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A -- IMMUNOLOGY QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM SOL RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-99-01 DUE 021698 POC Ms. Nancy M. Hershey, Contracting Officer, 301-496-0193 The Therapeutics Research Program (TRP), Division of AIDS (DAIDS), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a requirement for an Immunology Quality Assessment Program to ensure the integrity and comparability of immunological measurements conducted on blood from patients participating in multi-center HIV/AIDS clinical trials. The Contractor shall be required to obtain, characterize, document, store and distribute quality control materials, such as whole blood, plasma, cells from HIV positive and negative donors. These materials shall be provided periodically to 80-100 designated laboratories for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating their ability to perform immunological measurements. In addition, quality control materials and other reagents shall be provided to designated laboratories in order to facilitate comparative evaluations of instruments and/or methods, and for the purpose of identifying and quantifying sources of variability invarious immunological assays. The Contractor shall provide and maintain a computerized database system that supports this Immunology Quality Assessment Program. Responders must be experienced in the area of development and evaluation of immunological assays and their implementation in multi-site clinical investigations and in data management. It is anticipated that one (1) cost reimbursement type contract will be awarded for a period of seven (7) years, beginning approximately October 1, 1998. RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-99-01 will be available electronically on or about November 17, 1997, and may be accessed through the NIH Gopher and/or the Internet by using the following electronic mail addresses and instructions: 1) NIAID/CMB Home Page (via the WWW): Use http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract to access the NIAID CMB Home Page. Once at the NIAID/CMB Home Page, click on the "RFPs" link and then click on "RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-99-01". 2) NIH Gopher: Point your Gopher client to GOPHER.NIH.GOV Port 70 (you should now be in the NIH Gopher). Select "Grant and Research Information"; select "R&D" Request for Proposals (RFP)"; select "RFPs Available"; select "NIAID"; and select "RFP-NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-99-01". Note: The direct URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address for this "R&D Request for Proposal (RFP)" directory is gopher://gopher.nih.gov:70/11/res/rd-rfp Please note that the RFP for this procurement has been revised to include only the Work Statement, deliverable and reporting requirements, special requirements and mandatory qualifications, (if applicable), the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and the proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the electronic RFP package. Following proposal submission and the initial review process, offerors comprising the competitive range will be requested to provide additional documentation to the Contracting Officer. Responses to this RFP will be due on February 16, 1998. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. ***** Point of Contact: Nancy M. Hershey, Contracting Officer Electronic mail address: nh11x@nih.gov Telephone: (301) 496-0193 FAX: (301) 402-0972 (0303)

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