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R -- SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE PERINATOLOGY RESEARCH BRANCH OF THE NICHD Sol OD-SYNOPSIS-96-02. Contact Miss Virginia A. DeSeau/301/496-4611/ Contract Specialist. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is conducting a market search for sources capable of providing the necessary services for a proposed contract to support its Perinatology Research Branch (PRB). Such support services shall include accessibility to pregnant patients and newborns, provision of dedicated space for operation of the PRB, staffing of non-professional and certain support professional positions, communications and computer support, and supporting laboratories as further described below. The initial period of performance is anticipated to be five years. BACKGROUND: The mission of the Perinatology Research Branch, a part of the Intramural Division of NICHD, is to conduct clinical and laboratory research in maternal, fetal, and neonatal diseases responsible for perinatal morbidity and mortality. PRB emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach and uses expertise from cinical disciplines (obstetrics, neonatology, perinatal pathology), basic sciences (molecular and developmental biology, biochemistry, physiology) and clinical epidemiology to improve the etiologic understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders related to infant mortality. PRB conducts original research and trains specialists in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatric Pathology and other related fields. The NICHD, through the PRB, shall have complete authority and jurisdiction for the development, direction, and accomplishment of the scientific agenda, research priorities, and training mission. CONTRACTOR EXPECTATIONS: A service provide type contract will be awarded to support the PRB which shall be relocated to dedicated facilities owned or leased by the contractor for the specific purpose of this contract. The successful contractor shall possess the qualifications or meet the requirements, as follows: 1) Is an organization that has the academic, clinical and scientific environment required to attract and recruit qualified clinical and basic research trainees and staff, and to render the services necessary for the support of clinical and laboratory research conducted by the PRB; 2) Is located within one hour driving distance from the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland; 3) Has a demonstrated ability to support strong clinical and basic science research efforts. The contractor must be able to provide support for research programs encompassing randomized clinical trials of labor management, prenatal diagnosis, perinatal cardiology, fetal endoscopic diagnosis and surgery and human developmental and molecular embryology; 4) Has a level III Newborn Special Care Unit, with a minimum of 2,500 deliveries per year of which at least 30 percent are high-risk pregnancies; 5) Has the clinical population and expertise to support a successful application to the appropriate sub-specialty Board for an additional two fellows per year in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, two per year in Neonatology, and one per year in Pediatric Pathology. This will be in support of the NICHD, PRB plans for establishing and funding Board-approved training programs in Material-Fetal Medicine, Neonatology and Pediatric pathology; 6) Has an AAALAC accredited animal care facility. SCOPE OF SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER CONTRACT: The contractor shall be able to provide a wide range of personnel including secretarial, clerical, technical, nursing, sonographic, and data management services, which shall be required for the execution of the research mission of the PRB. The contractor shall also provide the services of medical technologists, developmental psychologists, programmers, obstetricians, neonatologists, and other health care personnel on a task order or fee for services basis as required to service the PRB mission and/or augment specific protocols undertaken by the PRB. The contractor shall be required to provide and renovate space (either its own or other dedicated areas to be leased to the Government through the contract) necessary for use of NICHD, PRB personnel (scientists and supporting personnel) and contractor personnel. A minimum of 20,000 square feet of space will be required over a five yar period of time. Within six months of the contract award, 12,000 square feet of space with renovations must be available to initiate contract performance. All space shall be renovated by the contractor to NICHD, PRB specifications and shall be considered as Government-leased space for the sole purpose for performance of this contract. Renovated space shall include office and administrative space, a Prenatal Diagnostic Center, and laboratory space, plus a separate Intrapartum Unit in close proximity to the contractor's labor and delivery floor. Space related services to be acquired under this contract shall include housekeeping, telecommunications, computer support, security, parking, utilities, and maintenance. The Government shall provide, as Government furnished property, substantially all of the office furniture, computer equipment, and laboratory/scientific equipment needed for contract performance. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine the availability of organizations that have the capability to provide the services as stated herein and might be interested in submitting a proposal. It is anticipated that a Request for Proposals will be issued early in 1996 and that a contract will be in place in the late fall of 1996. Interested organizations should submit seven copies of a letter of interest along with a detailed description of their capabilities and qualifications in meeting the requirements stated herein. Capability statements shall be submitted by November 21, 1995 to the following address: Ms. Virginia DeSeau, Contract Specialist, Contracts Management Branch, NICHD, Executive Building, Suite 7A07, 6100 Executive Boulevard MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510. (299)

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