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A -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EMERGENT CANCER (MASTER AGREEMENT -- ANNUAL RESOLICITATION) SOL N01-CP-80135-09 POC Mary E. Landi O'Leary; contracting Officer; 301-496-8611 WEB: Research Contracts Branch/Current Request for Proposals, http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: Mary E. Landi O'Leary, OLEARYM@rcb.nci.nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT, POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to expand the existing Master Agreement (MA) pool for "Support Services for Studies of Emergent Cancer" with additional qualified offerors. ALL MA HOLDERS ALREADY IN THE EXISTING MA POOL NEED NOT RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Contractors selected for award of a MA may be solicited to provide managerial, data collection, and data processing support for epidemiologic studies to be designed and executed alone or in collaboration with other research organizations. Specific tasks may include: study planning and liaison activities; data collection forms design; development of data collection manuals; data abstracting and coding; identification, location, and interviewing of study subjects; exposure assessment, quality control activities; and the submission of computerized data and associated reports or deliverables. Mater Agreements will be awarded to all respondents whose technical proposal is considered acceptable. The Master Agreement award is non-monetary and is exclusively for the purpose of compiling a pool of contractors who are pre-qualified to perform services for studies of emergent cancer. Each Master Agreement holder will be eligible to compete for future contract awards to carry out specific emergent cancer and subsequent analytical studies. Master Agreement holders receiving a contract award will be selected through this pool, based on technical merit and on budgetary considerations for the specified tasks involved. The current MA pool is effective for a four-year period from April 1, 1996 through March 31, 2000, Any Master Agreement awarded as a result of this solicitation will be in effect from the effective date of the MA award through the end date of the existing pool (3/31/00). The Master Agreement mechanism is a pre qualification to enable qualified sources to compete for and perform future contracts which will be awarded based on Request for Proposal (RFPs). The MA itself is unfunded. The obligation of funds shall be accomplished solely through the award of contract. All responsible sources meeting these criteria are encouraged to submit a proposal and will be considered by the NCI. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch Home Page by using the following Internet address: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the above internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any . POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. Point of contact: Mary E. Landi O'Leary; Electronic mail address: OLEARYM@rcb.nci.nih.gov; Fax 301-480-0241. No collect calls will be accepted. (0029)

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