SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Women''s Health Initiative Field Centers
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-NHLBI-WH-04-17
- Response Due
- 8/18/2003
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2003
- Point of Contact
- Theresa Koomson, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-6674, Fax (301) 480-7390, - Betty Nordan, Team Leader, WHI Contracts, Phone (301) 435-6672, Fax (301) 480-7390,
- E-Mail Address
-
tk12w@nih.gov, bn4y@nih.gov
- Description
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with the Women?s Health Initiative 40 Field Centers (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Iowa, Univ. of Alabama, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Med., Northwestern Univ., Brigham & Women?s Hosp., Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Emory Univ., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. of California, Davis, Univ. of Arizona, Univ. of Tennessee, Memorial Hosp. of Rhode Island, Univ. of California, San Diego, Res. Fdn. of the State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Univ. of California, Irvine, George Washington Univ., Stanford Univ., Baylor Coll. of Med., Univ. of Texas Health Science Ctr., San Antonio, Ohio State Univ. Res. Fdn., Univ. of Nevada, Kaiser Fdn. Res. Inst., Portland, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, Univ. of Massachusetts, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med., Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Res. & Education Inst., Kaiser Fdn. Res. Inst., Oakland, Med. Coll. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, MedStar Res. Inst., Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke?s Med. Ctr., UCLA, Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of Hawaii, Univ. of Miami and Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) for an extension to the WHI study. Since the initiation of WHI in 1992, a total of 161,809 participants have been recruited, examined and followed in four clinical trials and a companion observational study which focused on evaluating overall risks and benefits of preventive interventions for the major causes of morbidity and mortality among post-menopausal women in the United States. The primary goal of the Field Centers during the extension is to continue outcomes ascertainment and mammography of the WHI Hormone trial participants through September 2007. The statutory authority applicable to this solicitation is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302.1. The incumbents have the unique capability to provide the required services to the NHLBI. See NOTE 22.
- Place of Performance
- Address: The addresses of the contractors listed above
- Record
- SN00363631-W 20030705/030703213337 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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