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A -- COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT SOL AA 00-10 DUE 071800 POC C. Timothy Crilley, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. This proposed acquisition is being solicited under full and open competition. It is anticipated that the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will award up to five contracts as a result of this solicitation. These contracts will be incrementally-funded and will be for up to three years in duration. The purpose of these contracts is to develop collaborative research projects and to conduct pilot feasibility studies in a number of areas of critical interest and need to the NIAAA. It is anticipated that large institutions (colleges, universities or other non-profit organizations) which have established alcohol research scientists with expertise in methods development will form a partnership with smaller colleges and universities, tribal groups or other non-profit organizations which serve minority communities. The collaborating organizations will select an area of alcohol research to study (prevention/treatment), provide a description of the proposed study, including the pilot, fullyexplain what each party will be contributing and how the study will meet NIAAA's needs. Awards will be made depending upon the technical merit of the proposed study, program relevance, program balance and availability of funds. It is anticipated that this Request for Proposal will be issued on June 15, 2000 with proposals due on or about July 18, 2000. This acquisition is a new requirement. Requests for solicitation documents must be in writing, via facsimile (301-443-3891) or E-mail (sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov). Telephone inquiries will not be honored. All responsible concerns may submit an offer which will be considered by this agency. See Number Note 26. Posted 05/31/00 (W-SN460150). (0152)

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