NOT-CA-04-002: CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE

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CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2003 NOTICE: NOT-CA-04-002 National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://www.nci.nih.gov) The Office of the Cancer Information Service, located in the Office of Communications, National Cancer Institute (NCI), is responsible for the operations of the Cancer Information Service (CIS) program. NCI intends to award 15 base contracts to operate the CIS Partnership Program. All offerors must propose to operate the base contract in one of the designated regions below. One base award will be made for each region. CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE REGIONS are as follows: NEW ENGLAND: (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont); NEW YORK: (New York); ATLANTIC: (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania); MID-WEST: (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio); MID- ATLANTIC: (Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia); SOUTHEAST: (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina); MID-SOUTH: (Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi); COASTAL: (Florida, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands); NORTH CENTRAL: (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin); HEARTLAND: (Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska); SOUTH CENTRAL: (Oklahoma, Texas); ROCKY MOUNTAIN: (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming); NORTHWEST: (Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington); CALIFORNIA: (California); PACIFIC: (Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Territories [American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, and Guam]. Offerors may also choose to propose on one or more of the following four Modules. MODULE 1: CIS RESEARCH COORDINATION The Government intends to award four contracts to include CIS Research Coordination. While the contract Statement of Work requires all CIS contractors to participate in health communications research activities, the Government intends to implement a Research Coordination function in each Cluster (Cluster designations shown below) to provide research-related expertise and support for the Partnership Program offices in the Cluster. Offerors should propose an individual who will work with CIS contractors in the Cluster and the Project Office to implement the CIS National Research Agenda. PREREQUISITE: To be considered for Module 1, offerors must first be determined to be technically acceptable to operate the base Partnership Program contract in one of the regions. Please note that offerors are free to propose only on the Partnership Program if they choose. MODULE 2: CIS COORDINATING CENTER--The Government intends to award four contracts to include operation of one CIS Coordinating Center in each Cluster. Each Coordinating Center will operate a Contact Center and provide additional services such as STET Partnership Program support to a designated Cluster of Partnership Program Regions. Designated Clusters for Coordinating Centers shall be organized as follows; the Northern CIS Cluster which consists of the following CIS regions: NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, ATLANTIC, and MID-WEST; the Southern CIS Cluster which consists of the following CIS regions: MID-ATLANTIC, SOUTHEAST, MID-SOUTH, and COASTAL; the Central CIS Cluster which consists of the following CIS regions: NORTH CENTRAL, HEARTLAND, SOUTH CENTRAL, and ROCKY MOUNTAIN; and the Western CIS Cluster, which consists of the following CIS regions: NORTHWEST, CALIFORNIA, and PACIFIC. Each Contact Center will operate the toll free telephone service at 1-800-4-CANCER and the Smoking Quitline at 1-877-44U-QUIT and provide LiveHelp Instant Messaging Services. In addition, the Coordinating Centers will provide the following services to the CIS network: 1) Training Services to a Cluster of CIS Partnership Offices, and 2) Coordination of regional information for a CIS national website. PREREQUISITE: To be considered for Module 2, offerors must first be determined to be technically acceptable to operate the base Partnership Program contract in one of the regions. Please note that offerors are free to propose only on the Partnership Program if they choose. MODULE 3: National Spanish Call Service - -The NCI intends to award one contract to include operation of a call service to provide Spanish language services for the nation during regular hours of operation in all time zones. The award will be made to one successful offeror of a Partnership Program contract and Module 2: CIS Coordinating Center. PREREQUISITE: To be considered for Module 3, offerors must first be determined to be technically acceptable to operate the base Partnership Program contract in one of the regions, and on Module 2: CIS Coordinating Center. Please note that offerors are free to propose only on the Partnership Program and Module 2 if they choose. MODULE 4: E-Mail Response Service- -The NCI intends to award one contract to include operation of an E-Mail service responding to individuals who address cancer information questions to NCI’s website Cancer.gov. Award of this Module will be made to one successful offeror of the base Partnership Program contract and Module 2, the CIS Coordinating Center. PREREQUISITE: To be considered for Module 4, offerors must first be determined to be technically acceptable to operate the base Partnership Program contract in one of the regions, and on Module 2: CIS Coordinating Center. Please note that offerors are free to propose only on the Partnership Program and Module 2 if they choose. It is anticipated that 15 cost-reimbursement, incrementally funded, completion type contracts (to include the Modules) will be awarded for a five-year period of performance beginning on October 15, 2004. The incumbent contractors are: Yale University, #NO2-CO-01100; Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, #NO2-CO-01101; Fox Chase Cancer Center, NO2-CO-01102; University of West Virginia, NO2-CO-01103; Duke University, NO2-CO-01104; University of Kentucky, #NO2-CO-01241; University of Miami, #NO2-CO-01243; Wayne State University, #NO2-CO- 01109; University of Kansas, #NO2-CO-01110; University of Wisconsin, #NO2-CO-01111; University of Texas/M.D. Anderson, #NO2-CO-01112; Penrose-St Francis Health Services, #NO2-CO-01113; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, #NO2-CO-01114; Northern California Cancer Center, #NO2-CO-01115. The solicitation is scheduled for electronic release on or about December 3, 2003. The proposals will be due approximately 45 days following the actual date of RFP issuance. RFP- N02-CO-41001-13 may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch Home Page by using the following internet address: http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/ and clicking on Current Requests for Proposals. An electronic reading room with pertinent information about the CIS program is located at http://cis.nci.nih.gov/reading_room/CIS_RFP.html. It is the responsibility of any potential offeror to monitor the above Internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any. POTENTIAL OFFERORS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION AND AMENDMENTS. INQUIRIES: Mary Landi-O Leary Contracting Officer 6120 Executive Blvd. MSC 7192 Suite 600, Room 6044 Bethesda, MD 20892-7192 Telephone: (301) 435-3807 FAX: (301) 480-0309 Email: ml186r@nih.gov OR Sharon A. Miller Team Leader 6120 Executive Blvd. MSC-7196 Suite 600, Room 6112 Bethesda, MD 20892-7196 Telephone: (301) 435-3783 FAX: (301) 480-0241 Email: sm103r@nih.gov

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