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A -- PRIMATE IMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY FOR AIDS VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SOL RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-98-14 DUE 110197 POC Grace Bruce, Contract Specialist, (301) 496-0195, E-MAIL: gb15w@nih.gov The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH has a requirement to provide for the centralized performance of immunological assays to support preclinical AIDS vaccine trials in primates. The purpose of this contract is to support the NIAID in its mission to stimulate research towards discovery and testing of prototype vaccines for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The NIAID requires a Primate Immunology Laboratory to assay specimens from macaques, or other primates for humoral, cellular, and mucosal immune responses induced by immunization with prototype Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) vaccines. This effort will support the research of AIDS investigators, including five SIV Vaccine Evaluation Units (SVEUs), the National Cooperative Vaccine Evaluation Groups (NCVDG), and other programs initiated by NIAID. The purpose of this solicitation is to compete this effort. This is an announcement for an anticipated Request for Proposals (RFP). It is anticipated that one (1) contract will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. It is expected that the contract will have a five-year period of performance, and a completion type cost-reimbursement contract is anticipated. RFP-NIH-NIAID-98-14 will be available electronically on or about August 26, 1997, and may be accessed through either the NIAID Contract Management (CMB) Home Page or the NIH Gopher by using the following electronic mail addresses and instructions: 1) NIAID/CMB Home Page (via the World Wide Web): Access by using http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract and select the "RFP" link. 2) To access the NIH Gopher: Point your Gopher client to GOPHER.NIH.GOV PORT70 (you should now be in the NIH Gopher). Select "Grant and Research Information," select "R&D Request for Proposals (RFP)," select "RFPs Available," select NIAID, and select RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-98-14." Please note that the RFP for this procurement has been revised to include only the Statement of Work, Deliverables and Reporting 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 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 by the close-of-business on November 1, 1997. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. Point of Contact: Grace Bruce, Contract Specialist, Contract Management Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Executive Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Electronic mail address: gb15w@nih.gov. Telephone: 301-496-0195. FAX: 301-402-0972. No collect calls will be accepted. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the NIAID. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. (0220)

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