SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- The Impact of Smoking and Helical CT Screening on Lung Cancer Mortality
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- NCI-80107-MM
- Archive Date
- 7/31/2008
- Point of Contact
- Melissa P Marino, Phone: 301-402-4509, Caren N Rasmussen,, Phone: (301) 402-4509
- E-Mail Address
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marinome@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) intends to procure on a sole-source basis for services regarding the project, "The Impact of Smoking and Helical Computed Tomography (CT) Screening on Lung Cancer Mortality" with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Technology Assessment (ITA), 101 Merrimac Street, Boston MA 02114. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541690 and the business size standard is $6.5M Period of performance: Performance shall be for one year from date of award. The Institute for Technology Assessment (ITA) at the Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a lung cancer screening simulation model. The purpose of the model is to evaluate the cost effectiveness and costs of helical computed tomography (CT). The basis of any model of lung cancer is the impact of smoking history on the incidence and mortality from lung cancer. This is important as researchers consider who should be screened for lung cancer. The Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) is a consortium of NCI-sponsored investigators whose focus is to use modeling to improve our understanding of the impact of cancer control interventions (e.g., prevention, screening treatment) on population trends in incidence and mortality. These models are also used to project future trends, and to help determine optimal cancer control strategies. The work scope of this contract will involve participation in the ongoing lung base cases (simulation of smoking patterns and CT screening studies), attendance at bi-annual CISNET meetings, participation in regular conference calls, maintenance of the ITA Model Profiler, and joint manuscript preparation. The contractor shall: Participate in Base Case Projects - The purpose of the lung cancer screening base case is to further validate and extend the ITA results that have been published in Radiology against other models. Base case projects involve use of common inputs, simulation of a specified scenario, and completion of standardized templates or spreadsheets. The contractor shall make necessary coding changes to the model, perform simulations to generate outputs, and complete population of standardized templates. Maintain Model Profiler - The MGH has completed the first public release of its Model Profiler (available at www.cisnet.cancer.gov/profiles). The contractor shall update documentation of assumptions, inputs, and results. The MGH ITA lab under the direction of Dr. G. Scott Gazelle focuses on evaluating the benefits, costs and appropriate use of new medical technologies. Dr. Pamela McMahon also with MGH ITA has worked extensively with the ITA Lung Cancer Policy Model since development of the model and completed the current Model Profiler. The MGH ITA Model is the only published result on this topic. The contractor will contribute results toward the completion of a publication. For the above reasons, the MGH ITA is uniquely qualified to carry out this contract. Any efforts to identify the required skills and expertise through outside sources would pose additional undo costs to the government. Therefore, in the best interest of the government this contract should be awarded to the MGH ITA. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. All information furnished shall be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the NCI to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. An original and one copy of the capability statement must be received in the NCI contracting office by 1:00 PM EDT on July 17, 2008. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed (301) 402-4513 or emailed to Melissa Marino, Contract Specialist at marinome@mail.nih.gov. It is the vendor's responsibility to call (301) 402-4509 to verify questions have been received. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must have valid registration/certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) www.ccr.gov and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA), http://orca.bpn.gov. No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference NCI-80107-MM on all correspondence.
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