SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Medical services
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7605
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7605
- Solicitation Number
- NOI2061
- Response Due
- 6/7/2002
- Archive Date
- 6/7/2002
- Point of Contact
- Guy Barratte, purchasing agent, Phone 301-594-3419, Fax 301-480-3695, - Rosie Owens, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-2284, Fax 301480-3695,
- E-Mail Address
-
gbaratte@niaid.nih.gov, rowens@niaid.nih.gov
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notice of intent for commercial services prepared in accordance with format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NOI2061 and the solicitation is being issued as a notice of intent. This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2001-07. The NIAID intends to negotiate on a sole source basis using simplified acquisition procedures with the Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC) in Kampala, Uganda to perform clinical assays and other ancillary clinical services on approximately two hundred (200) HIV-infected individuals undergoing Short Cycle Intermittent Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) as part of NIAID Protocol 00-I-0020, ?A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Short Cycle Intermittent Versus Continuous HAART for the Treatment of HIV Infection.? The anticipated period of performance will be June 15, 2002 through June 14, 2003 with two additional option years. It is estimated that in all of Africa, 17,000 patients are receiving antiretroviral therapy; the JCRC cares for 3,000 of these in a single city. Additionally, the JCRC has been involved in clinical trials since 1991 and is arguably the most experienced site in Africa performing clinical trials for HIV infection. Thus, they are uniquely suited to be partners for this effort. The NIAID Internal Review Board has recognized their unique status by identifying them as the sole site to conduct clinical work for this trial. The JCRC Study Coordinator (SC) shall be responsible for patient recruitment, screening, enrollment and follow-up utilizing both Care Report Forms (CRFs) provided through the study and the standard clinical practices at JCRC. The SC shall also be responsible for maintaining all clinical and study-related records including the specified CRFs and the shared Excel sheet of primary data that must be updated on a weekly basis. The SC will also be responsible for preparing for site visits by the NIH Principal Investigator three (3) times per year and for meetings of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) as specified by the protocol. The SC must be a certified nurse. This is a not a Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification code for this acquisition is 622110 and the small business size standard is $5,000,000. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition are FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items; Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contractor Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items. FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act also applies. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Guy R. Baratte at (301) 594-5075. Collect calls will not be accepted. The government intends to negotiate this acquisition as a sole source. Closing date for the submission of written responses is thirty (30) days after the date of this notice.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Kampala, Uganda
- Zip Code: N/A
- Country: Africa
- Zip Code: N/A
- Record
- SN00073443-W 20020510/020508213114 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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