vanguard Centers but will add on study centers over the first 11 years of the study to reach approximately 105 study locations. In order to guarantee consistency of data collection across the study locations and between participants, the study plans to make use of pre-made biospecimen collection kits. This will help streamline biospecimen collection and ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and good quality control in the field. Biospecimen collection is an important part of this study and will require meticulous attention to detail as well as continuous efforts by the vendor to ensure that specific protocols for biospecimen kit production are followed. The contents of each kit will require close attention to specific component labeling, tracking, and shipping as described in the following sections.
- Record
- SN01354463-W 20070729/070727220620 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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