U -- PROVIDE SCIENCE CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENTS

Notice Date

March 27, 2001

Contracting Office

National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, 6011 Executive Blvd., Rockville, Maryland 20892-7260

ZIP Code

20892-7260

Solicitation Number

263-01-P(BD)-0065

Point of Contact

Marcia Goldman, Contract Specialist, 301-496-2302

Description

The National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Policy, Office of Science Education has a requirement for the development, production and distribution of a science curriculum supplement. The supplement must comply with the National Science Education Standards. (A copy of this publication is available on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses) . The period of performance is three years. The offeror will develop one science curriculum supplement, based upon the following theme: "You and Your Brain" (Target Group: Middle School students in grades 6-9). The offeror is expected to field test the supplement in schools across the nation. Those schools are to have a population that represent the intellectual and diversity spectrum found in American middle schools. The supplement will be in the public domain. NIH intends for the materials to be freely reproduced for classroom use. It is also the intention of the NIH to reproduce copies of the materials for distribution to schools across the nation. NIH does not intend for the materials to be used by commercial organizations for sale or profit. All materials developed for the curriculum supplement must be in two formats: print and "web ready". Any multimedia that is created must be "Web Ready" and be able to run under all of the most popular web browsers eg. Netscape's Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, etc. utilizing both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The offeror will be expected to provide 500 finished and complete copies of each supplement. Solicitations will be issued on or about April 15, 2001. Only written requests will be honored. No telephone requests will be accepted. All requests should include name of organization and points of contacts with phone, fax numbers, and email addresses. Please include the solicitation number on all requests. Offerors proposals will be evaluated on meeting the needs of the requirement. The Government reserves the right to make an award to the best advantage of the Government, cost and other factors considered. The proposals will be due thirty days after release of the solicitation. Send all requests to the above address, ATTN: Marcia Goldman, or FAX to 301-402-3707.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010329/USOL003.HTM (W-086 SN50H4H8)