The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, is seeking proposals for the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse. The types of services required are: (1) Cost-control management, (2) project management (3) information operations, (4) outreach, promotion, and related services, (5) patient liaison services, and (6) cost recovery. It is anticipated that one, cost-reimbursement-plus-award fee contract will be awarded for a period of 5 years beginning on or about December 15, 2002. The level of effort anticipated to be expended for the 5-year period totals 116,755 hours. This solicitation will contain a mandatory qualification requirement, which is: The contractor must be within 1-hour, roundtrip commuting distance of the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. The solicitation NIH-NIAMS-03-01 will be available electronically on or about 15 days from the date of this notice and may be accessed through the Internet at the following address: http://www.niams.nih.gov/rtac/funding/grants/rfp/wwwrfp.htm or http://www.eps.gov/ Proposals will be due on or about July 8, 2002. Offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments and for routinely checking the Internet site for any possible solicitation amendments that may be issued by the Government. This acquisition will be 100% set-aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561110 for Office Administrative Services, Size Standard $6.0 million. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. The solicitation can be accessed through the Internet at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/rtac/funding/grants/rfp/wwwrfp.htm Inquiries may be directed to: Elizabeth Shanahan Contracts Management Branch, EP National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Natcher Building, Room 5AS13A 45 Center Drive, MSC 6500 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6500 Telephone: 301-594-2543 FAX: 301-480-5996 Email address:
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