A -- REESTABLISH INTRAMURAL CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY BRANCH

Notice Date

August 10, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, C ontracts Operations Branch 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902

ZIP Code

20892-7902

Solicitation Number

NHLBI-HI-02-06

Response Due

September 28, 2001

Point of Contact

Mary Adamik, Procurement Analyst, Phone (301) 435-0330, Fax (301) 435-3338, Email ma58r@nih.gov -- Robert Best, Chie f, Contracts Operations Branch, Phone (301) 435-0330, Fax (301) 480-3338, Email rb45o@nih.gov

Description

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to reestablish its CardioThoracic Surgery (CTS) Branch a s part of its intramural research program. The CTS program was phased out 10 years ago for a variety of reasons, but change s in CTS in recent years will require innovative surgical techniques. Also, recent changes in policies and regulations comb ine with the changes in CTS to highlight the positive benefits that interaction between basic science and clinical investiga tions have created in the past and will bring in the future to a research and training program that is needed in CTS. The goal of the CTS Branch in the NHLBI is to conduct innovative clinical research that will advance the field and to train cardiothoracic surgeons in research methodologies and techniques. The NHLBI plans an approach that first will establish clin ical excellence, and then will follow up by pursuing mutually beneficial collaborations. NIH offers links between basic sci ence and clinical investigations, relative swiftness in translating basic science to clinical usage, access to state-of-the- art animal facilities, presence of multidisciplinary research teams, capability to focus on selected science and health prob lems, support of a centralized coordinating facility, organization of a center of excellence in clinical research, and abili ty to provide integrated service delivery. NHLBI needs access to acute care so that the clinical research, applied and basic research, and training and education compo nents it envisions as comprising its reestablished CTS can be put in place. NHLBI needs the facility and cardiac surgeons, in close proximity and operating on a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week schedule so that participants in the Branch are able to qu ickly go from research to surgery. NHLBI also will extend its core role in facilitating and fostering communication and coo peration among clinical and laboratory researchers by establishing locally a CTS fellowship program that then could be exten ded nationally as slots are available. Development of this infrastructure centered around multidisciplinary core programs a nd specific research projects will enable the NHLBI to attract the leaders and mentors needed to do the innovative research and help train the next generation of cardiothoracic surgeons. The NHLBI intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Suburban Hospital for a seven year contract program to provid e the acute care component of the CTS if Suburban Hospital receives a Certificate of Need to perform cardiac surgery. Autho rity: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. This is not a Request for Proposals. See Note 22.

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Record

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