National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Acquisition Management Branch, 6705 Rockledge Dr., MSC 7973, Room 8048, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7973

D -- ORGAN TRANSPLANT DATABASE SYSTEM SOL NIH-NIDDK-00-567 DUE 092200 POC Desiree Kelly, Purchasing Agent, 301-594-7731 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has a requirement to purchase an organ transplant database system. The overall goal of the proposed database is to provide clinical and research personnel the ability to collect, organize, retrieve, and analyze clinical and basic transplant data. Conceptually, the system must serve four distinct functions: (1) Basic clinic use: support the ability of clinical and lab personnel to access current and historical patient data on a daily basis; (2) Special clinical functions that are a consequence of a research environment including the reliance on research protocols and the necessity for interfaces with regulatory agencies; (3) Transplant requirements: support transplant-specified needs, including special user-created data fields, patient flow sheets for ongoing clinical care and long-term patient tracking, and (4) Research analysis: support the ability of research personnel to extract data setsfor import into other software for more detailed analysis. The technical environment is as follows: The system shall reside in the NIH Clinical Center Data Center. The software shall run in a Windows NT/Citrix Metraframe environment to facilitate the maximum flexibility in terms of local/remote and IBM-compatible/Macintosh access. The vendor may choose an alternative approach (e.g. direct web access); however, any alternative must be approved by the Clinical Center Information Systems Division. The "go-live" date shall be completed within nine (9) months from the start of the project. The period of operation is projected to be at least five (5) years. It is expected that there will be an initial fee for the software with a recurring annual fee to cover user help and software maintenance/upgrades. The vendor shall be required to perform on-site installation of the software. The vendor shall supply software as per the requirements outlined in the Request for Quote (RFQ). The RFQ will include in full detail thegeneral database requirements. This notice is for the purchase of commercial software within the Simplified Acquisition Threshold up to $5 million dollars. It is anticipated that RFQ NIH-NIDDK-00-567 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. The anticipated award date will be September 22, 2000. Request for copies of the RFQ must be in writing to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 6705 Rockledge Drive, Building One, Room 8048, Bethesda, MD 20817-7973 Attention: Desiree Kelly. FAX quotations must contain offerors name, address, phone number and fax number. FAX quotations will only be accepted if date and signed by an authorized company representative. Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477508). (0203)

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