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A -- BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET (NGI) SOL BAA/RFP-NLM-98-102/MVA POC Mary V. Adamik, 301-496-6546; mary_adamik@nih.gov WEB: BAA/RFP-NLM-98-102/MVA, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/oam/oam.html. E-MAIL: Mary Adamik, mary_adamik@nih.gov. The National Library of Medicine seeks to demonstrate the use of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) capabilities in health care, public health and health education, and biomedical, clinical and health services research by supporting test-bed networks linking hospitals, clinics, practitioner's offices, health professional schools, health sciences libraries, universities, and/or public health authorities to demonstrate revolutionary applications in healthcare, health education and medical research which are dependent on at least two of the following technical capabilities being developed for the NGI: Quality of Service; Medical data privacy and security; Nomadic computing; Network management; and Infrastructure technology as a means for scientific collaboration. Project plans must have a strong evaluation component designated to improve understanding of the impact of NGI capabilities on the nation's healthcare, heath education and/or research systems in such areas as cost, quality, usability, efficacy and security. These project plans represent Phase I of a three-phased program. The NLM envisions that some or all of the Phase I project plans will be implemented in test-bed settings in Phase II via non-competitive follow-on acquisitions, or Phase II contracts may result from new solicitations. Phase III will demonstrate the efficacy of successful Phase II test-bed projects in production via non-competitive follow-on acquisitions. This acquisition is for Phase I Project Plans only. BAA/RFP-NLM-98-102/MVA will be available in electronic format only. Paper copies will not be issued. The RFP may be downloaded from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) World Wide Web home page. The NLM home page URL is: "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/oam/oam.html". All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. It is anticipated that proposals will be due on or about May 19, 1998. See Numbered Note 26. (0071)

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