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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 27, 2022 SAM #7422
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- GWU-Milken Institute of Public Health Part-Time Biostatistician Consultation Services for the Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Epidemiology Section

Notice Date

3/25/2022 11:49:01 AM
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
 

ZIP Code

20892
 

Solicitation Number

22-005998
 

Response Due

4/4/2022 7:00:00 AM
 

Point of Contact

Kerry-Ann Chisholm, Phone: 3014969351, Malinda Dehner, Phone: 3015946320
 

E-Mail Address

kerry-ann.chisholm@nih.gov, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov
(kerry-ann.chisholm@nih.gov, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov)
 

Description

This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. The National Institute of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price contract with a twelve (12) month base year and one (1) twelve-month option period to George Washington University (GWU) � Milken Institute of Public Health, Washington, DC, 20052 on a sole source basis to provide part-time Biostatistician Consultation Services for the Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD), Clinical Epidemiology Section (CES) at the NIH Clinical Center (CC). The CES is continuously expanding the scope of its research, with an increasing number of independently funded projects. Most recently, the CES has been awarded funding by the not-for-profit organization, Arnold Ventures, to conduct a study into the clinical and economic burden imposed by antibiotic susceptible bacterial infections in the United States. In this project, CES investigators will conduct a retrospective cohort study using clinical and administrative data from the Premier Healthcare Database �. It is anticipated that this project will involve a primary analysis of data from approximately 500,000 to 1, 000,000 patients. Given the expansive nature of the study, there is a part-time need for a biostatistician team of two (2) individuals which will include one Senior PhD-level Biostatistician and one Junior Master�s degree-level biostatistician. To qualify to provide the necessary services, the Senior Biostatistician must have a PhD in Biostatistics, possess over 10 years of experience in the academic biostatistical analysis of data from large healthcare datasets, have independently led analytics for large-scale, high-impact studies, and demonstrated ability to independently acquire grant funding.� The Junior Biostatistician must have a Master�s degree in Biostatistics. GWU � The Milken Institute of Public Health is uniquely qualified by being the only major school of public health in the greater Washington, D.C. area, which will enable in person meetings and allow for greater integration of the NIHCC/CCMD Clinical Epidemiology Section and experts in epidemiology and public health to foster a more long-term academic relationship.� GWU -Milken Institute of Public Health also has Biostatisticians who meet the qualification requirements. The qualified contractor will provide combined expertise in Biostatistics and Epidemiology to carry out complex computational modeling, be involved at the study design phase, and leverage large datasets for extrapolation, matching, weighting and cost analyses; all critical for this project �Burden and Impact of Antibiotic-susceptible Infections in the United States.� This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 � Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.� Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and� Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kerry-Ann Chisholm, Contract Specialist, kerry-ann.chisholm@nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/bbda59ffa0714776aefd8a9b45e94703/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Washington, DC 20052, USA

Zip Code: 20052

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06279526-F 20220327/220326171915 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

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