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A -- DENTAL, ORAL AND CRANIOFACIAL DATA RESOURCE CENTER SOL NIH-NHLBI-DR-00-03 DUE 061599 POC Kristi Cooper, Contracting Officer, 301-402-6462 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, kc116y@nih.gov. The Office of Science Policy and Analysis of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is conducting a market survey to assess the availability and potential technical capability of small business firms to develop a data resource center that can take advantage of existing data and utilize new technologies for data dissemination. The mission of the NIDCR is to improve and promote dental, oral, and craniofacial health through research. Important components of this mission include ensuring the adequacy of surveillance systems, having the capacity to assess knowledge, opinions and practices of the public and practitioners, and analyzing and upgrading processes for routine data acquisition, analysis, and dissemination on an ongoing basis. The Data Resource Center is designed to serve as a resource for NIDCR staff and key partners of the Institute by identifying, describing, acquiring, maintaining, using, analyzing, and preparing for dissemination data from of a wide variety of databases relevant to dental, oral and craniofacial health. This information will be useful to NIDCR and key partners of the Institute in a variety of ways including policy assessment and development, program presentation, planning and evaluation. Specific tasks of this project include: 1) Generate a catalogue of all existing relevant databases; 2) Develop an archive of procedures and methods used in oral surveys; 3) Evaluate selected databases for purposes of acquisition and analysis; 4) Acquire selected databases and related documents from dental, oral, and craniofacial surveys; 5) Study the feasibility of web-based query system development; 6) Develop an annual report of health statistics; 7) Produce other reports and responses as needed; 8) Facilitate management of the Data Resource Center Oversight Committee; and 9) Conduct transfer of activities at the end of the contract. Small business firms having demonstrated experience in performing the same or similar requirements are invited to submit tailored capability statements which will be considered based on the following criteria: 1) Firms must be able to provide a multidisciplinary staff. Senior staff include a project manager, librarian or informatics specialist, senior epidemiologist, biostatistician, senior computer programmer, and technical information specialist (web based applications). Other staff will be needed including a junior epidemiologist, junior computer programmer, technical and logistic support personnel including technical writers, graphic and software designers, data entry personnel, data managers, computer system maintenance, and secretarial support; 2) The firm=s senior multidisciplinary staff must have expertise in the field of dental or chronic disease epidemiology, conducting statistical studies in epidemiologic and/or public health contexts using complex databases; 3) Previous corporate experience in managing similar or related contracts, including appropriate management plans, quality control procedures and results, and timely delivery;4) Firms must have adequate facilities, state of the art information technology equipment, and staff skilled in technical writing, programming experience using statistical software such as SAS and SUDAAN programming, and be familiar with the UNIX operating system; 5) Firms must demonstrate experience in the identification, acquisition, cataloging, management, and use of complex databases involving health status; utilization of health care services; health interviews; knowledge, attitudes and behaviors; national and state registries; and supporting training material and documentation; 6) Firms should have an awareness and understanding of the complex issues specific to oral, dental and craniofacial health status as well as the health conditions or characteristics that influence or are influenced by oral, dental, or craniofacial conditions; 7) Firms should have expertise in dealing with target audiences of interest to the NIDCR, including other federal agencies, state and local governments, academic centers, and private organizations; 8) Firms must be within geographic proximity to the Washington, DC area in order to accomplish the work required for this center. In order to best support the work for the data resource center, personnel will need to be available as a resource on a continuous as needed basis thereby necessitating the geographic restriction; 9) The firm=s status as a small business under Standard Industrial Code 8731, with a size standard of 500 employees or less. The intended procurement is a new requirement. The government intends to negotiate one contract for a period of 5 years. This is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and responses should not include budgetary information. Firms responding to this market survey should provide pertinent information (original and six copies) to the requirements mentioned above within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of publication of the CBD announcement. Posted 05/27/99 (W-SN336725). (0147)

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