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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 21,1998 PSA#2078

DHHS/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Contracts Management Branch, Wilco Building, Suite 504, 6000 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7003, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7003

R -- CRITICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS POC C. Timothy Crilley, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is conducting a market survey to ascertain the availability and technical capability of small businesses to perform NIAAA's requirement to: develop, implement, and evaluate coordinated research dissemination programs through the mass media to general audiences; prepare, publish and disseminate through the mass media materials that communicate new knowledge and innovative strategies to the alcohol field including research scientists and service providers, the general health and science communities, and other key audiences; and collaborate with Institute staff in planning and implementing such activities. The title of this project is "Critical Research Communications." A mandatory requirement exists that the successful offeror must have, or be willing to establish an office within 60 minutes commuting distance by car from the Willco Building in Bethesda, Maryland. Potential offerors unable to comply with this requirement will be considered technically incapable of performing the required tasks. Anticipated beginning date of the new contract is September 30, 1998. The Government anticipates awarding a three (3) year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Interested small business firms should furnish capability information addressing the following: (1) ability to provide a multidisciplinary staff with a broad range of skills including expertise in: developing and implementing strategies for disseminating research news through the mass media including print, broadcast and electronic media; disseminating national and local level research news; and communicating with minority audiences including ethnic audiences and audiences defined by a health condition or vulnerability; (2) identification and availability of individuals with academic backgrounds in the biological sciences, journalism, health communications, and social marketing research and dissemination. Staff must have a minimum of three years experience in science writing, including writing for research news dissemination through the mass media, broadcast production, science news analysis, and health communications programs; (3) documented previous corporate experience in managing similar contracts; (4) corporate experience in project management and administration; (5) availability of staff to meet frequently with NIAAA staff at the Willco Building in Bethesda, Maryland with as little as two hours advance notice; and (6) the firm's status as a small business under Standard Industrial Code 8742, with a size standard of $5.0M. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), and responses should not include budgetary information. An original and three (3) copies of your capability statement should be submitted to the NIAAA Contracting Office. All responses will be considered before further acquisition action by the Government. Any information received because of this announcement will not be provided to other contractors and will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a set-aside competitive acquisition. Firms responding to this market survey should provide pertinent information to the requirements mentioned above within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication of this CBD announcement. The final determination by the Government to set-aside this requirement, based on any and all information received, is solely within the discretion of the Government.***** (0107)

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