SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- Education & training services / Oxford-Cambridge University Doctoral Partnership Program
- Notice Date
- 3/7/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 5601 Fishers Lane, 3rd Floor MSC 9822, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NIAId-NOI-16-1781458
- Archive Date
- 4/1/2016
- Point of Contact
- Tonia L Alexander, Phone: 240-669-5124, Pamela E. Nevels, Phone: 240-669-5089
- E-Mail Address
-
talexander@niaid.nih.gov, pamela.nevels@nih.gov
(talexander@niaid.nih.gov, pamela.nevels@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract or purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to the University of Oxford, Wellington Square, Oxford OX11 2JD, United Kingdom for the payment of tuition and fees for NIH Fellows participating in a doctorate program as a part of the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program of the NIH-wide Global Doctoral Partnership (NGDP). The NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of the premier Federal agencies responsible for conducting and supporting global health research initiatives and helping to lead the way toward medical discoveries and advancements that save lives and promote improved healthier standards of living from a global perspective. In order to ensure a of highly skilled medical and scientific researchers, the NIH has developed the NGDP consisting of a set of affiliated doctoral programs designed to enhance the training of highly accomplished biomedical researchers students devoted to careers in basic, translational, or clinical biomedical research by allowing outstanding American and European Union college graduates to engage in accelerated PhD research through collaborative projects between an NIH intramural laboratory and laboratories at Oxford University, Cambridge University, or other EU Universities. In collaboration with the NIAID Division of Intramural Research, the foundation programs of the NGDP are the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars program, the NIH MD/PhD Partnership Training Program, and the NIH Wellcome Trust Program. The NIH Division of Medical Sciences, the University of Oxford of the United Kingdom, and the NGDP Program have a shared interest in fostering collaborative research in mutual areas of excellence at both institutions and a common interest in educating highly talented individuals for careers as professional scientist. The National Institutes of Health will provide, through its offices and investigators, the recruitment of exceptional students from the United States who will carry out graduate-level training and research for the 2016 and 2017 academic year under coordinated mentors at the NIH and University of Oxford. The program of study shall include co-supervision for trainees at the University and the NIH. Basic and applied research shall be carried out by the trainees at both institutions. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible. This notice and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-86, dated December 31, 2015. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this notice is 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, and the business size standard is $27.5M. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis by submitting their capabilities to provide these services in writing, by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-16-1781458) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, 5:00 pm (Eastern Time) Thursday, March 17, 2016. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NIAId-NOI-16-1781458/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04041760-W 20160309/160307234926-fc7d65f46dafc4e6fbc9cb0e3afbb88c (fbodaily.com)
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