National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Branch, PCPSS, 6120 Executive Blvd, Room 635, Bethesda, MD 20892-7226

A -- PROSTATE, LUNG, COLORECTAL AND OVARIAN (PLCO) TRIAL -- EXTENSION OF COORDINATING CENTER SOL N01-CN-25476 POC Susan K. Hoffman, Contracting Officer, 301-435-3799 E-MAIL: Susan K. Hoffman, sh191h@nih.gov. The National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS plans to negotiate with Westat,Inc., the Coordinating Center of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Trial an extension of its contract for seven years with an increase in contract value. The extension is necessary in support of the ten Screening Centers, Laboratory and Biorepository. Westat was selected competitively in 1992 as the PLCO Trial Coordinating Center with responsibility for protocol management, data management, systems development and support, and trial wide coordination until its conclusion. The trial, originally expected to conclude in 2008, has been continued through 2015 to ensure that its scientific goals are achieved. This extension was unanticipated and reflects necessary continuation of the recruitment and follow-up periods. Authority: 41 USC 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Continuity in coordination of this long term and complex trial is mandatory. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and disruptions in the work of the eleven contractors and more than 140,000 participants make competition infeasible. Numbered Note 22: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 07/06/00 (W-SN472007). (0188)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0007 20000710\A-0007.SOL)