SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Clinical Support Services
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Mental Health, Contracts Management Branch, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 8154, MSC 9661, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9661
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9661
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(AG)-RFP-09-058
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Rosanne S Wilson, Phone: 301-443-4433, Teresa A. Baughman, Phone: (301) 443-1193
- E-Mail Address
-
wilsonr@mail.nih.gov, baughmat@nida.nih.gov
(wilsonr@mail.nih.gov, baughmat@nida.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) intends to recompete a requirement currently being performed by MedStar Research Institute (MRI) under NIA Contract N01AG31001. This procurement is being competed under full and open competitive procedures under NAICS 541712. It is anticipated that Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, will be used and a single performance-based, cost reimbursable type contract will be awarded for a 5-year period of performance beginning on or about April 1, 2010. The NIA Intramural Research Program (IRP) in Baltimore conducts human subject research in compliance with state and federal regulatory guidelines. In 1999 a significant addition to the mission was added to encompass interventional clinical trials and additional observational studies, in addition to the existing Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), the longest continuous study of normative aging in the world. The expansion also included the implementation of a parallel, integrated, community-based approach to the study of normative aging identified as the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) program which is conducted in Baltimore neighborhoods. Accrual of this program's participant population began in October 2000. Successful methodologies have been developed that promote participation in clinical research among individuals from groups that have been traditionally under-represented in such research and who bear a disproportionate burden of age-associated disease and disability. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is planning to procure services for the expanded clinical research program to continue to develop translational clinical research, emphasizing aging and age-associated diseases. Translational studies represent the practical application of basic laboratory discoveries to the clinical setting, and as such, require an efficient synergism between those conducting basic research and those framing and conducting the clinical investigation. Successful translation of basic research requires coordination of the efforts by laboratory investigators, statisticians, physician-scientists, clinicians, and other patient-care providers. Strong linkages between the bench and the Clinical Research Unit enhance the likelihood of success for this bench to bedside approach. The NIA plans to operate the BLSA via the procured services. The objective is to continue to collect viable and useful longitudinal data on aging participants so that it may be used to expand the understanding of normative aging. The central focus of the research is to understand age-related changes in physiology and the ability to adapt to environmental stress. This understanding is then applied to developing insight about the pathophysiology of age-related diseases. The program seeks to understand the changes associated with healthy aging and to define the criteria for evaluating when a change becomes pathologic. Thus, not only are the common age-related diseases under study (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, diabetes, cancer), but the determinants of healthy aging are also being defined. The HANDLS study will also be operated via the procured services. It is designed to evaluate normative age-related health disparities in minority and socio-economically diverse populations by going out into communities and collecting research data onboard three MRVs. The focal point of the HANDLS research program is on investigations specific to understanding the possible biomedical and behavioral basis of health disparities and designing effective preventive and therapeutic interventions for this population. The Contractor will have the benefit and responsibility of working in concert with Federal managers, principal investigators and employees who have developed and currently work on these protocols. It is estimated that approximately 700 research participants will be seen per year at the stationary facility and approximately 1200 will be seen at the mobile research facility. The Contractor will provide all required support to execute these protocols, to include, but not limited to, recruitment and retention of participants, medical records processing and storage, IT management, testing (physical, psychological and physiological), biological sample storage and archiving, emergency medical care if needed, transportation, MRV support, scheduling, participant compensation, participant education, quality assurance, safety, protocol management, Institutional Review Boards as required, a licensed research pharmacy, laboratory support and staff support for approximately 110 FTEs to include unit orientation, training, travel, and etc. The Contractor may be required to subcontract for specific services as needed. The Contractor will be required to assess its own procedures on a continuous basis and develop improved patient handling and testing procedures designed to (a) improve the viability of data collected (b) improve cost efficiency of operations and (c) increase volume of participants that can be safely processed. The Contractor must meet the following four (4) qualification criteria at the time of receipt of proposal to be considered any further for award: (1) Performance of the work for this contract must be performed in Government furnished space. The Contractor must be able to provide staff, along with supervision of staff, in Baltimore, Maryland in: the 5th floor of Harbor Hospital, the Biomedical Research Center, the Gerontology Research Center and the Medical Research Vehicles. The Contractor must also be able to provide a limited number staff in Bethesda, Maryland where the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Intramural Research Program (IRP) has research activities; (2) The Contractor must be able to operate under current licenses to distribute drugs and other agents, including controlled substances and ethanol-containing products. Copies of these licenses must be provided in the technical proposal; (3) The Contractor's proposed Institutional Review Board (IRB) must be able to review the full scope of NIA protocols in areas of research specified in the Statement of Work (SOW). The Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) number and documentation of the scope of the proposed IRB's capabilities to review diversity of NIA protocols must be provided in the technical proposal; and (4) The Contractor must have the ability to sponsor and provide visas for the purpose of employing documented workers from foreign countries when necessary. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency. This notice does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Harbor Hospital - 3001 S. Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD, Biomedical Research Center - 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, Medical Research Vehicles - mobile; and, Bethesda, Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 21225, United States
- Zip Code: 21225
- Zip Code: 21225
- Record
- SN01909727-W 20090814/090813001832-326956d7acc25cfbcd59547325ddc14e (fbodaily.com)
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