RFP ANNOUNCEMENT: MICROBICIDE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TEAMS - NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-04-04 RELEASE DATE: March 25, 2004 NOTICE: NOT-AI-04-022 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov) RECEIPT DATE: August 13, 2004 DESCRIPTION The HIV Microbicide Design and Development Teams (HMDDT) solicitation seeks to fund consortia of scientists with product development experience from industry and/or academia that have 1) identified a promising microbicide concept, and 2) devised a plan for its targeted development into a product testable in humans. A microbicide product is defined here to be a material and its manner of administration that could reasonably provide protection against the sexual transmission of HIV safely, even when used repeatedly. The expectation is that the Teams advance their microbicide concepts along a well-defined development path in a timely manner to a microbicide product and into clinical testing within the five-year period of the award. Offerors are encouraged, but not required to conduct phase I/II trials in collaboration with the NIH/NIAID/DAIDS-supported HIV Prevention Trials Network (the HPTN; http://www.hptn.org). Support for Phase III studies will not be funded under this solicitation. It is anticipated that up to two (2) cost-reimbursement, completion type contracts will be awarded for a period of five (5) years, beginning approximately May 16, 2005. RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-04-04 will be available electronically on or about March 19, 2004, and may be accessed at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract/rfps.htm or http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Only electronic copies of the solicitation will be available. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the solicitation. Responses to this RFP will be due approximately August 13, 2004. Any responsible Offeror may submit a proposal that will be considered by the Government, however, this notice does not commit the Government to the award of a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of Extramural Activities Contract Management Program 6700-B Rockledge Drive Room 2230, MSC 7612 Bethesda, MD 20892-7605 POINT OF CONTACT Donald Collie, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-496-0992, Fax 301-402-0972, Email dc128b@nih.gov Lawrence Butler, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-496-0192, Fax 301-402-0972, Email lb13t@nih.gov
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