Loren Data's SAM Daily™

FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 13, 2013 FBO #4249
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- National Children's Study Vanguard 2.0

Notice Date

7/11/2013
 

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 Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch, 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510
 

ZIP Code

20892-7510
 

Solicitation Number

RFP-NIH-NICHD-NCS-2014-06
 

Archive Date

8/10/2013
 

Point of Contact

Usha Raman, Phone: 301-443-5228, Deborah A. Baca, Phone: 301-443-7794
 

E-Mail Address

ramanu2@mail.nih.gov, debby.baca@nih.gov
(ramanu2@mail.nih.gov, debby.baca@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

T H IS IS A N OTICE OF I N TE N T, N OT A RE Q UE S T F OR P R O P O S A L. A S O L ICIT A TION D OCU M E N T W I L L N OT BE I SS UED AN D P R O P O S A L S WI L L N OT BE A CC E P T E D. T h e E un i c e K e nn e d y S h r iv e r N ati o n al I n st i t u te o f C h ild H e alth a n d Hu m an D e ve l op me n t ( N IC H D ) s e r ve s as t h e l ead a g e n c y f o r t h e N ati o n al C h il d r e n 's S t ud y ( N C S ). T h e N CS is a l o ng it u d i n al c o h o rt s t ud y t h a t will ex a m i n e t h e effe c ts o f e n v ir o n m e n tal i n fl u e n c e s o n t h e h ealth a n d d e v el o p m e n t o f c h il d r e n. Add iti o n al i n f o r m at i o n a b ou t t h e S t u d y t o i n cl ud e t h e c u rre n t C o n ce p t o f O p erat i o n s is a v aila b le o n t h e S t ud y We b s i te ( h tt p : / / w w w. n ati o n alc h il d re n s s t ud y. g o v ). A n e x t e n s i v e a n d o ngo i n g p il o t ph ase o f t h e N ati o n al C h il d r e n 's S t ud y, k n o wn a s t h e V a ngu ard S t u d y, b e g an field w o rk in J a n u ary 2 0 0 9. T h e g o als o f t h e V a ngu ard S t ud y are f e a si b ilit y, a c c e p ta b ili t y a n d c o st ev al u a ti o n o f r e cr u i t m e n t, st u d y v i sit d ata c o lle c ti o n, a n d l o g ist i cs. V a ngu ard S t ud y act i v ities are s e p ara t e fr o m t h e e x p o s u r e r e s p o n s e asses s m e n ts t h at f o r m t h e c o re o f a s e p ara t e M ain S t ud y. T h e V a ngu ard S t ud y will c on ti nu e f o r t h e n e xt t w o d e c a d e s as a s e p ara t e st ud y li n k e d t o a n d i n f o r m i n g t h e lar g e r M ain S t ud y. T h e V a ngu ard S t ud y is n e c e ssa r y t o t e st a n d v ali d ate all p r o c e du r e s f o r t h e M ain S t ud y p ri o r to scale u p a n d i m p l e me n t a ti o n. A b o u t 4, 0 0 0 c h il d r e n w e re e n r o ll e d und e r t h e N CS V a ngu ard S t ud y. T h e V a n g u ard 2. 0 S t u d y is c o n ti nu i n g to i m p l e m e n t t h e n e xt p h ase o f t h e N CS V a ngu ard S t ud y with a f o c u s o n t h e c o r e act i v it i e s o f p artici p a n t r e t e n t i o n, st u d y v is i t d e ve l o pm e n t a n d ass e s s me n t a n d f o r m a ti v e r e s e arch o n m e t h o d s to a d d r e ss s p e cif i c qu e st i o n s o r n ee d s. C o n tra c t N o. HHSN 27 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 04 I E n titl e d " N at i o n al C h il d r e n ' s S t ud y V a ngu ard 2. 0 " ; E ast R e g i o n al O p e ra t i n g C e n t e r (East RO C ) C o n tra c t o r : N at i o n al O p i n i o n R e s e arch C e n t e r ( N OR C ) T h e N CS s e ek s t o e x p a n d t h e V a ngu ard S t ud y t h r o ug h e n r o l l me n t o f s ub s e qu e n t b irt h s b y w o m e n w i th c h il d r e n alr e a d y e n r o l l e d in t h e S t ud y. D u ri n g t h e V a n gu ard S t ud y 's A lt e r n a te R e cr u it m e n t Sub st ud y ( A R S ), e n r o ll m e n t h as b ee n li m i t e d t o b a b i e s b o rn du r i n g a p r e - d e fi n e d r e cr u i t m e n t p e ri o d, w h ich f o r a n y si ng le f a m ily m ay b e m o re t h an o n e b irth e ve n t. T h ese t i m e fr a m es are n o w c o m p le t e f o r e a ch o f t h e v a ri o u s A RS r e cr u i t m e n t a pp r o ac h e s a n d n o n e w r e cr u i t m e n t is c u rr e n t l y al l o w e d. It is e x p ec t ed t h at r e cr u i t m e n t in t h e N C S M ain S t ud y will o cc u r o v e r m u lti p le y e ars. T hu s, w o me n e n r o ll e d in t h e M ain st ud y c o u ld e x p e r i e n ce mo r e t h an o n e p r e gn a n cy du ri n g t h e r e cr u i t me n t p e ri o d. E n r o l l me n t o f a dd iti o n al b irt h s in t h e V a n gu ard S t ud y is crit i cal t o o u r a b ility t o b e st o p e r a ti o n a l i z e f u t u re r e cr u i t me n t acti v it i e s. T h e Offe r o r m u st h a v e t h e a b ility t o e n r o ll si b li n g b irt h s at a l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f S t ud y l o cat i o n s t h a t re p r ese n t t h e h i gh est b irth rates in o u r st ud y a n d a d m i n ist e r t h e N CS a pp r o v e d st ud y p r o t o c o l t h at i n cl ud e s t h e c o llect i o n o f e n v i r o nm e n tal sa m p les, b i o s p e c i me n s a n d ph y sical me as u r e m e n ts du ri n g p r e - p r e gn a n cy a n d p r e - a n d p o st- n atal v isits. T h is N o t i ce o f I n t e n t is n o t a r e qu e st f o r p r o p o sal. H o w e v e r, if r e s p o n si b le s o u r c e s b e li e v e t h at t h e y can p erf o r m t h e a bo v e re qu e st, t h ey are e n c o u ra g ed t o r e s p o n d b y s u b m itti n g t h ree ( 3 ) c o p ies o f t h eir ca p a b ility s t at e me n t f o r c on si d e ra t i o n b y t h e N IC H D, t o U s h a R a m an, C o n tract Sp e cialis t, N IC H D Off i ce o f A c qu isiti o n s, C o n tra c t M a n a g eme n t Bra n c h, 6 1 0 0 E xe c u ti v e B o u l ev ar d, R oo m 8 B 13 B, M S C 7 5 1 0, B e t h e s d a, M D 2 0 8 9 2 - 75 1 0 : ( 3 0 1 ) 4 4 3 - 5 2 2 8 ; u s h a.r a m a n@n i h. g o v
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NICHD/RFP-NIH-NICHD-NCS-2014-06/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Opinion Research Center, 55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60603-5173, United States

Zip Code: 60603-5173
 

Record

SN03114427-W 20130713/130711235752-87b1582f2920d5bce80e5cd025f45b4a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

---

| FSG Index  |  This Issue's Index  |  Today's FBO Daily Index Page |