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A -- RADIATION DOSIMETRY FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES SOL RFP N01-CP-91024-21 DUE 050799 POC Barbara A. Shadrick, 301-435-3787 WEB: RFP N01-CP-91024-21, http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: Barbara A. Shadrick, bs92y@nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. The Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Program (DCEG) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is recompeting a requirement to continue dosimetry support for epidemiologic studies of populations exposed to ionizing radiation, conducted by the REB. This contract (Number N01-CP-40535) with the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, is scheduled to expire September 24, 1999. This support is essential to REB's ability to quantify radiation risks and provide information on dose-response relationships. The NCI requires a contractor to evaluate the radiotherapy records collected by the REB and determine whether the data are adequate to calculate organ doses and provide organ doses for individual study subjects to the REB for analysis. The Contractor shall provide the support necessary to make measurements on anthropomorphic phantoms, water phantoms, and/or use mathematical phantoms or computerized treatment planning programs in order to reconstruct radiation doses to specific organs following medical exposures. The contractor shall: (1) determine the manner in which physical dosimetry can be best applied to the epidemiologic studies of interest, (2) coordinate dosimetry data collected or prepared by other medical physicists who are participating in our studies, (3) compare various dosimetry methods to validate consistency and accuracy of estimated doses, and (4) provide dosimetry data to REB to conduct methodologic studies to evaluate the potential biases and uncertainties in the dose estimates. It is anticipated that the resultant contract will be a cost-reimbursement, completion type contract for a five-year period of performance. All responsible sources capable of providing this support and meeting these criteria are encouraged to submit an offer and will be considered by the NCI. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the above Internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. The solicitation is expected to be available on the internet on/about March 24, 1999, with proposal due 45 days from the actual date of publication on the internet. Point of contact: Barbara A. Shadrick; Electronic mail address: bs92y@nih.gov; Fax: 301-480-0241. No collect calls will be accepted. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch Home Page by using the following Internet address: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. Posted 03/10/99 (W-SN306852). (0069)

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