SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act National Longitudinal Study
- Notice Date
- 1/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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 Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- N01DA-11-5568_SourcesSought
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2011
- Point of Contact
- Brian H O'Laughlin, Phone: (301) 443-6677, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
bo50d@nih.gov,
(bo50d@nih.gov, /div)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is seeking capability statements from Small Business organizations with capabilities to conduct a large national longitudinal cohort study and establish a regulatory-science framework to monitor the behavioral and health impacts of provisions in the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA). The FSPTCA gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco-product advertising, labeling, marketing, constituents, ingredients and additives in the United States. These regulatory changes are expected to influence tobacco-product risk perceptions, use patterns, and exposures, and to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality over time. The study initially will focus on designing the sample, establishing the cohort, collecting data on a yearly basis, developing a database, arranging a central specimen repository, and measuring and reporting on the near-term behavioral and health effects of the regulatory changes. NIDA anticipates that over time, the study will involve continued cohort monitoring, additional recruitment of young adults to the cohort at each wave, cross-sectional analyses within age groups and longitudinal data analysis, including analysis of distal outcomes, and small area estimation modeling. Results from this study are expected to inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of tobacco-product regulations in the United States (For detailed information on FSPTCA, see http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ031.111.pdf). This is a SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of ALL small businesses (e.g., 8(a), Veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses, HUB Zone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, and other small businesses) having the in-house capability and multi-disciplinary knowledge, expertise, and experience required to: plan and execute large national longitudinal behavioral health studies with sufficient power to detect immediate and long-term outcomes with small-to-moderate effect sizes in the entire sample and in designated subgroups; develop, field test, and implement sample designs, assessment instruments, and data-collection protocols; ascertain and maintain locator information for participant tracking, retention, and follow up; collect, store, package, and ship bio-specimens for laboratory analysis and preservation in a specimen repository; organize and convene meetings with subject-matter experts and advisors with expertise in, among others, epidemiology, natural history, and longitudinal cohort research, tobacco-related disease processes and clinical outcomes, and tobacco-product policies; collect and analyze economic, social, and geographic data to augment data collected from individuals on social contextual and other influences on individual behaviors; validate self-reported data on incident health outcomes with medical records-based information and through use of multiple causes of death data from the National Death Index, the National Social Security death files, or the Division of Vital Records of state health departments; develop small-area estimation models; and produce clean ready datasets and documentation for each data-collection wave and the entire cohort. Additionally, Small Businesses must have the capabilities and experience required to develop and submit study materials for the collection of information from more than nine individuals to the Office of Management and Budget for timely review and approval. The established NAICS code is 541712. In addition to demonstrating the above capabilities, information sent should be relevant and specific in the technical area under consideration on each of the following qualifications: 1) Experience: An outline of previous similar projects, specifically the techniques employed in the areas described above; 2) Personnel: Name; professional qualifications; specific experience in the work requested. We will consider appropriateness of professional and technical personnel classifications. We will consider any other specific and relevant information about this particular announcement that would improve our evaluation of respondents. Organizations should demonstrate capability to administer and coordinate interrelated tasks in an effective and timely manner. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, contracts in which the organization performed (Government and commercial); references, i.e., names, titles, telephone numbers and any other information serving to document the organizations capability; and awards or commendations. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information sent for the Government's use. Any proprietary information should be so marked. All capability statements should provide the following: 1) company name and address; 2) point of contact, 3) phone/fax/email; 4) NAICS Code(s), 5) business size and status; 6) capability information in response to the requirement and qualifications identified in this notice; and 7) type(s) of business, if any (e.g.,: small, Veteran-owned, service-disabled Veteran-Owned, women-owned, 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone). Written capability statements must be submitted to Brian O'Laughlin, whose contact information is included, NO LATER THAN February 4, 2011. Paper or electronic capability statements will be accepted. Brian O'Laughlin, Contracting Officer National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH R&D Contracts Management Branch NIDA Office of Acquisitions 6001 Executive Boulevard Room 4211, MSC 9559 Bethesda, MD 20892-8401 For Hand Delivery Services Change City to: Rockville, MD 20852
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- Place of Performance
- Address: United States
- Record
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