The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) valued at $8,397,319.00 to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a division of the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute doing business as Kaiser Permanente, a non-profit healthcare provider. The purpose of this IDC is to provide field center support services in the Oakland, CA area to maximize the use of data and samples collected over more than 30 years in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. The scientific objectives are to enhance statistical power for analyses of cardiovascular disease predictors, study risk factor progression, and identify new risk factors. The operational goals are to conduct continued cohort follow-up and data collection, foster scientific collaborations, and support ancillary study examination components.
Two task orders have been awarded under this IDC. The first is a $3,953,619.84 Delivery Order for the "CARDIA OAKLAND FC - TASK AREA A" with a period of performance from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023. The second is a $1,753,405.00 Delivery Order for the "CARDIA OAKLAND FC - TASK AREA B" with a period of performance from November 14, 2019 to March 31, 2023. Both task orders support the overall CARDIA program objectives and are awarded to Kaiser Permanente as the prime contractor without any small business set-asides.
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