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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 29, 2005 FBO #1341
SOLICITATION NOTICE

B -- Cancer Surveillance Trend Estimates from Multiple Data Sets

Notice Date

7/27/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

611310 — Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Br., 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Suite 600, Rockville, MD, 20852
 

ZIP Code

20852
 

Solicitation Number

NCI-50102-NG
 

Response Due

8/11/2005
 

Archive Date

8/26/2005
 

Description

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) Surveillance Research and Applications Program (SRAP) plans to procure on a sole source basis for services regarding: Cancer Surveillance Trend Estimates from Multiple Data Sets with the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 617 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021. The supplies and services herein are being procured in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures authorized by FAR Part 13. The North American Industry Classification System code is 611310 and the business size standard is $6M. The Statistical Research and Applications Branch (SRAB) conducts and supports statistical research, modeling, and collaboration related to the cancer surveillance and cancer control missions of the NCI. Essential corollaries to the development of cancer surveillance databases and cancer control interventions are the statistical analyses and mathematical modeling that contribute insight into the interpretation of these data. Research within SRAB is targeted at improving and developing statistical methods and models for use in the analysis and presentation of population-based cancer statistics, as well as in the broader areas of cancer surveillance and cancer control research. SRAB promotes and facilitates the use of these methods and models at NCI, in other federal agencies, as well as throughout the extramural research community. In 2001, small area estimates were developed for the period 1997-2000 using data from National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) for a number of outcomes of interest to cancer surveillance researchers including the following: 1) smoking (current and lifetime) and 2) cancer screening examinations (pap smear, mammography, sigmoidoscopy, and blood stool). In addition, in 2003, simulation was used to study the validity of NCHS/BRFSS combined estimates. Direct estimates of prevalence for smoking and cancer screening examinations have been published in connection with the Healthy People 2010 project. Period of Performance: 9/01/05? 8/31/06. The University of Pennsylvania, Instructor of Biostatistics, Dr. Dawei Xie, over the past several years, has been instrumental in developing the computer implementation of the statistical algorithms and the theoretical background that supports the Cancer Surveillance Trend Estimates from Multiple Data Sets research project. In addition, she developed the computer algorithms, computer codes, assembled covariates, and coordinated the implementation on the internal data with National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS) staff. Dr. Dawei Xie, in collaboration with Dr. Trivellore Raghunathan, Professor at the University of Michigan, has led and continues to lead, the NCHS/NCI combining surveys project. The University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Dawei Xie, is the only source known to the NCI that can provide the expertise required, in collaboration with Dr. Trivellore Raghunathan, project consultant, University of Michigan, to perform the services in Cancer Surveillance Trend Estimates from Multiple Data Sets required by the NCI. The University of Pennsylvania and its? staff is the only source known to the NCI that can provide the already developed computer algorithms, computer codes, etc., to fulfill the continued services for the NCI research project, Cancer Surveillance Trend Estimates from Multiple Data Sets. This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 1:00 PM EDT, on August 11, 2005. For further information please contact Malinda Holdcraft, Contract Specialist via electronic mail at holdcram@exchange.nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. Reference NCI-50102 on all correspondence. No faxed or emailed capability statements will be accepted.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Pennsylvania

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00855684-W 20050729/050727211817 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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