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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 16, 2018 FBO #5957
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- Virtual Reality Framework for Research and Treatment of Adolescence Depression - 4894719 Sources Sought

Notice Date

3/14/2018
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

511210 — Software Publishers
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211, MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9559, United States
 

ZIP Code

20892-9559
 

Solicitation Number

NIHDA201800110
 

Archive Date

4/4/2018
 

Point of Contact

Danielle R. Brown, Phone: 301 480 2385
 

E-Mail Address

danielle.brown2@nih.gov
(danielle.brown2@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

4894719 Sources Sought - Virtual Reality Framework for Research and Treatment of Adolescence Depression The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire software programming services for the Mood, Brain, and Developmental Unit's virtual reality (VR) platforms and pilot treatments. The Mood Brain and Development Unit, has as its primary goal the elucidation of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying depression and related mood disorders. Depression is associated with aberrant processing and learning of environmental rewards. These aberrations can be studied using experimental tasks where subjects receive various rewards and their respective decision making is modeled. However, current experimental tasks are implemented in limited laboratory settings not resembling real-life experiences and lacking ecological validity. Last year, our Unit purchased equipment through Mode Four, LLC to conduct experiments and programming on novel virtual reality (VR) platforms and to pilot treatments that are using this modality. The VR equipment helped boost the Unit's translational potential for ecological validity, efficiency, youth-friendliness, and suitability for innovative treatment.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-01/NIHDA201800110/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20904, United States

Zip Code: 20904
 

Record

SN04853777-W 20180316/180314231012-ee349b7af4bc5602556b19620772b070 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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