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D -- CANCER INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND TRACKING SOL NCI-CO-61017-77 DUE 060396 POC Crystal Linder, Contract Specialist (301) 496-8611. The International Cancer Information Center of the NCI intends to release a Request for Proposals for the Cancer Information Analysis and Tracking project (CIAT). The CIAT contract provides support services for maintaining the content of the International Cancer Information Center's (ICIC) information products and services, including the PDQ and Rare Disease Clinical Research databases, CancerFax, CancerNet, and the ICIC home page on the World Wide Web (WWW). Services provided include writing, editing, abstracting, indexing, data entry, quality control, and soliciting and incorporating updated information. Options are provided for addition of work to index abstract information for the CANCERLIT database and to expand the content of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Database, should such services be required in 1998. As additional ICIC information services are implemented, this contract will also be responsible for maintenance of the content of these services. RFP NCI-CO-61017-77 will be available electronically on or about May 3, 1996, and may be accessed through either the NIH Gopher, or the NIH Home Page by using the following electronic mail addresses and instructions: 1) to access the NIH Gopher: Point your gopher client to GOPHER.NIH.GOV PORT 77 (you should now be in the NIH Gopher). Select ''Grant & Research Information'', then select ''R&D Request for Proposal (RFP).'' 2) NIH Home Page (via the World Wide Web): Access the NIH Home Page by using http://www.nih.gov. Once you are at the NIH Home Page, select ''Grants & Contracts'', then select R&D Requests for Proposals (RFP).'' Please note that the RFP for this procurement only include the Statement of Work, special contract requirements, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the submission of the proposal will be contained in the electronic RFP package. Responses to the RFP will be due on or about June 3, 1996. Point of Contract: Crystal Linder, Contract Specialist; Electronic mail address; linderc@nci.nih.gov; Telephone: (301) 496-8611; Fax (301) 480-0241. No collect calls will be accepted. (0095)

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