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A -- DAIDS LABORATORY DATA MANAGEMENT SOL NIAID-DAIDS-96-01 DUE 021595 POC Paul D. McFarlane, Contracting Officer (301) 496-0349. The Division of AIDS (DAIDS) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a requirement entitled ''DAIDS Laboratory Data Management'' under request for proposal (RFP) NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-96-01. This acquisition is 100 percent set-aside for small businesses. The effort is to provide a Laboratory Data Management System (LDMS) to those laboratories conducting virologic, immunologic, microbiologic and pharmacologic assays on research samples from subjects enrolled in DAIDS sponsored and/or collaborative trails. The LDMS is critical to cross-program standardization of research protocols and assay quality assurance programs, permitting the combination and/or comparison of laboratory results across all DAIDS sponsored studies. The LDMS is intended to serve a broad spectrum of research sites including: the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) sites i.e. adult and pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Units (ACTUs), the AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Units (AVEUs), the Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS) sites, the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) sites, the Division of AIDS Treatment Research Initiative (DATRI) sites, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) research sites. These sites constitute approximately 120 laboratories, the majority of which are virologic, with fewer immunologic, microbiologic and pharmacologic sites. The essential efforts required are to: 1) provide an LDMS to track laboratory specimen inventory, generate specimen test schedules, collect, calculate, edit, correct and store assay result data in a central database, resolve discrepancies, reformat and distribute data from virologic, immunologic, pharmacologic and microbiologic subject samples to end user databases; 2) provide for the transfer of data from the participating research sites to the LDMS (contractor) database and ultimately to the end users; 3) distribute the LDMS to the participating research laboratories, assist in the installation of and training and support in the use of the LDMS; and 4) interact with DAIDS staff, the scientific committees of the end user groups, as well as the data centers for each of the end user groups in developing data acquisition and management procedures. RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-96-01 will be issued on or about February 15, 1995. Interested parties must provide a written request for the RFP to: National Institutes of Health, NIAID-CMB, Attention: Paul D. McFarlane, Contracting Officer, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Solar Building, Room 3C07, Bethesda, MD 20892-7610. Include three self addressed mailing labels. The RFP will be available in an abbreviated version which will provide the Institute's cover letter, the work statement, the reporting requirements and the evaluation criteria. Upon reviewing this abbreviated version and deciding to submit a proposal, interested parties must provide a second written request for the full text version which will include all the documents necessary for preparing a proposal. Fax requests are acceptable for the full text version on 301-402-0972. The point of contact for questions regarding the RFP is Paul D. McFarlane, Contracting Officer, telephone 301-496-0349. Proposals are sought only from SMALL BUSINESSES (i.e. under 500 employees - SIC 8731). See note #1. It is expected that a 5-year contract will be awarded on or about 10/30/95. The contract will be a cost-reimbursement completion type. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the NIAID. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. (0027)

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