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99 -- BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ON MINORITIES, THE UNDERSERVED AND CANCER SPONSORSHIP SOL RFQ-NCI-00046-NR DUE 012000 POC Marsha Gorham, Purchasing agent & Todd Cole, Contracting Officer The Cancer Information Service (CIS) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to become a Logo sponsor and to partially fund the Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer with Baylor College of Medicine, 1720 Dryden, PMB-C, Houston, TX 77030, in order to associate the Institute with the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC). The CIS is responsible for supporting and encouraging the development of cancer information and education programs with minorities and the medically underserved at the local, regional, and national levels. In exchange for co-sponsoring the conference, the Intercultural Cancer Council will provide the following to the Cancer Information Service: (1) An opportunity during the Symposium to present three workshops focusing on the CIS Partnership Program; (2) Exhibit space to promote CIS publications; (3) provide 300 copies of a special supplement issue to the Journal Cancer featuring the conference proceedings and (4) provide 300 copies of a set of abstracts submitted by the top undergraduate participants. Baylor College of Medicine is the only known source to the National Cancer Institute that can provide the visibility needed to "close the gap" on health disparities, including cancer, in racial and ethnic minority and medically underserved populations in the United States. The Symposium is one of the key national forums to showcase successful program strategies to reach minority and medically underserved people with cancer information. This is not a request for competitive proposal quotation. However, if any interested party is qualified to provide the above services, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the source is capable of providing the above services. Capability statements must be received by the Contracting Officer by 2:00 p.m. EST, prior to 1/20/2000. Any questions regarding this procurement should be directed to Marsha Gorham, Purchasing Agent at (301) 402-4509. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 01/07/00 (W-SN414236). (0007)

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