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A -- MASTER AGREEMENT FOR HIV PRECLINICAL VACCINE DEVELOPMENT SOL NIH-96-17 DUE 121995 POC Kristi Cooper, Contract Specialist, (301) 496-7288. The Division of AIDS, NIAID, in its annual requirement to seek new sources, is soliciting proposals for the Master Agreement Program for HIV Preclinical Vaccine Development to increase the number of organizations originally awarded Master Agreements (MA) under MAA No. NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-94-20. CURRENT MA HOLDERS FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. The Master Agreement Announcement (MAA) is issued to solicit MA holders who have the capability of performing the various work categories included in the Statement of Work in support of HIV preclinical vaccine development. The electronic version of RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-96-17 will be available on or about October 25, 1995 through the NIH Gopher and Internet using the following instructions and electronic mail addresses: 1) To access the NIH Gopher: Point your gopher client to Gopher.NIH.GOV PORT 70 (You should now be in the NIH Gopher.) Select ''Grant and Research Information'', then select ''R&D Request for Proposals (RFP)''. 2) To access the NIH Grant Line (Internet): Configure your terminal emulator as: 1200 or 2400 baud, even parity, 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, Half Duplex. Using the procedure specified in your communication software, dial 301-402-2221. When you get a response indicating that you have been connected, then type,GEN1 (the comma is mandatory) and press ENTER; you will be prompted by the NIH system for ''INITIALS?''. Type BB5 and press ENTER. You will then be prompted for ''Account?''. Type CCS2 and press ENTER. Please note that the RFP for this acquisition includes only the Statements of Work, special MA requirements, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the electronic RFP package. Following proposal submission and the initial technical review process, offerors whose proposals were judged ACCEPTABLE will be awarded a MA that will qualify them for one (1) or more of the ten (10) work categories, as appropriate; they will then be eligible to compete for work as Master Agreement Order (MAO) RFP's are isued under the one or more work categories for which they qualified. Responses to this MAA/RFP will be due on or about December 19, 1995. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award Master Agreements. Point of Contact: Kristi Cooper, Contract Specialist; Electronic mail address: kh22k@nih.gov; Telephone: (301)496-7288; Fax: (301) 402-0972. No collect calls will be accepted. (0283)

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