RFP ANNOUNCEMENT: BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCE CENTERS FOR BIODEFENSE AND EMERGING/RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES - RFP-NIH-NIAID-DMID-04-34 RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2003 NOTICE: NOT-AI-03-013 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov) Receipt Date: June 2, 2003 DESCRIPTION The Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, DHHS, has a requirement for the design, development, maintenance and continual updating of several Bioinformatic Resource Centers. Multiple awards are contemplated. Each of the Bioinformatic Resource Centers will include databases for at least five (5) microorganisms. These scientific databases will provide the scientific community with research resources, which will provide access to a large amount of genomic and related data to facilitate the identification of potential targets for the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. These databases will also enable comparative analysis of genomes to allow the identification of genetic polymorphisms that correlate with phenotypes such as pathogenicity, drug resistance, morbidity and infectivity. The databases must be accessible to the scientific community via an Internet website, serving as international resources for both genomic sequence data and related functional data. Organisms of particular interest are the NIAID Category A-C priority pathogens (http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/bandc_priority.htm) and those causing emerging and re-emerging diseases. It is anticipated that the period of performance for the contracts will be five (5) years each, beginning approximately on February 1, 2004. RFP-NIH-NIAID-DMID-04-34 will be available electronically on or about February 6, 2003 and may be accessed through the NIAID Contract Management Branch (CMB) Home Page at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract. Once at the NIAID CMB Home Page, click on the "RFPs" link and then click on "RFP NIH NIAID-DMID-04-34. It will also be posted on FedBizOpps at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Responses to this RFP will be due on June 2, 2003. Any responsible Offeror may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile transmissions will be accepted. Contracting Office Address: National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Contract Management Branch 6700-B Rockledge Drive Room 2230, MSC 7612 Bethesda, MD, 20892-7612 Point of Contact: Erin Goldstein, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-496-6423, Fax 301-480-5253, Email eg108r@nih.gov; Jacqueline Holden, Senior Contracting Officer, Phone 301-496-7119, Fax 301-480-5253, Email jh55b@nih.gov
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