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R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF NLM'S OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN MEDICINE POC Daniel J. Hartinger, Contract Specialist, 301/496-6546 It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to negotiate on a sole source basis with Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(C)(1) and FAR 6.302-1 for professional services to train medical educators, medical librarians, medical administrators, and young faculty in medical informatics -- the applications of computer and information science in biomedicine. MBL's efforts will consist of two phases. The first phase will be to conduct annually for five years a 1-week course of intensive training at its Woods Hole facilities for approximately 30 health professionals. The second phase will support a medical informatics laboratory in MBL's biomedical research facility to be used as a permanent base for introducing faculty, biomedical scientists, and students in attendance at the MBL to online medical information databases, computerized molecular biology information resources, various access software, and the networks over which they operate. Participants in the training and those who use the medical informatics laboratory will be exposed to hands-on instruction in accessing computerized databases, using communication networks, building and using knowledge bases for expert systems, and working with software for analyzing biological sequence data. MBL's Woods Hole facilities attract scientists and students from around the world to participate in conferences sponsored by educational institutions, research laboratories, and government agencies. By virtue of its expertise and sophisticated research training facilities, NLM has determined that the MBL is uniquely qualified to carry out these required services in support of NLM's Congressionally mandated outreach efforts. NLM has determined that MBL is the only source capable of providing the necessary services. This notice of intent is not a Request for Proposals (RFP), nor is an RFP available. Telephone/fax requests will not be honored. See Note(s) 22 and 26. (0259)

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