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A -- CAENORHABDITIS GENETICS CENTER SOL NHLBI-RR-97-05 DUE 101196 POC Patricia A. Smith, Contracting Officer, 301-435-0345. The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) requires services of a contractor to continue the establishment of the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) to acquire and distribute wild-type and mutant strains of C. elegans and related nematode species, to characterize these strains, and to stimulate biological/biomedical research using C. elegans as a model system. The CGC is expected to provide a genetic resource to investigators using C. elegans as a model in biological research. The CGC also receives reprints of publications and data (raw and analyzed), stores these materials, verifies genetic status and/or scientific accuracy and distributes mutant strain, bibliographic and genetic information to individual scientists and the scientific public at large. The CGC is currently operated under contract by the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Dr. Robert Herman, P.I. However, this is a full and open competitive acquisition. The period of performance is five years. One award is anticipated to be made about May 31, 1997.The RFP will be issued on or about August 12, 1996, with proposals due October 11, 1996. Interested organizations should request the streamlined RFP package. General information and directions for proposal submission are located electronically under the NIH Home Page through the Internet. The streamlined RFP includes only the Statement of Work, Deliverables and Reporting Requirements, Background Information, and Technical Evaluation Criteria. Telephone requests will only be honored if confirmed by FAX or written request or electronic mail. E-mail address is: smithp@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov. All requests for RFP must cite RFP No. NCRR-RR-97-05. (0201)

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