SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Jackson Heart Study (JHS) - Community Outreach Center
- Notice Date
- 1/11/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-HV-13-12
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- William H. Etti, Phone: 3014438763, Cheryl A Jennings, Phone: (301) 435-0347
- E-Mail Address
-
William.Etti@nih.gov, cj19f@nih.gov
(William.Etti@nih.gov, cj19f@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Division of Cardiovascular Sciences of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), plans to establish one (1) Coordinating Center as part of the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) renewal. The JHS also involves a Field Center, Training and Education Center and a Community Outreach Center. Awards for the JHS are anticipated to be made in June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2018. The JHS is a multi-center investigation of predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 5301 African-Americans living in Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties surrounding the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. The JHS represents an expansion of the Jackson, Mississippi site of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study to increase data collection in an African American population, and improve access to and the participation of African American populations and scientists in biomedical research and professions. The JHS was initiated in 1998 as a collaborative effort among three Jackson-area academic institutions. At the close of the current contracts in May 2013, the JHS will have completed three back-to-back cohort examinations that have produced extensive longitudinal data on traditional and putative CVD risk factors, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors and biochemical analytes; measures of subclinical disease from echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart, aorta and abdomen; and stored biological samples. Eighty-two percent of the surviving JHS participants (N = 4203) completed Exam 2; projected retention for Exam 3 is 80% (N = 4082). In addition, the JHS has conducted annual cohort follow-up contacts for incident clinical events of interest, a variety of community education and outreach activities to promote healthy lifestyles to reduce disease risk burden, and level-appropriate academic training programs to promote and support public health research. The objectives of the renewal of the JHS program are to 1) Support dedicated time for JHS investigators to conduct data analysis and prepare manuscripts using the wealth of data collected 2) Facilitate access to study resources and expertise in order to • Engage researchers beyond the JHS, including early career investigators, in collaborative analysis of existing data to produce high quality publications • Serve as a training ground for undergraduate and graduate students to help ameliorate the shortage of minority biomedical researchers • Serve as a platform for ancillary studies 3) Conduct annual phone interviews with participants to identify interim hospitalizations and outpatient medical visits, convey information about the JHS, and serve as a vehicle to recruit for ancillary studies 4) Continue clinical events identification, investigation, and validation to improve statistical power for risk prediction and hypothesis testing 5) Perform community health education activities to disseminate health promotion and prevention messages in the Jackson community. NHLBI plans to support one (1) Coordinating Center, one (1) Field Center, up to two (2) Training and Education Centers, and one (1) Community Outreach Center. THIS NOTICE ADDRESSES THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER ONLY. The Community Outreach Center will plan and conduct Jackson-area community outreach activities and events to promote the JHS, build trust and sustain relationships with community partners, retain study participants, and communicate study findings and health promotion messages. The contractor will collaborate fully with the other JHS Centers and will actively participate in JHS committees, study operations, and analysis and publication of important JHS findings in peer-reviewed journals. The technical requirements associated with this acquisition for the JHS Community Outreach Center include the following: 1. Work collaboratively with the other study centers, including the Coordinating Center, Field Center, and Training & Education Center(s), subcontractors, consultants, and the NHLBI Project Office in all relevant aspects of study development and execution. 2. Plan and conduct three annual public events providing opportunities for JHS participants and Jackson-area community members to interact with the JHS investigators and staff, learn about JHS study findings and receive disease prevention-health promotion information. Expect that up to 250 persons will attend these events. 3. Plan and conduct or participate in additional community activities to communicate study findings and health promotion messages, promote the JHS, retain study participants, and build trust in the community. Such activities may include but not be limited to health fairs, presentations at local churches and other community groups, and programming in local media. 4. Administer the JHS Community Health Advisors Network to promote cardiovascular disease prevention in the Jackson area through health education programs and other activities as appropriate. Train and certify as needed, retain, and provide periodic recertification training activities for approximately 40 Community Health Advisors. 5. Maintain a database of all outreach activities; develop and implement evaluation metrics to evaluate effectiveness of activities. 6. Publish a newsletter every six months for JHS participants and the community reporting research findings, health promotion messages, and other appropriate items of interest. Mail copies to JHS participants (n = approximately 5,000) and print another 500 for distribution at meetings, community events, etc. Post the newsletter electronically on the JHS public website. 7. Convene a community-based Ethics Advisory Board of approximately 8-12 members to advise the JHS on ethical issues concerning participation in research. The board shall meet twice per year or more frequently as needed. 8. Participate in the JHS Steering Committee and other subcommittees as deemed appropriate by the Steering Committee and the NHLBI, including but not necessarily limited to the Ancillary Studies Subcommittee, Publications and Presentations Subcommittee, and Events Monitoring Subcommittee. 9. Work cooperatively with staff at the JHS Training and Education Center(s) as well as the other JHS Centers to provide hands-on field training, observation of, or practicum experiences for undergraduate and/or graduate students. 10. Participate actively in data analysis, presentation, and publication of important findings related to JHS study objectives; and prepare at least two paper proposals and two manuscripts each year for submission for publication to peer-reviewed scientific journals. Small business firms having demonstrated experience in performing tasks as articulated above are invited to submit capability statements. Capability statements must provide evidence of ability to perform and experience in performing the tasks described above and will be reviewed based on the following: 1) professional qualifications of scientific and technical personnel in accordance with the above requirements; 2) demonstrated capacity of individuals and the institutional support to perform the functions of a Community Outreach Center for a multi-center collaborative epidemiology study, including operational and scientific coordination, and information processing; 3) evidence of leadership in first-authoring and publishing scientific papers in a collaborative epidemiology study; and 4) the small business status of the firm under NAICS Code 541712. Capability statements submitted in response to this notice that do not provide sufficient information for review will not be considered. This is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP), and responses should NOT include budgetary information. The Government intends to negotiate one contract for the period of five years with an approximate award date of June 01, 2013. Firms responding to this notice shall provide capability statements (original and three copies) no later than 04:00 pm EST on the fifteenth (15th) calendar day from the date of this announcement to the address shown above. Your submission shall include the name and telephone number of a point of contact. Please reference this notice number. Electronic copies of capability statements will be accepted and shall be sent to William Etti, Contract Specialist (email address: ettiw2@mail.nih.gov and Cheryl Jennings, Contracting Officer (email address: cj19f@nih.gov).
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