SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Continuation of Professional Services in the integrated areas of psychological development and behavior genetics of complex social behaviors in the aged population
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 2374014
- Point of Contact
- Susan Nsangou, Phone: 3014432104
- E-Mail Address
-
nsangous@mail.nih.gov
(nsangous@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Acquisitions- Neurosciences, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Yale University, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT, for the continuation of professional services in the integrated areas of psychological development and behavior genetics of complex social behaviors in the aged population. A major step in integrating social and behavioral science is to understand clearly the interplay of genetic and social processes across the life span. Within this frame it is essential to understand the (1) long-term effects of adverse and favorable early rearing; (2) how the impact of these early experiences is maintained across decades including the impact of rearing experience on gene expression profiles; (3) how genetic variation among individuals moderates the effect of experience; (4) the intermediate pathways that illumine this moderating effect of genes; (5) how genetics, neurobiology and the social environment define critical and sensitive periods across the life span for effective interventions; and (6) how these same factors elucidate the mechanisms by which well-timed interventions achieve their effect. Contractor shall continue developing papers, workshops, and program initiatives that are already in process to maximize the usefulness of the Health and Retirement Study GWAS data and to explore its harmonization with other, comparable studies. This task follows from the 2010 National Academy of Sciences workshop that Yale University helped organize and chair on strategies for using genome-wide data in the Health and Retirement Study. Contractor shall also continue to work with NIA to advise applicants to Funding Opportunity Announcement # PA-11-318, "Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01)." Contractor shall continue collaborations with the NIA/BSR on the ongoing Conscientiousness and Healthy Aging initiative. Complete work towards the 2012 publication of a special issue of Developmental Psychology of papers from a workshop organized in January 2011 on this topic. Continue collaboration with nine paper authors from the workshop to refine and finalize results for publication in the special issue. Complete a paper for the special issue on developing personality across the life span and its influence on healthy aging and longevity. Contractor shall publish special issue journals from the workshops. Contractor shall develop a new initiative to probe critical links between early development and patterns of healthy aging, and on the genetic and environmental mechanisms that explain these links. Contractor shall leverage advances in research on these links, identify complementary research lines within other ICs and foster collaboration between ICs, especially in the area of animal-human models in the genetics of behavior. Contractor shall attend relevant staff meetings and NIA Retreats; provide input to the selection of Science Advances in the area of genetics; provide input to the BSR Sourcebook, including writing sections as requested; review and comment on miscellaneous correspondence or written material as requested by BSR Director. Yale University played an important role in the BSR initiative to link genome-wide association studies to the Health and Retirement Study, which has illuminated many aging processes through its longitudinal study of a large, population-based sample. Dr. Reiss of Yale University first wrote several in-house papers clarifying how genetic data might test and potentially reshape social and economic theories of aging processes. He then played the central role in organizing and chairing the 2010 National Academy of Sciences workshop on strategies for using genome-wide data in the Health and Retirement Study. Following that, he helped translate the results of the NAS workshop into PA-11-318, Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01) (issued 8/22/2011). This FOA solicits applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans. Dr. Reiss is currently working with BSR staff to advise extramural applicants to this FOA. In addition, Dr. Reiss has begun to develop papers, workshops (including a follow-up to the NAS meeting) and additional program initiatives to maximize the usefulness of the HRS GWAS data and to explore its harmonization with other comparable studies. Period of performance is 12 months, with the option to exercise up to four additional one-year option period(s.) It is anticipated that this requirement is for 345 hours per annum. Travel to NIH Bethesda for key meetings is also required and up to 6 meetings are anticipated. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition using FAR 12 procedures and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NOI2374014 may be submitted to the NIDA, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, 31 Center Drive, Bldg 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892-2080, and Attention: Susan A. Nsangou, Contracting Officer.
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