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R -- CLINICAL TRIALS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SOL N02-CM-87032-26 DUE 102398 POC Carolyn L. Swift, Contracting Officer, 301-435-3819 and/or FAX 301-402-6699 WEB: Research Contracts Branch Solicitation Website, http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/RFP.HTM. E-MAIL: swiftc@rcb.nci.nih.gov, swiftc@rcb.nci.nih.gov. The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP), Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, is seeking a contractor to provide direct organizational, data management, and statistical support for specific clinical trials programs and to provide support to the CTEP Professional Staff in the acquisition of information and review and analysis of data which result from extramural clinical research to assist in planning future clinical trials. The workscope is divided into three broad areas of support: Clinical Trials Management Support; Information Management Support; and Statistical, Mathematical, and Database Programming Support. NCI staff may require frequent analyses and reports from the data files maintained at the Contractor's facilities, and frequent contact (several times per week) with the Contractor's Program Manager or designee(s) to discuss technical problems and to review data. The Contractor will need to access information as often as daily, that is maintained in various files and librariesof CTEP. It is anticipated that the base effort requirement for this contract will be 46.5 productive FTEs over a period of five years (approximately 9.30 FTEs/year). In addition, options for additional effort will be offered for: the Expanded Participation Project (17 productive FTEs over the first four years, with approximately 4.25 FTEs/year) and for additional Information Specialists (10 productive FTEs over the full five years, with approximately 2.0 FTEs/year). The proposed acquisition is a recompetition of contract N02-CM-47006 awarded to the EMMES Corporation. The Government anticipates that one (1) contract will be awarded on an incrementally funded basis for a period of five (5) years. This acquisition has been designated as a 100% small business set-aside. The solicitation is scheduled for electronic release approximately September 4, 1998. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch Home Page by using the following internet address: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/RFP.HTM. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the above Internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. Point of contact: Carolyn L. Swift, Contracting Officer @ e-mail: cs102w@nih.gov; FAX: 301-402-6699; TELE: 301-435-3819. No collect calls will be accepted. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 08/12/98 (W-SN235951). (0224)

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