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A -- BRAIN MOLECULAR ANATOMY PROJECT (BMAP) RESOURCE CENTER SOL NIMH-99-DB-0006 POC Patricia L. Gibbons; (301)443-2696 WEB: http://www.nimh.nih.gov, http://www.nimh.nih.gov. E-MAIL: pgibbons@nimh.nih.gov, pgibbons@nimh.nih.gov. PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SERVICES CLASSCOD: A-Research and Development OFFADD: National Institute of Mental Health, Contracts Management Branch, 6001 Executive Blvd., MSC 9603, Rm. 6S-6107, Bethesda, MD 20892-9603 SUBJECT: A -- BRAIN MOLECULAR ANATOMY PROJECT (BMAP) RESOURCE CENTER SOL NIMH-99-DB-0006 POC Patricia Gibbons; (301) 443-2696 DESC: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) plans to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) No. NIMH-99-DB-0006 entitled "Brain Molecular Anatomy Project (BMAP) Resource Center". Issue date of the RFP will be on or about Wednesday, July 7, 1999 with receipt of proposals on or about Tuesday, August 24, 1999. It is anticipated that award will be made on or about November 30, 1999. Proposals are being solicited under Full and Open Competitive procedures using Standard Industry Code 8731. A one (1) year cost-reimbursement type contract, with three options of one year each is contemplated. This RFP will utilize the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) Contract Review On-line (CRON) system. Offerors will submit their proposals ELECTRONICALLY. In addition to your electronic submission, Offerors will be required to submit one complete original signed HARDCOPY of their proposal. Please note that the electronic copy of your proposal will need to be submitted in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). Adequate security for electronic transmission will be provided by using a dedicated server with access restricted through passwords. NIMH intends to award a single contract with multiple scientific and administrative components for this requirement. The Brain Molecular Anatomy Project (BMAP) is an interdisciplinary project to establish state-of-the-art technologies and informatics systems to decipher the molecular anatomy of the mammalian brain. This multi-institute effort consists of several distinct components: 1) gene discovery, 2) gene expression analysis, and 3) the development of new technologies and resources that will facilitate rapid completion of projects supported under the first two components, as well as subsequent functional studies of the mammalian nervous system. The BMAP Resource Center to be created under this contract will collect, maintain, and validate biological reagents, cDNA libraries, individual cDNA clones and UniGene sets, which are generated under other BMAP contracts and grants. The Resource Center contractor will: receive, validate and carefully archive these biomaterials; maintain them under proper storage conditions; and distribute these materials with the associated data to the qualified investigators in the scientific community. The BMAP Resource Center will streamline activities and provide a highly efficient, rapid, and cost-effective mechanism for the distribution of validated biological materials and reagents and that serve as the "gold standard" for functional studies of the mammalian nervous system. The successful offeror will have a staff in highly specialized areas of science, such as molecular genetics, molecular biology, neuroanatomy, bioinformatics, and computational biology who can establish a repository to collect, archive, maintain, and distribute biomaterials such as cDNA libraries, individual cDNA clones, and cDNA clones arrayed in multi-well plates. THE RFP WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT at URL http://www.nimh.nih.gov select "Funding Opportunities" then "Contracts" then "NIMH Request for Proposals (RFP)" then select "NIMH-99-DB-0006." It will be available fifteen or more calendar days after the issuance of this synopsis. OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTINELY CHECKING THE NIMH WEBSITE FOR ANY POSSIBLE SOLICITATION AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED. NO INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION OF ANY AMENDMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that will be considered by the agency. LINKURL & LINKDESC: http://www.nimh.nih.gov EMAILADD & EMAILDESC: <A HREF="mailto:& EMAILDESC: pgibbons@nimh.nih.gov">pgibbons@nimh.nih.gov</A> Posted 06/22/99 (W-SN345691). (0173)

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