Notice Number: NOT-AI-07-035

Key Dates
Release Date: June 21, 2007
Receipt Date: October 25, 2007

Issued by
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/)

The Division of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (DAIDS) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is committed to the development of preventive efficacious vaccines against HIV and AIDS for worldwide use in stemming the AIDS epidemic. To augment the vaccine product pipeline, DAIDS is seeking opportunities to advance vaccine concepts toward the product stage via a focused, development-based approach. Specifically, the goal of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to solicit proposals for the development of new, safe, and immunogenic vaccine candidates that merit further evaluation in large human trials.

This solicitation for HIV Vaccine Design and Development Teams (herein referred to as HIV Vaccine Teams) seeks to fund consortia of scientists with product development experience from industry and/or academia who have (1) identified a promising vaccine candidate, and (2) devised a comprehensive strategic research plan for targeted development of the vaccine candidate into a product suitable for testing in humans. It is a requirement of the contract that an HIV Vaccine Team advances the vaccine concept(s) along a well-defined development path in a timely manner to a vaccine product and into clinical testing by the beginning of the fifth year of the award period. Offerors are strongly encouraged, but not required, to conduct phase I/II trials in collaboration with an NIAID/DAIDS-supported clinical trials network, the HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials Network (the HVTN; http://www.hvtn.org/).

It is anticipated that one to two (2) cost reimbursement, completion type contracts will be awarded for a period of up to seven (7) years beginning approximately June 27, 2008. NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-BAA-08-16 will be available electronically on or about June 8, 2007, and may be accessed through on FedBizOpps at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Only electronic copies of the RFP will be available. All information required for the submission of an offer will be contained in the RFP. Responses to this RFP will be due approximately October 25, 2007.

Any responsible offeror may submit a proposal that will be considered by the Government, however, this notice does not commit the Government to the award of a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. No facsimile submissions will be accepted.

Inquiries

Joshua LaVine
Contract Specialist
Office of Acquisitions, Division of Extramural Activities, NIAID, NIH, DHHS
6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 3214, MSC 7612
Bethesda, MD 20892-7612 (Express mail: Use Zip Code 20817-7612)
Phone 1-866-410-5787 (Ext. 27149)
Fax 301-402-0972
Email: jlavine@niaid.nih.gov

Nancy Hershey
Contracting Officer Office of Acquisitions, Division of Extramural Activities, NIAID, NIH, DHHS
6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 3214, MSC 7612
Bethesda, MD 20892-7612 (Express mail: Use Zip Code 20817-7612)
Phone 301-496-0612
Fax 301-402-0972
Email: nhershey@niaid.nih.gov

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