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A -- DAIDS RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT SOL NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-97-3 DUE 010797 POC Bruce E. Anderson, Contracting Officer Electronic Mail Address: ba9i@nih.gov Telephone: (301) 496-8371 Fax: (301) 402-0972 THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE AN 8(A) SET-ASIDE, SIC CODE 8741, MANAGEMENT SERVICES ($5,000,000 SIZE STANDARD). Any qualified 8(a) offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Government. The Division of AIDS (DAIDS), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, in order to facilitate its research mission is required to support a variety of scientific and administrative meetings and conferences that provide opportunities for researchers and administrators to oversee, provide advice, and plan the direction of future research in HIV/AIDS. The primary purpose of this RFP is to seek responsible offerors to provide scientific meeting and conference support for the DAIDS; of secondary importance is a variety of associated tasks such as (but not limited to): arranging/managing teleconferences, producing manuals/handbooks, recruiting/subcontracting for speciality writing expertise, locating and arranging for conference space for small inform! al retreats, arranging forcatering services, and assisting in the distribution letters, documents and other material. The Contractor must either be located near the NIH community (Bethesda/Rockville, Maryland) or provide a plan detailing how these services which require close daily interaction with the DAIDS can be provided from a distant location. It is anticipated that one (1) level-of-effort, cost-reimbursement type contract will be awarded for a period of five (5) years. RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-97-03 will be available electronically on or about October 30, 1996, and may be accessed through either the NIH Gopher or the NIH Home Page by using the following electronic mail addresses and instructions: 1) NIH Gopher: Point your Gopher client to GOPHER.NIH.GOV Port 70 (you should now be in the NIH Gopher). Select ''Grant and Research Information''; select ''R&D Request for Proposals (RFP)''; select ''RFPs Available''; select ''NIAID''; and select ''RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-97-03''. 2) Internet: The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address is gopher://gopher.nih.gov:70/11/res/rd-rfp Please note that the RFP for this procurement has been revised to include only the Statement of Work, deliverable and reporting requirements, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the electronic RFP package. Following proposal submission and the initial review process, offerors comprising the competitive range will be requested to provide additional documentation to the Contracting Officer. Please note that past performance will be evaluated by the Government, and will be a factor in the source selection process (offerors will provide references with the proposal which will be evaluated after determination of the competitive range). Responses to this RFP will be due on January 7, 1997. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. Point of Contact: Bruce E. Anderson, Contracting Officer Electronic mail address: ba9i@nih.gov Telephone: (301) 496-8371 Fax: (301) 402-0972 No collect calls will be accepted. (0297)

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