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R -- EDITORIAL AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SOL NIMH-98-OS-0007 DUE 061598 POC Contracting Officer, David Eskenazi or Patricia Gibbons, (301) 443-2696 WEB: NIMH-98-OS-0007, http://www.nimh.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, de5d@nih.gov. The National Institute of Mental Health proposes to issue a solicitation (RFP) No. NIMH-98-OS-0007 entitled "Editorial and Electronic Communications Support" as Small Business Set-Aside under SIC Code 2741. The NIMH plans to award a one year (with four one-year options) cost-reimbursement contract, and plans to make the award by September 30, 1998. This is a similar requirement to NIMH Contract N01MH40004 currently held by Editorial Experts, Inc. The purpose of this requirement is to provide the necessary editorial support services (including writing manuscripts, rewriting, editing, proofreading, indexing, desktop publishing, Spanish translation, and production of graphics) and electronic communications support services (including hypertext markup language conversion and related activities to prepare texts and audiovisual materials for display on the World Wide Web, Web site design and maintenance and updating, and ListServe services.) Request for Proposal (RFP) No. NIMH-98-OS-0007 will be available onor about May 13, 1998 and the receipt date of proposal on or about June 15, 1998. The RFP may be accessed through the NIMH Home Page by using the following instructions: access the home page at http://www.nimh.nih.gov, first select "Grants and Contracts", then select "NIMH Request for Proposals (RFP)", and lastly select "NIMH-98-OS-0007." Please note that the RFP for this requirement will include 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 initial review process, offerors comprising the competitive range will be requested to provide additional documentation to the Contracting Officer. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the NIMH. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. See Numbered Note 1. (0118)

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