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R -- PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL NLM 00-144/UHP DUE 071400 POC Uyen H. Phuong (301) 496-6127 E-MAIL: karen_riggs@nlm.nih.gov, uyen_phuong@nlm.nih.gov. It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to negotiate on a sole source basis with Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Part Road, Portland Oregon 97201 and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), 350 Thackeray Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 for their joint interactive project and collaborative course work in advanced areas of medical informatics. This project will enable students in the medical informatics program at two different sites (OHSU and UPMC) to have access to a broader range of faculty, subject expertise, and collaborate with other students using high-speed networking and distance learning modalities. OHSU is the only known source to provide course work for on-line access for the Introductory Medical Informatics courses and individual course work for medical informatics. OHSU received a National Science Foundation grant to connect to Internet2. UPMC is the only known source that has an Internet-based infrastructure to support distributed, community-based medical education through the COMBINE activity of its NLM-funded Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems Grant implementation effort. OHSU and UPMC are members of the University Consortium for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). This membership is vital to this project based on the need for technical and operational compatibility. The core activity of the project will be the development of content that will be integrated into existing courses at OHSU and UPMC. The distance learning activities will use the following types of technologies: (1) didactic presentations by instructors using streaming video and audio; (2) interactive discussion sessions with students from both institutions using synchronous video; (3) asynchronous discussion via email and bulletin boards; (4) video conferencing to carry out cross-institution student collaborative projects. This project will facilitate the sharing of unique subject-matter expertise synchronously with students of both institutions. This project will assist in the establishment of a periodic multi-institutional research conference that allows broadcast of research talks from one institute to another. Faculty and students of both institutions will evaluate the joint interactive and collaborative course work. The proposed acquisition will be procured under FAR Part 13 -- Simplified Acquisitions. This notice of intent is not a Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the NLM. Firms interested in responding to this notice must be able to provide professional services as stated above. Responses should sufficiently demonstrate the firm's ability to meet the government's requirements. Responses are required within fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice. NLM synopsis No. NLM 00-144/UHP. Inquires regarding this procurement may be made to Uyen H. Phuong, Lead Purchasing Agent, NLM on (301) 496-6127. Posted 06/27/00 (W-SN469062). (0179)

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