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A -- CANCER THERAPY EVALUATION PROGRAM INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SUPPORT SOL RFP N01-CM-57245-08 DUE 061595 POC TODD C. COLE, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, 301/496-8620 CAROLYN L. SWIFT, CONTRACTING OFFICER, 301/496-8620. The National Cancer Institute is seeking support for the computer system of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP). This effort will support all computer systems of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP). This shall include support of the CTEP Personal Computer and Server-LAN including recommendations for information management problem resolution, implementation and maintenance of these systems. Additionally, the Contractor will maintain and enhance several key large data base systems which exist within CTEP. At the present time, these systems include: The CTEP Information System (CTEP-IS), the PMB Inventory Management System (PMB-IMS), the Adverse Experience Reporting System (AERS), Annual Data Updates (ADU), Quarterly Data Updates (QDU), CTEP-LAN, PMB-LAN, the Clinical Trials Monitoring Branch - Information Management System (CTMB-IS), and the Regulatory Affairs Branch (RAB) Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), and the Clinical Trials Agreement (CTAs) data base systems. Additional support of CTEP includes providing programming and data management support for the Biometrics Research Branch (BRB) staff, as needed in the performance of projects. This requires a familiarity with statistics equivalent to attainment of a Master's degree, good knowledge of SAS, graphics (SAS or other language), and Fortran. The Government expects to make one award. This award will have a maintenance portion with annual options to complete several new software enhancements, developments, and system implementations. This award shall be incrementally funded for a five year period requiring 19 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs)/year for a total of 95 FTEs for the base work with options for an additional 6 FTEs/year for 30 optional FTEs over the 5 years. The RFP will be issued on or about May 1, 1995 pending the Government's receipt of authorization for purchase of Automated Data Processing Services, and proposals will be due approximately 45 days thereafter. This solicitation is a total Small Business set-aside. All responsible small businesses conforming to the size standard of $18 M annual receipts (Standard Industrial Classification #7376) may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. No collect calls will be accepted. See Note(s): 1. (0089)

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