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B -- CHEROKEE NATION CANCER REGISTRY SOL RFQ70182-NS DUE 090897 POC Patricia Haun, Contracting Officer (301) 496-8613 The National Cancer Institutes (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control plans to procure on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, A Cherokee Nation Cancer Registry from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK 74465. This project will help develop an infrastructure and necessary staff recruitment and training to support activities central to the development of a tribally-operated cancer registry. The target population for this project is all Indians residing in the 14-county Cherokee Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Service Area who are eligible for health care through Tribal or Indian Health Service (IHS)- operated health care facilities. Currently the number of eligible users is approximately 100,000. The registry for the Cherokee Nation will meet the standards of the NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program in casefinding, patient follow-up, data processing, data reporting, and quality assurance. The following activities will be required: 1) Develop an administrative infrastructure to support the project; 2) Identify sources and methods necessary for case ascertainment, to include RPMS Database reports (IHS Database), IHS Oklahoma Area Office statistical database, Oklahoma State Health Department Cancer Registry and Oklahoma Department of Vital Statistics; 3) Develop collaborative agreements with identified sources (i.e., hospitals, Oklahoma State Health Department); 4) Identify cases and collect data from determined sites; 5) Provide quality assurance of abstracted data; 6) Establish an advisory board comprised of Cherokee Nation staff and health care providers who have worked with Native American cancer programs; 7) Provide a written report of progress at six months and one year to NCI. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is the only organization in a position to collect cancer data on this Indian population and has assumed control of the local health information systems function from the IHS. The Cherokee Nation has an ongoing collaboration with the Oklahoma University College of Medicine to provide support for training and quality assurance for registry personnel. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above, they may submit a statement of capabilities. Information furnished shall include enough material, in sufficient detail, to perform a proper evaluation of their ability to perform. Materials must be received within 15 days of the publication of this notice. See Note 22. (0237)

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