SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Professional Service Contract
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-PB-(HG)-2010-289-JML
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan M. Lear, Phone: 3014514470
- E-Mail Address
-
learj@nhlbi.nih.gov
(learj@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), on behalf of the Nation Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), intends to award a fixed price purchase order on a noncompetitive sole source basis to Mossy Foot Treatment and Prevention Association (MFTPA), PO Box 311, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia to provide expertise in the genetic and environmental factors contributed to the Podoconiosis disease. MFTPA offers prevention and care to approximately 30,000 patients per year in Southern Ethiopia. The contractor shall conduct qualitative studies to assess: -The individual and joint effectiveness of two intervention modules in a randomized 2 x 2 factorial design with communities assigned randomly to one of four (4) intervention conditions: (GP1) no enhanced health education and no role model support (usual care), (GP2) enhanced health education without role model support, (GP3) no enhanced health education with role model support, and (GP4) enhanced health education and role model support. All children receive shoes. Children will be surveyed at baseline, 3-5 days after shoe distribution, and again, 3- and 6-months post baseline. -Changes in the primary outcomes of interest, which include a composite of direct observation of shoe use, self-reported shoe use, and baseline-to-follow-up changes in the children's foot appearance based on a visual foot exam. -Feedback of results at community and patient group meetings. The sole source determination is based on the fact that Mossy Foot Treatment and Prevention Association is the only Association that can provide the services and expertise needed to access the target population and to address the questions proposed for this research that will enable the SBRB to accomplish a more rigorously designed study that will be published in a high impact journal. Therefore, an award to any other source is not feasible or practical. The delivery point is the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), Bethesda, MD 20892. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, and the associated small business size standard is $7.0M. However, this solicitation is not set aside for small businesses. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; therefore the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competitive Requirements, are not applicable and the resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-44 (July 8, 2010). Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis by August 23, 2010 at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurements. Inquiries to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB-(HG)-2010-289-JML, may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6151, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: Jonathan Lear. Responses may be submitted electronically to learj@nhlbi.nih.gov. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health/NHGRI, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02245792-W 20100820/100818235939-a8a995f48e0c95f576af0f61f451441e (fbodaily.com)
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