BRAIN MOLECULAR ANATOMY PROJECT RESOURCE CENTER

Release Date:  June 30, 1999

RFP Available:  NIMH-99-DB-0006

National Institute of Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) plans to issue a Request for 
Proposals (RFP) No. NIMH-99-DB-0006 entitled "Brain Molecular Anatomy Project 
(BMAP) Resource Center".  Issue date of the RFP will be on or about 
Wednesday, July 7, 1999 with receipt of proposals on or about Tuesday, August 
24, 1999. It is anticipated that award will be made on or about November 30, 
1999. Proposals are being solicited under Full and Open Competitive 
procedures using Standard Industry Code 8731.  A one (1) year cost-
reimbursement type contract, with three options of one year each is 
contemplated.

This RFP will utilize the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases' Contract Review On-line system.  Offerors will submit their 
proposals ELECTRONICALLY.  In addition to your electronic submission, 
Offerors will be required to submit one complete original signed HARDCOPY of 
their proposal.  Please note that the electronic copy of your proposal will 
need to be submitted in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF).  
Adequate security for electronic transmission will be provided by using a 
dedicated server with access restricted through passwords.  NIMH intends to 
award a single contract with multiple scientific and administrative 
components for this requirement.

The Brain Molecular Anatomy Project (BMAP) is an interdisciplinary project to 
establish state-of-the-art technologies and informatics systems to decipher 
the molecular anatomy of the mammalian brain.  This multi-institute effort 
consists of several distinct components: 1) gene discovery, 2) gene 
expression analysis, and 3) the development of new technologies and resources 
that will facilitate rapid completion of projects supported under the first 
two components, as well as subsequent functional studies of the mammalian 
nervous system.

The BMAP Resource Center to be created under this contract will collect, 
maintain, and validate biological reagents, cDNA libraries, individual cDNA 
clones and UniGene sets, which are generated under other BMAP contracts and 
grants.  The Resource Center contractor will: receive, validate and carefully 
archive these biomaterials; maintain them under proper storage conditions; 
and distribute these materials with the associated data to the qualified 
investigators in the scientific community.  The BMAP Resource Center will 
streamline activities and provide a highly efficient, rapid, and cost-
effective mechanism for the distribution of validated biological materials 
and reagents and that serve as the "gold standard" for functional studies of 
the mammalian nervous system.  The successful offeror will have a staff in 
highly specialized areas of science, such as molecular genetics, molecular 
biology, neuroanatomy, bioinformatics, and computational biology who can 
establish a repository to collect, archive, maintain, and distribute 
biomaterials such as cDNA libraries, individual cDNA clones, and cDNA clones 
arrayed in multi-well plates.

THE RFP WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT at URL 
http://www.nimh.nih.gov. Select "Funding Opportunities," then "Contracts," 
then "NIMH Requests for Proposals (RFP)," and then select "NIMH-99-DB-0006."  
It will be available fifteen or more calendar days after the issuance of this 
synopsis.

OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROUTINELY CHECKING THE NIMH WEBSITE FOR ANY 
POSSIBLE SOLICITATION AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.  NO INDIVIDUAL 
NOTIFICATION OF ANY AMENDMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.  All responsible sources may 
submit a proposal that will be considered by the agency.

Contact:

Patricia Gibbons
National Institute of Mental Health
Contracts Management Branch
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6107 MSC 9603
Bethesda, MD 20892-9603
Telephone: (301) 443-2696
Email: [email protected]

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