SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Pertussis Diagnostics Clinical Validation Study
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- ReferenceNumber-00HCVGGC-2007-45459
- Response Due
- 8/28/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2007
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CCID), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), intends to negotiate a sole source commercial purchase order for clinical validation to study the epidemiology and transmission of pertussis (also known as whooping cough). The vendor will be required to obtain the necessary Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals prior to implementing the Pertussis Diagnostics Clinical Validation Study. The Government has determined that Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (Kaiser) is the only responsible source to meet the Government?s needs. Kaiser has extensive experience in conducting clinical research studies, diverse patient population located in the metropolitan Atlanta area, and a membership size to provide the large sample size required for the study. Minimum vendor qualifications for this requirement are: automated data files encompassing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department visits, automated databases covering laboratory data and pharmaceutical prescribing practices. It is believed that service procured from this vendor meets the minimum needs of the government and no other source for this service is known at this time. This procurement will be processed under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Total period of performance will be 12 months from the date of award.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 495 Piedmont Road, NE, Building 10, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA
- Zip Code: 30305
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 30305
- Record
- SN01370494-W 20070815/070813220345 (fbodaily.com)
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