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A -- INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL STUDIES SUPPORT CENTER SOL NIH-NIAID-DMID-00-09 DUE 050199 POC Dawn Caracci, Contract Specialist, (301) 496-3699 WEB: RFP available here, http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract/. The Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, has a requirement to provide expert guidance, training and services to support conduct of clinical and epidemiologic studies potentially in over 20 international locations, most in the developing world. Key roles of the effort will be to 1) assist sites in meeting U.S. and international regulatory and ethical standards for human research, including fulfilling the requirements for documentation, 2) facilitate local data management at the sites, 3) assist in statistical design and analysis, 5) perform study coordination and data management predominantly for multisite studies and 6) facilitate collaboration among the participating clinical investigators. It is anticipated that one (1) completion type cost-reimbursement contract for a five-year period of performance will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. RFP NIH-NIAID-DMID-00-09 will be available electronically on or about February 12, 1999, and may be accessed through the NIAID Contract Management (CMB) Home Page by using the following electronic mail address and instructions: NIAID/CMB Home Page (via the WWW): Use http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract/ to access the NIAID/CMB Home Page. Once at the NIAID/CMB Home Page, click on the "RFPs" link and then click on "RFP-NIH-NIAID-DMID-00-09". Please note that the RFP for this procurement has been revised to include only the Work Statement, deliverable and reporting requirements, special requirements and mandatory qualification, if any, 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 the initial review process, offerors comprising the competitive range will be requested to provide additional documentation to the Contracting Officer. Responses to this RFP will be due on May 1, 1999. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. Point of Contact: Dawn Caracci, Contract Specialist, Contract Management Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Solar Building, Room 3C07, 6003 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Electronic mail address: dk28a@nih.gov Telephone: (301) 496-3699. FAX: (301) 402-0972. No collect calls will be accepted. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the NIAID. Posted 01/29/99 (W-SN292668). (0029)

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