SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Epidemiologic Studies of Radiation and Cancer Risk
- Notice Date
- 12/29/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02-CP-91011
- Archive Date
- 1/23/2009
- Point of Contact
- Kenya C .Crawford, Phone: (301) 435-3787
- E-Mail Address
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crawfordke@mail.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) of the National Cancer Institute is recompeting a requirement for support services for etiologic cohort and case-control studies, currently held by two contractees, Westat, Inc., N02-CP-31136, and RTI, International, N02-CP-31013. The contract will establish a mechanism to provide all of the support services required to conduct a wide variety of domestic and international (case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, and pilot) studies through a single award. The scientific design and oversight of the activities are the responsibility of the REB professional staff. The major activities of the contractor include: 1) obtain necessary information to determine effective study resources (e.g., capabilities of collaborating institutions, numbers of eligible study subjects, exposure information, etc.) and prepare, pretest, evaluate and produce data collection forms and specifications manuals, including computer-assisted questionnaires; 2) assist in the coordination of multi-center studies and facilitate cooperation between NCI and its collaborators; 3) prepare training programs and materials for abstractors, interviewers and other study personnel and procedure manuals; 4) arrange for the collection, handling, transport and storage of biologic and environmental samples; 5) validate cancer incidence and cause of death by obtaining medical records and death certificates, and have them coded by appropriate nosologists, pathologists or clinicians; 6) trace study subjects to locate them for interview or biologic specimen collection, to determine their vital status, to evaluate environmental and genetic susceptibility, or to obtain other information necessary for the study; 7) hire, train and supervise abstractors, interviewers, telephone screeners, coders, phlebotomists and others who will be involved with acquiring and assembling data; abstract, scan, photocopy or obtain computer records (clinical or office medical records, hospital charts, radiotherapy records, pathology reports, death certificates etc.); 8) interview subjects or surrogates using mail, telephone, computer-assisted or personal interviews; 9) assist in evaluating the feasibility of integrating specific molecular components into planned epidemiologic studies; 10 ) arrange for laboratory evaluation of biologic material; 11) arrange for collection and delivery of biologic or environmental samples to laboratories or individuals for storage and/or analysis; 12) enter coded information into suitable computers; 13) manage computer databases and associated reporting software and prepare edit programs, edit data, and correct computer files where necessary; prepare analytical data files as requested by REB staff; 14) document each step of a study and maintain, in an orderly arrangement, all relevant material so that any aspect of the study may be reviewed and evaluated by the NCI staff at any point in time; 15) develop subcontracts for conducting field studies outside the U.S., for specialized field procedures in the U.S., and for laboratory analyses of biologic samples. The name of the key personnel and their experience in these tasks must be provided with the technical proposal. This is a recompetition of a previous requirement and the Government anticipates that one (1) contract will be awarded on an incrementally funded basis for a period of five (5) years. The Government’s estimated requirement is 16,370 hours per year, for a total of 81,848 labor hours. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) package will be available on or about January 5, 2009 with responses due within 30 calendar days following the actual date of issuance of the RFP. Award of this project is anticipated by June 30, 2009. The NAICS Code is 541712. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the NCI. No collect calls will be accepted. National Cancer Institute; Epidemiology, Therapeutics, and Sciences Branch; EPS 6046, 6120 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD, MSC 7193 BETHESDA MD 20892-7193
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