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R -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NINDS SECTION ON STROKE DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS SOL N02-NS09002-07 DUE 060500 POC Victor S. Buyny, 301-435-3808 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) proposes to contract with the Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland to provide support to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics. Suburban Hospital will provide the services of an acute care hospital supporting the research of the NINDS Stroke Team. Although Suburban Hospital will not be conducting any of the research under this program, they will be providing support services in the form of patient identification and referral; MRI technologist support for MRI imaging of prospective patients for recruitment; emergency preparation and blinding of study drugs by a hospital pharmacist; chemistry and hematological laboratory tests required by the NINDS research protocols; and neurointensive care and monitoring of patients enrolled under the NINDS Stroke team. Since the goal of this program is to evaluate acutely ill patients, the proximity of the acute care hospital to NIH is critical to permitNIH clinical staff to respond to acute stroke patient issues in a timely fashion from the NIH site. The on-call NIH professional staff at the NIH Clinical Center will also provide the specialized clinical coverage for off-hour studies. The hospital shall provide 24 hour MRI technologist support for the facility. Based on the clinical requirements of the acute stroke patient, the hospital shall be located within 5 minutes driving time or 10 minutes by foot from the NIH Bethesda, MD campus. This is to assure that no acute patient will need to wait for appropriate physician care from the NINDS Stroke Team. As a result, no other hospital facility with the requisite capabilities is located in proximity to NIH to support the research of the NINDS Stroke Team. Based on the above, the Government believes that the Suburban Hospital is the only source that can provide the necessary resources to support the research of the NINDS Strike Team. This contract is being solicited on a cost reimbursement basis with a base period of twelve months with two(2) one-year options. Numbered note 22 applies. Collect calls will not be accepted. EMAIL Address: buynyv@mail.nih.gov EMAILDESC: <A HREF="mailto:">Victor Buyny Phone:</A> (301) 435-3808 Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446632). (0110)

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