Definitive Contract 00268198401D268848047

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $72.0 million cost-no-fee definitive contract to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on May 21, 2004, for operation of a field center supporting the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. This longitudinal epidemiological research initiative tracks cardiovascular risk factors and disease development in a cohort of young adults, with the Birmingham field center responsible for participant recruitment, clinical assessments, data collection, and study operations at the performance location in Birmingham, Alabama. The contract received no set-aside designation, reflecting UAB's competitive capabilities in biomedical research and clinical study management. The award was structured as a cost-no-fee arrangement, common for academic research institutions managing federally funded studies.

The contract's ultimate completion date of November 13, 2013, aligns with the final close-out phase of this major prospective cohort study, which has been instrumental in identifying cardiovascular risk factors in a diverse population across multiple decades. UAB's selection as a CARDIA field center reflects the university's substantial research infrastructure and experience managing complex, multi-year clinical investigations funded by the National Institutes of Health. As a major public research university with extensive federal contracting relationships across NASA, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, UAB demonstrated the organizational capacity and scientific expertise necessary to execute the detailed protocols and rigorous data quality standards required for this significant cardiovascular epidemiology research initiative.