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Amendment 2: Q&A part 2 posted. Due date has been extended by 1 week.

Amendment 1: Q&A part 1 posted

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NINDS Division of Clinical Research (DCR) requires a contractor to provide scientific resources and services for the NINDS Center for Clinical Research Resources (hereinafter Center ). The overall purpose of the Center is to provide scientific and technical support toward the conduct of clinical research sponsored by the NINDS.

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities required to serve as a Center for Clinical Research Resources that accomplishes the work described below. The Contractor shall provide scientific resources and services necessary for a broad range of activities required to support the NINDS clinical research program effectively. This includes multiple activities requiring advanced expertise in the design, conduct, and oversight of clinical research. Although four distinct performance areas have been identified and defined (see specific requirements below), it is impossible to anticipate every need of the NINDS DCR because the future clinical research and their associated unique demands are unknown, and because of possible unanticipated NINDS and NIH policy changes. The Contractor shall provide clinical research professionals with broad enough expertise to handle such unanticipated needs. Examples of such possible needs include: preparation of the scientific background information needed to develop new scientific initiatives involving clinical research; and dissemination and translation of results from clinical research to the clinical community (patient and physician education).

The Contractor must be able to provide services to support a variety of scientific and technical services for the conduct of NINDS-sponsored clinical research. The contract type for this requirement is cost-reimbursement, term form (level-of-effort) whereby the Government derives immediate benefit throughout the course of performance.

Please see the RFP and attachments for more information and review all instructions carefully. All proposals must be submitted through NIH's electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) and contain all required information/documentation. Additionally, offerors must have an active SAM registration at the time of the proposal submission to be considered for award.