SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Education and Training Services
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NIHAO2012076
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- LaDonna R Stewart, Phone: 301-451-8117
- E-Mail Address
-
lstewart@niaid.nih.gov
(lstewart@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposals. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract or purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to the University of Oxford, Wellington Square, Oxford OX11 2JD, United Kingdom for the payment of tuition and fees for NIH Fellows participating in a doctorate program as a part of the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program of the NIH-wide Global Doctoral Partnership (NGDP). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of the premier Federal agencies responsible for conducting and supporting global health research initiatives and helping to lead the way toward medical discoveries and advancements that save lives and promote improved healthier standards of living from a global perspective. In order to ensure a of highly skilled medical and scientific researchers, the NIH has developed the NGDP consisting of a set of affiliated doctoral programs designed to enhance the training of highly accomplished biomedical researchers students devoted to careers in basic, translational, or clinical biomedical research by allowing outstanding American and European Union college graduates to engage in accelerated PhD research through collaborative projects between an NIH intramural laboratory and laboratories at Oxford University, Cambridge University, or other EU Universities. In collaboration with the NIAID Division of Intramural Research, the foundation programs of the NGDP are the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program, the NIH MD/PHd Partnership Training Program, and the NIH Wellcome Trust Program. The NIH Division of Medical Sciences, the University of Oxford of the United Kingdom, and the NGDP Program have a shared interest in fostering collaborative research in mutual areas of excellence at both institutions and a common interest in educating highly talented individuals for careers as professional scientist. The National Institutes of Health will provide, through its offices and investigators, the recruitment of exceptional students from the United States who will carry out graduate-level training and research for the 2012 and 2013 academic year under coordinated mentors at the NIH and University of Oxford. The program of study shall include co-supervision for trainees at the University of Oxford and the NIH. Basic and applied research shall be carried out by the trainees at both institutions. This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposals. This announcement constitutes the only notice. Proposals are not being requested. The Government intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order or contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-60, August 27, 2012. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this notice is 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, and the business size standard is $7.0M. Interested parties may identify their interest in response to this synopsis by submitting their capabilities to provide these services in writing, by email to LaDonna Stewart at lstewart@niaid.nih.gov by 10:00 am local time on September 10, 2012. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed contract or purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12 procedures and FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offers Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contractor Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: University of Oxford, Wellington Square, Oxford OX11 2JD and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD 20892 USA, United States
- Record
- SN02859791-W 20120831/120829235204-bff3ddbd7a2671a21d856dde4be6f437 (fbodaily.com)
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