SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Mechanisms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Notice Date
- 1/11/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 622110
— General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- 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
- 1403804
- Archive Date
- 2/10/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jasmine D Snoddy, Phone: 301 594 1571
- E-Mail Address
-
snoddyj@mail.nih.gov
(snoddyj@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. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Station Support/Simplified Acquisition (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute of Aging (NIA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to Meilaheden Sairaala, to study the pathogenic mechanisms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by performing a genome-wide association study of this disease on Finnish samples. This work involves the collection of DNA samples from individual’s diagnoses with diseases in Finland, as well as collection of DNA samples from neurologically normal individuals (i.e. control samples). The NIA systematically examine the genotype data generated from these samples for association with the causation of ALS. The NIA requires the DNA samples from 450 Finnish ALS patients and from 450 Finnish control individuals to perform the genome-wide association study. This is the only known source to provide current ALS research data. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition using FAR 13 procedures and is exempt from the requirement 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 1403804 may be submitted to the NIDA, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, 31 Center Drive, Bldg. 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2080 and Attention: Jasmine Snoddy, Contract Specialist.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/1403804/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02039394-W 20100113/100111234639-cb1f4949410ef77c4eb83b34d15e8d6c (fbodaily.com)
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