Notice Number: NOT-AI-06-008

Key Dates
Release Date: December 6, 2005

Issued by
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), (http://www.niaid.nih.gov)

The Division of AIDS (DAIDS), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking an organization to perform the following tasks: (1) Perform an initial transition in the event the incumbent contractor is not successful. (2) Secure, receive, catalog, process, store, and disburse human biological specimens from subjects participating in NIAID-sponsored treatment, prevention, and/or cohort studies. (3) Provide adequate cold storage facilities and equipment for clinical specimens. (4) Provide shipping materials and documents, technical assistance and training to Site personnel and study teams on specimen handling and shipping. (5) Develop, perform, and maintain Quality Assurance systems for the NIAID Specimen Repository (NSR) facility, operations, stored specimens, shipping materials, and personnel and in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements. (6) Provide (or utilize the current) computerized specimen inventory database management system (SIDMS) that supports NSR functions. (7) Provide a technical and administrative infrastructure to ensure efficient planning, initiation, implementation, and management of NSR activities. (8) Develop and implement a Final Transition Plan at the end of the contract. (9) Expand services to include additional Sites, when necessary, through exercise of Options.

The purpose of this solicitation is to continue an ongoing specimen storage and management program for HIV seropositive and negative specimens received from subjects enrolled in NIAID-sponsored multi-site clinical and epidemiological studies. The NIAID Specimen Repository (NSR) is critical to the scientific integrity of on-going and future studies concerning HIV diagnosis, pathogenesis, disease progression, and assessment of treatments, vaccine efficacy and other preventive measures. The NSR has been in operation since 1988 and currently stores 5 million specimens.

Specifically, the Contractor shall perform the following tasks:

The current contract will expire on August 15, 2006. This is a follow-on contract for ongoing effort. The incumbent contractor is SeraCare Bioservices, Inc. (formerly BBI). It is anticipated that a cost-reimbursement, incrementally funded, completion form contract will be awarded for the base period of 7 years with the potential exercise of up to three (3) options which will provide for the support of up to fifteen (15) additional domestic/international sites, per year. The Government considers the effort to be approximately 12.5 full time equivalents (FTEs) (per annum/for the base period) of the contract, and .5 FTEs per annum for option periods. This RFP will be available electronically on the CMP Homepage http://www3.niaid.nih.gov, on or about November 21, 2005, and will be posted in the FedBizOpps, http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal that will be considered by the Government. This announcement doe not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted.

Inquiries

For questions or further information, contact:

Joshua LaVine
Contract Specialist
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 3214, MSC 7612
Bethesda , MD 20892-7612
TTY Relay: 1-866-410-5787 (ext. 27149)
Fax: 301-402-0972
Email: JLaVine@niaid.nih.gov

Elizabeth Shanahan
Contracting Officer
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 3214, MSC 7612
Bethesda , MD 20892-7612
Phone: (301) 5494-6309
Fax: 301-402-0972
Email: EShanahan@niaid.nih.gov

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