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A -- NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN AGING MEN AND WOMEN SOL NIH-AG-98-07 POC Teresa A. Baughman, Contracting Officer, 301-496-4487 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via e-mail, tb14j@nih.gov. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Aging Institute (NIA), intends to negotiate with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine a nine year renewal contract to continue conducting a longitudinal study of age effects on cardiovascular function in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) population through the use of repeated gated blood pool scan examinations during rest and exercise. This offeror, possessing all the following essential capabilities, makes competition unfeasible: 1) immediate and adjacent availablity of a Coronary Care Unit and advanced resuscitative personnel and equipment; 2) facilities for exercise stress testing, gamma camera imaging with depth compensation, storage and retrieval and computer quantification of data; 3) experience and competent staff capable of performing radioisotopic myocardial perfusion scanning and gated blood pool scanning with volume measurements and computer image analysis; and, 4) proximity to the BLSA population. The appropriate statutory authority is 41 USC 253(a)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii) and FAR 6.302-1(b)1(i). This is NOT a Request for Proposal. If, however, there are any responsible sources who feel that they possess ALL of the above capabilities which would enable them to perform this project, they may submit proposals which will be considered by NIH. SEE NUMBERED Note 22.**** (0075)

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