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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 16,1998 PSA#2222National Cancer Institute, Acquisition Management Branch, TBS, 6120
Executive Blvd, EPS/Rm 603 Bethesda, MD 20892-7220 A -- ADP SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CANCER INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SOL
N02-CO-91010-09 POC Mary E. Landi O'Leary; Contracting Officer;
301-435-3812 WEB: Acquisition Management Branch Home page,
http://amb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: Mary E. Landi O'Leary,
ml186r@nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT, POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND
AMENDMENTS. The International Cancer Information Center (ICIC), located
in the Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI),
operates under a congressional mandate and serves as the NCI focal
point for the collection and dissemination of scientific data on all
research related to cancer biology, etiology, prevention and treatment.
The goals of the ICIC are to actively promote, develop and implement
more effective techniques to disseminate information on cancer research
effectively among cancer researchers, practicing physicians, and cancer
patients throughout the world. To meet NCI goals of developing more
effective ways of disseminating this information, the ICIC has
developed the Physician Data Query (PDQ) and CANCERLIT databases.
Related services such as CancerMail (automated e-mail response for
cancer information), CancerFax (automated fax response for cancer
information) and CancerNet (the ICIC World Wide Web site) were also
developed. The ICIC also serves as an NIH Service Center and has
created and maintains the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Database
(RDCRD) for the Office of Rare Diseases, OD, NIH. All systems developed
and maintained by the ICIC are required to interface with other systems
at ICIC, NCI and with ICIC information partners. The Computer
Communications Branch (CCB) is responsible for computer applications
development and operational support of all products mentioned above,
plus research and development in the area of information dissemination.
All hardware and software systems are based on open systems and
adherence to industry standards. The ICIC data center is comprised of
four IBM RS6000 mid-level computers (models 970, 570, 530, J50) and one
Sun Sparc 10. An additional IBM RS6000 550L is housed off-site at the
National Library of Medicine. These computers are connected with the
Building 82 LAN (local area network) and WAN (wide area network) which
connect the ICIC with the NIH network, the Internet, and off-site
contractors performing database maintenance operations. AIX is the
operating system for all RS6000 computers. The PDQ, RDCRD, and
CANCERLIT databases are maintained using Oracle version 7, Developer
and Designer 2000 and related tools, and the C programming language.
This is 100% Small Business Set-Aside, Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) Code 7371, size standard $19.9 million. The ICIC
plans to award a single, incrementally funded, cost-reimbursement
contract for One base year plus four One-Year option to continue ADP
support services for the production of these ICIC information products.
Additional options for increased level of effort and support within
each year is also anticipated. Such support includes daily computer
operations, systems programming, production of the PDQ, RDCRD and
CANCERLIT databases, application enhancement and modification, the
development of new delivery methods as allowed by advances in
technology, and the design and implementation of improvements in
document management and PDQ maintenance systems. There will be a
two-month overlapping transition period between the end of the existing
contract and the beginning of this contract. The anticipated
solicitation issue date is approximately 15 days after publication of
this notice, and proposals will be due approximately 45 days after the
issue date. The RFP may be accessed through the Acquisition Management
Branch Home page by using the following Internet address:
http://amb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. IT IS THE OFFERORS RESPONSIBILITY TO
MONITOR THE ABOVE INTERNET SITE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE SOLICITATION AND
ANY AMENDMENTS. Point of contact is Mary E. Landi O'Leary; electronic
mail address: ml186r@nih.gov; fax 301-402-6699. No collect calls will
be accepted. Posted 11/12/98 (W-SN270773). (0316) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0004 19981116\A-0004.SOL)
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