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B -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VIRAL EPIDEMIOLOGY SOL N02-CP-91027-50 DUE 030899 POC Karen L. McFarlane, Contracting Officer, (301) 496-8611 WEB: Research, http://amb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT, POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. The Viral Epidemiology Branch (VEB), Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is recompeting an on-going project which is currently being performed by Research Triangle Institute (Contract No. N02-CP-40521). The objectives of this contract are to collect, process, and analyze data for the VEB, NCI through the use of technical, managerial, and clerical support. The contractor will function in a supportive role carrying out specific tasks and will not engage in independent research. Any "designing" or "developing" mentioned within the scope of work does not imply research activities but will be only for the purpose of assisting the staff of the NCI in support of the main objectives of the contract. Specific objectives include providing various levels of support (except for retrovirus and immunologic testing of specimens) for a number of epidemiologic studies involving case-control, cohort, or observational designs, as well as analysis of large public access databases. Several specific projects will be outlined in the statement of work. Specific objectives also include a number of support activities that cut across individual projects including: providing educational materials to clinicians, assuring the adequate protection of human subjects, establishing liaison with and obtaining clearances from all necessary parties and organizations, management and tracking of specimen shipments and laboratory data, statistical analysis of data under the guidance of NCI staff, and providing financial management and advice to the NCI Project Officer for optimal use of available funds based on sound budget projections. The types of activities needed in the conduct of the studies can be divided into nine tasks: (1) initiation, liaison and administrative management, (2) word processing and computing, (3) development of study materials and procedures,(4) identifying and tracing study subjects, data collection and monitoring, (5) laboratory aspects involving biologic specimens, tests and laboratory data, (6) data preparation, (7) data processing, (8) data analysis, and (9) documentation, monitoring, quality control, and priority actions. Other services to be provided by the contractor will be discussed in detail in the solicitation document. Offerors must display the ability and willingness to meet with NCI investigators on short notice in the Washington D.C./Metropolitan Area. Offerors must also display the ability to provide support for field studies that are conducted internationally. The anticipated solicitation issue date is approximately 21 days after publication of this notice, and proposals will be due approximately 30 days after the issue date. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contract and Acquisition 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. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the NCI. Point of Contact is Karen L. McFarlane; electronic mail address: km63k@nih.gov; fax 301-480-0241. No collect calls will be accepted. Posted 01/19/99 (W-SN288949). (0019)

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