SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- # 19527 - RN / MIDPR
- Notice Date
- 2/17/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Library of Medicine6707 Democracy BoulevardRoom 773BethesdaMD20892-7511
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7511
- Solicitation Number
- NIHDK2009154
- Response Due
- 3/13/2009
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2009
- Point of Contact
- GRIFFIN, VERNE L +1 301 594 7730, griffinv@mail.nih.gov<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to procure services of the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) is a multicenter study designed to identify genetic determinants of diabetic kidney disease. FIND is conducted in eleven centers and in many ethnic groups throughout the United States. Our center at the Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch conducts studies among American Indian populations in the southwestern United States. We now intend to create a new recruitment center in Micronesia to recruit indigenous peoples from the Territory of Gaum and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands (CNMI). A research facility operated by MIDPR is located on Gaum. Micronesian Institute for Diabetes Prevention and Research (MIDPR) is a non-profit organization that has registrations needed to provide contractor service for NIDDK. Description of Specific Requirements to be accomplished: Lease two vehicles for use by study personnel for recruitment of study participants and transport of participants and samples; Lease an apartment for NIDDK nursing staff who coordinate the Micronesian center activities; Lease or purchase laboratory equipment, but not limited to: -70C ThermoForma 8604 Ultra Low Temperature Freezer, Standard refrigerator/freezer combination, Refrigerated centrifuge. Lease or purchase office equipment and supplies, but not limited to: Locking letter-sized file cabinets and Cellular telephone service for three telephones. Additionally, the contractor must administer the payment of reimbursement to patient volunteers as described below: The Contractor shall prepare checks for the research volunteers in the amounts specified in a written document by the Project Officer or his designee. For purposes of preparing and delivering of the written document the Project Officer designee(s) for this contract is the 1). On site NIH study coordinator. The document shall be delivered to the Contractor approximately twenty-four (24) hours prior to the preparation of the checks. The payment checks will be delivered to the study coordinator from 11:00AM 10 12:00 Noon daily (Monday Friday). The number of requested checks is expected to average 50 per week. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responses received, before the closing date of this announcement, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and 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. It is anticipated that the Request for Quotation (RFQ) NIH-NIDDK-09-154 will be available fifteen (15) days after the release of the RFQ. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. Request for copies of the RFQ must be in writing to the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 773, Bethesda, MD 20817 Attention: V. Lynn Griffin. FAX quotations must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and fax number. FAX quotations will be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. FAX NUMBER 301-480-8501.
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