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B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR RETROVIROLOGY SECTION SOL 97-52 POC Mr. Checchia/301-496-3878/Rebecca A. Guenthner/301-402-2284 RFP AVAILABLE ANNOUNCEMENT ELECTRONIC RFP PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT RFP AVAILABLE: NIH-NIAID-DIR-97-52. "Technical Support Services for the Clinical and Molecular Retrovirology Section:" The Division of Intramural Research Program of the Office of the Clinical Director, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a requirement for technical support services from organizations having the capabilities to be responsible for the continued monitoring, maintenance, design and implementation of a comprehensive system for the acquisition, compilation, correction monitoring, storage and analysis of data collected in the clinical trials of predominantly new and experimental investigational agents. The necessary technical support services will range from the maintenance of the current existing clinical trial database of the NIAID Clinical and Molecular Retrovirology Section to the development of application software, networking functions, and data analysis for the NIAID and possibly other Institutes, Centers or Divisions. It is anticipated that one cost-reimbursement with fixed-price options, level of effort contract will be awarded for a period of five(5) years. RFP NIH-NIAID-DIR-97-52 will be available electronically on or about December 26, 1996 and may be accessed through either the NIH Home Page, or the NIH Gopher by using the following electronic mail addresses and instructions: 1) 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", and then select "NIH Gopher directory" item listed under the "Contracts Page" Section. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for this gopher directory is gopher://gopher.nih.gov:70/11/res/rd-rfp 2) 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 & Research Information", then select "R&D Requests for Proposals (RFP)." Please note that the RFP for this procurement has been revised to include only the Work Statement, deliverable and reporting requirements, special requirements and mandatory qualification, if any, 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 review process, offerors comprising the competitive range will be requested to provide additional documentation to the Contracting Officer. Responses to this RFP will be due on or about January 28, 1997. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. (0341)

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