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D -- CUSTOMIZED DBASE MANAGEMENT SOL N02-BC-76206-81 POC Janet M. Mattson, Contracting Officer 301-402-4509. The National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, plans to procure on a Sole Source Basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), a LAN development-management and software maintenance agreement for a customized dBase laboratory management system from Advanced Medical Systems Consultants (AMSC), P.O. Box 3425, Fairfax, VA 22038. The contractor shall continue servicing the LHC LABMGR systems, designed and developed for LHC research programs. The existing research laboratory manager software system is for studies of the mechanisms of human cancer using tissues, cells, cell lines, plasmids, recombinant DNA, and carcinogens, all of which have separate menu-driven databases. Objectives require a single programmer to interconnect and network nine LABMGR programs in dBase formats, manage the LAN, database emergencies, modifications and updates in a Windows 95 environment. The programmer shall have sufficient science training and experience to interact with scientists for the logic and design fo systems in biology, immunology, pathology, and epidemiology. It is the Government's belief that these requiremnts can only be met by Advanced Medical Systems Consultants. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Information furnished shall included enough material, in sufficient detail, to perform a proper evaluation of their ability to perform. Closing date is 45 days after publication of this notice. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0362)

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