B -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BIOSTATISTICAL AND ETIOLOGIC STUDIES

Notice Date

November 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Br., 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Room 604, Rockville, MD, 20852

ZIP Code

20852

Solicitation Number

N02-CP-21008-66

Response Due

January 7, 2002

Point of Contact

Shawnee Shaw, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-3778, Fax (301) 480-0241, Email ss552u@nih.gov -- Sharon Miller, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 435-3783, Fax (301) 480-0241, Email sm103r@nih.gov

Description

The Biostatistics Branch (BB) of the National Cancer Institute is re-competing a contract for support services for biostatistical and etiologic studies, NO2-CP-71103, currently held by Westat, Inc. The contract will establish a mechanism to provide all the services required to conduct a wide variety of domestic and international (case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, and pilot) studies. The scientific design and oversight of the activities are the responsibility of the BB professional staff. The major activities of the contractor include: 1) obtain necessary information to determine effective study resources (e.g., capabilities of collaborating institutions, numbers of eligible study subjects, exposure information, etc.) and prepare, pretest, evaluate and produce data collection forms, including computer-assisted questionnaires; 2) prepare training programs and materials for abstractors, interviewers and other study personnel and procedure manuals; 3) arrange for the collection, handling, transport, storage and analysis of biologic, and environmental samples; 4) assemble death certificates and records on cancer incidence and have them evaluated and coded by appropriate nosologists, pathologists or clinicians; 5 ) trace study subjects to locate them for interview, environmental measurements, or biologic specimen collection, to determine their vital status, to assess cancer incidence, to assess exposure, to assess genetic susceptibility, or to obtain other information necessary for the study; 6) train abstractors, interviewers, telephone screeners, coders, phlebotomists and others who will be involved with acquiring and assembling data; abstract, microfilm, photocopy or obtain computer records (clinical or office medical records, hospital charts, vital records, employment records, etc.); 7) interview subjects or surrogates using mail, telephone, computer-assisted or personal interviews; 8) arrange for clinical diagnostic studies, laboratory evaluation of study subjects and environmental measurements at the subject's convenience; 9) collect and deliver biologic or environmental samples to laboratories or individuals for storage and/or analysis; 10) carry out pilot studies to identify appropriate laboratories, evaluate quality control of ongoing laboratory analyses, establish databases of the results of laboratory analyses, and assist with monitoring the availability, and managing the use of, stored biologic samples from previous studies; 11) enter coded information into suitable computers; 12) design and maintain computer databases and associated reporting software and prepare edit programs, edit data, and correct computer files where necessary; prepare analytical data files as requested by BB staff; 13) produce statistical analyses specified by the NCI investigator; 14) document each step of a study and maintain, in an orderly arrangement, all relevant material so that any aspect of the study may be reviewed and evaluated by the NCI staff at any point in time; 15) develop subcontracts for conducting field studies outside the U.S., for specialized field procedures, for environmental components, and for laboratory analyses of biologic samples. The name of the key personnel and their experience in these tasks must be provided with the technical proposal. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) package will be available on or about December 6, 2001 with responses due within 30 calendar days following the actual date of issuance of the RFP.The RFP may be accessed via the NCI Research Contracts Branch (RCB) website: http://amb.nci.nih.gov/ under "Current REquests for Proposals". Award of this project is anticipated by September 30, 2002. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the NCI. No collect calls will be accepted. =20

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011126/BSOL003.HTM (D-325 SN5135J1)