STORING, MONITORING, AND DISTRIBUTING CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVEPERINATAL PROJECT SERUM SAMPLES NIH GUIDE, Volume 22, Number 19, May 21, 1993 RFP AVAILABLE: NICHD-DESPR-93-09 P.T. 34 Keywords: Pregnancy Prenatal Factors Biological Resources National Institute of Child Health and Human Development The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is seeking organizations that have the capacity as a center to store, monitor, and distribute samples of serum collected from the Collaborative Perinatal project (CPP). CPP was a multi-center, prospective cohort study of pregnancy and child development administered by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The original purpose of the Project was to study factors responsible for the development of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation, and related neurological disorders of childhood. As part of the CPP study protocol, serum was collected from the women several times during pregnancy, at delivery, and at one to two months postpartum. Serum was also collected from the umbilical cord of newborns. Computer records indicate that a total of 833,756 samples of serum stored in 4 ml. screw-capped vials were collected. Fewer vials remain, although the exact number is not known. (They are currently being inventoried.) For the past 25 or more years, these vials have been stored by the NINDS at -20 degrees C. in two walk-in cold rooms on the NIH campus. Custody of this resource has now been transferred to NICHD. They are presently being maintained under contract in Rockville, Maryland. Frequent on-site monitoring by the Project and Contracting Officers will be necessary. Therefore, the proposed storage facility must be located within easy access to the NIH campus. This announcement for a holding center is a new solicitation. The Request For Proposal was issued on May 12, 1993, and proposals are due by 4:00 p.m. (Local Time) July 14, 1993. INQUIRIES All requests must cite the RFP number and include two self-addressed mailing labels. All sources who consider themselves qualified are encouraged to submit proposals. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. Organizations desiring a copy of the above announced RFP may send a written request to: Mrs. Lynn Salo National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Contracts Management Branch, OGC 6100 Building, Room 7A07 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-4611 FAX: (301) 402-3676 .
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