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B -- CHEROKEE NATION CANCER REGISTRY SOL RFQ-NCI-80222-NV DUE 091898 POC Debbie Moore, Purchasing Agent 301/402-4509, Todd Cole, Contracting Officer 301-402-4509 The National Cancer Insrtitute (NCI) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control plans to procure on a sole source basis A Cherokee Nation Cancer Registry from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK 74465. This project will help to continue to 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 Native Americans residing in the 14-county Cherokee Nation Tribal Jurisdictional Service Area who are eligible for health care through Tribal or The 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 case finding, 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) Continue to 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 on all subject areas at six months and one year to the NCI Project Officer. The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is the only organization in a position to collect cancer data on this Native American 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 the registry personnel. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. Information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail, to allow NCI to determine if the party can meet the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the Contracting Office by 3:00 PM EST on September 18, 1998. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Moore, Purchasing Agent on (301) 402-4509. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose determining whether to contact a competitive procurement. Posted 09/01/98 (W-SN244285). (0244)

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