A -- NICHD INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL HIV STUDIES NETWORK COORDINATING CENTER

Notice Date

October 18, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510

ZIP Code

20892-7510

Solicitation Number

NIH-NICHD-2002-01

Response Due

February 6, 2002

Point of Contact

Dorothy McKelvin, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-6959, Fax 301-402-3676, Email dm89w@nih.gov -- Paul Duska, Lead Contract Specialist, Phone 301-435-6955, Fax 301-402-3676, Email pd28n@nih.gov

Description

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has a requirement for a Contractor to provide logistical, technical, and administrative support to maintain, coordinate, and manage a project entitled: NICHD International Pediatric and Perinatal HIV Studies Network Coordinating Center" The Contractor should have the capabilities and facilities to continue the existing multi-site network of clinical centers conducting research on treatment, prevention, diagnosis, epidemiology, and natural history of HIV infection and disease in pediatric, adolescent, and maternal patient populations, including both domestic and international clinical sites. Westat, Inc. of Rockville, Maryland is currently performing this work under NICHD contract number N01-HD-3-3162. The Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, materials, equipment, and facilities needed to implement, maintain, coordinate, and manage a multi-site network of clinical centers to conduct current and future clinical trials for evaluation of investigational therapies, diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, epidemiology and natural history of multiple aspects of HIV infection and disease in pediatric, adolescent, and maternal patient populations, in addition to other tasks specified in the Statement of Work. In addition, the coordinating center will be responsible for providing support to the clinical centers and handling all subcontracting arrangements with clinical centers. The Request for Proposals,RFP-NIH-NICHD-2002-01, will be available on November 6, 2001 and responses shall be due on February 6, 2002. The requirement is defined as code 561110 under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The RFP is available at: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/funding-opps-rfp.htm. All responsible Offerors are encouraged to submit a proposal. Contact information: Dorothy McKelvin, Contracting Officer, phone 301/435-6959; e-mail: dm89w@nih.gov.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011022/ASOL006.HTM (D-291 SN511010)