SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- AIDS Reagent Program
- Notice Date
- 6/21/2011
- 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 of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Office of Acquisitions, 6700 B Rockledge Room 3214 MSC7612, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7612
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7612
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-NIAID-DAIDS-NIH-AI2011121
- Archive Date
- 7/21/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kishan Patel, Phone: 3014960612, Michelle A Scala, Phone: 301-451-3693
- E-Mail Address
-
patelki@niaid.nih.gov, mscala@niaid.nih.gov
(patelki@niaid.nih.gov, mscala@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this contract is to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIDS Reagent Program (ARP) in achieving its goal of providing critical research reagents and resources to the scientific community. An important rate-limiting step in basic research is the identification and distribution of state-of-the-art reagents and technology. To address this need, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supports the ARP as a contract. Since its establishment in 1988, the ARP has evolved from a small bank of research materials to a unique and versatile worldwide resource, offering over 8,600 critical reagents not otherwise readily available to the HIV/AIDS research community. The ARP acquires, develops, and produces state-of-the-art reagents and provides these reagents at no cost to over 3,000 qualified investigators located in 79 countries throughout the world. Additionally, the ARP serves as an important resource for information about AIDS-related reagents and disseminates this information through its comprehensive website (http://www.aidsreagent.org). To fulfill the technical requirements, the Contractor shall support the identification, acquisition, production, maintenance, characterization and distribution of state of the art reagents to the AIDS research community of investigators with the purpose of advancing AIDS research. Furthermore, the contract provides support for quality control and characterization of reagents, technology transfer, and execution of material transfer agreements prior to release of reagents to the community. It is anticipated that one cost reimbursement, term type contract will be awarded for a 1-year Base period plus six 1-year options for a possible total period of performance of 7 years beginning on or about June 29, 2012. The performance requirement will be for the delivery of 10.21full time equivalents (FTEs) per year for the base period (Year 1) and option periods (Years 2 through 7), which may be unilaterally exercised by the Government. In addition to the services outlined above to be provided in the base requirement, for additional services under the contract may be exercised at the discretion of the Government to provide an increased level of effort to meet unanticipated needs for acquiring reagents, assays, or technologies. Should the Government elect to exercise the increased level of effort options, the Contractor shall provide resources for the unanticipated increase in work volume in an amount of 1.0 FTE that may be exercised up to twice per performance year.
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