National Children�s Study (NCS) Biological and Environmental Sample Repository

THIS IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of the Director (OD) National Children's Study plans to compete and award a contract for a National Children's Study (NCS) Biological and Environmental Sample Repository.NICHD, in pursuit of its mission, conducted the National Children's Study (NCS) Vanguard, in collaboration with other agencies and institutes, as a pilot for a planned cohort study of environmental influences on child health and development. Starting in 2009, recruitment strategies were tested in 43 counties across 31 states throughout the U.S. The study enrolled over 5,600 birth families and followed them through 2014. At protocol-specified study visits, questionnaires and interviews, neuro-psychosocial and cognitive assessments, and physical examination data were collected, along with nearly 19,000 biological and 5,500 environmental

primary samples from which a sample repository of over 250,000 items was created. NCS study information and data analysis files are maintained in the National Children's Study Data and Sample Archive and Access System (NCS Archive), and NCS biological and environmental samples are maintained in the NCS Biological and Environmental Sample Repository. That information and material now are available through the NCS Archive for approved research projects by qualified investigators.The major activity that is anticipated for the NCS Biological and Environmental Sample Repository will be storage of the NCS biological and environmental sample collection under conditions that maintain the integrity and high quality of the samples, the management of the inventory, and the identification, assembling, packing, and shipment of samples as directed to fulfill approved requests for samples from the NCS Archive. The Contractor will secure, catalog, store, inventory, retrieve, and disburse the human biological specimens and environmental samples from the National Children's Study Repository collection.It is not anticipated that new material will be added to the NCS Repository collection, but results of laboratory analysis of NCS Repository samples will be added to the NCS Archive data.This RFP (NIHNICHD-OD-2018-4C) will be electronically available on or about April 5, 2018. The RFP may be accessed through the FedBizOpps website, https://www.fbo.gov. All responsible sources may submit proposals. This is not a request for proposals. This requirement is defined as code 541715 under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).Contact Information: Jacquelin M. Jones, Contracting Officer, Phone 3014356965, Email jacquelin.jones@nih.gov - Adelola St John, Contracting Officer/Team Lead, Phone 3014356955, Fax 3014023676, Email 202p@nih.gov Office Address :Contracts Management Branch6710B Rockledge Dr., Suite 1124, MSC7000 Bethesda MD 20892-7510 Location: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Set Aside: N/A