SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Ambulatory Monitoring of Daily Activities as it Relates to Onset of Migraines
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NOI799040
- Point of Contact
- Susan A Nsangou,, Phone: 301-443-2104
- E-Mail Address
-
nsangous@mail.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Acquisitions- Neurosciences, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition on behalf of the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) intends to solicit on a sole source basis with the International Behavioral Methods and Development (IBMD) for ambulatory monitoring for migraine and psychopathology as it relates to the NIMH Study on Affective and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders. The monitoring includes the role of daily activities and rhythms in the onset of migraines as well as symptom expression in different types of mental disorders including substance abuse/dependences. Monitoring will be accomplished using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM), an ambulatory method for data collection. Information concerning daily life behaviors and symptoms will be collected several times a day for a one-week period by PDA microcomputers and these data will be matched with information collected through structured clinical assessments. There will be programs for children 12-17 and adults. IBMD has an expert in the naturalistic assessment of human behavior and a specialist in ESM methodology. IBMD has validated computerized ESM for severe psychiatric population such as drug dependence and schizophrenia. IBMD created specialized software for ESM methodology that could be used in ambulatory monitoring. The period of performance is 3 months with the option of extending the period of performance for up to three 3-month option period(s.) Deliverables include data and reports. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition using FAR 12 procedures and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NOI799040 may be submitted to the NIDA, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, 31 Center Drive, Bldg 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892-2080, and Attention: Susan Nsangou, Contracting Officer.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: san francisco, California, United States
- Record
- SN01772159-W 20090320/090318220234-055986500d73f127a0e7a6ff59db7468 (fbodaily.com)
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