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Introduction This Sources Sought Notice is for interested small businesses. This notice is NOT a request for proposals and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether small businesses are classified as HUBZone; service-disabled, veteran-owned; 8(a); veteran- owned; woman-owned; or small disadvantaged; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Small business organizations must have their size status certified by the Small Business Administration. An organization that is not considered a small business under NAICS code 541990 should not submit a response to this notice. Background The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) possesses a strong clinical research program whose mission is to advance the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic-related diseases in humans. This mission entails administration of clinical trials that can later be translated into broad clinical practice, thus enabling advances in basic science to impact public health. The DIR takes full advantage of its basic and translational research environment in which patients can be studied intensively to gain valuable pathophysiologic insights coupled with basic, bench research to uncover fundamental mechanisms and functions. The DIR's clinical protocol portfolio is comprised of more than 160 active Phase 0/I/II/III interventional therapy, observational/natural history, and cardiovascular imaging protocols. Approximately 30% of these protocols involve Investigational New Drug (IND) or Investigational Device Exceptions (IDE), the majority of which are held within the DIR. Each protocol is conducted by a team of Associate Investigators and Research Nurses under the direction of a DIR Principal Investigator. The protocols are performed primarily at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland; however, certain protocols have all or some of their research subjects evaluated or treated at other sites throughout the country. The DIR's Scientific Director and Clinical Director are responsible for the comprehensive management and oversight of the DIR clinical research program. Day-to-day oversight and administration of the program is provided by the Office of the Clinical Director (OCD). Objectives The primary objective of this acquisition is to provide comprehensive data management …
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