SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Identification of Serum Metabolite Markers Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Metabolites Associated with Cognitive Resilience
- Notice Date
- 9/20/2013
- 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
- NOI-3022205
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2013
- Point of Contact
- John Flannery, Phone: 301 435 8782
- E-Mail Address
-
flanneryje@mail.nih.gov
(flanneryje@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisitions, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate and award a contract on a noncompetitive basis to King's College London, Research Grants and Contracts Office, London, United Kingdom, SE1 3QD, for the identification of serum metabolite markers predicting Alzheimer's Disease and brain metabolites associated with cognitive resilience at the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience (LBN). The period of performance is one base year plus two option years. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has a requirement for the identification of serum metabolite markers predicting Alzheimer's Disease and brain metabolites associated with cognitive resilience at the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience (LBN). These analyses will be directed towards the identification of (a) serum-based biomarkers predictive of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and (b) brain metabolite markers associated with resilience to Alzheimer's pathology. The analyses will be performed in the laboratory of Dr. Cristina Legido-Quigley, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London. The collaborating partners are the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging (NIA) (Dr. Madhav Thambisetty). The autopsy-derived brain tissue samples have been previously collected from participants in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). NIA currently has studies in progress at King's College London for serum metabolite markers with Dr. Legido-Quigley. It is critical that the same methodology is applied using the same instrumentation and analytical procedures as the ongoing studies currently in progress at King's College London. Inter-laboratory variation would render the data un-interpretable. There are no other vendors capable of performing these services other than King's College London. This acquisition is being conducted using policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the competition requirements of Part 6. 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 within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this synopsis number, may be submitted to the NIDA SS/SA Branch, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of John Flannery, at flanneryje@mail.nih.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
- SN03196900-W 20130922/130920235324-f4ba0f50642aab57ccc0517ce601abbb (fbodaily.com)
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