The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Open Medicine Institute (OMI) for Multi-site Clinical Assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in Children and Adolescents (a.k.a. Pediatric MCAM study). This contract is to collect follow-up data on the patients seen by the OMI clinician network at the Baseline phase. For patient confidentiality, no alternative vendor could contribute this follow-up data collection. Additionally, this contractor will allow us to have sufficient and timely data to examine the similarities and differences between ME/CFS patients and healthy controls and whether they are comparable to adult cohorts that we will be closing the work under a previous contract. Open Medicine Institute (OMI) established a clinician network as OMI consortium to recruit patients at the Baseline phase for th MCAM study. OMI has been working with the CDC ME/CFS program by contributing their patient data for the MCAM study since 2012. In addition, no other vendor can conduct the follow-up data collection for the patients previously enrolled by OMI, by the nature of the follow-up phase of the MCAM study we will use the procedures described in the IRB approved protocol to monitor the changes over time.

This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to William Brannen at [email protected] by 11:00 A.M. EST., March 12, 2019.

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