N01DA-16-5582_RFP_Amendment_2.pdf

“Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study”

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.: RFP-N01DA-16-5582

AMENDMENT NO.: 2

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 2015

ISSUED BY:

National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH Office of Acquisitions NIDA R&D Contracts Management Branch 6001 Executive Boulevard Suite 4211 MSC 9559 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9559

Point of Contact: Brian H. O’Laughlin, Contracting Officer (E-mail: olaughlinb@mail.nih.gov)

Philip J. DeCastro, Contract Specialist (E-mail: decastropj@mail.nih.gov)

NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR: To All Offerors

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is NOT extended. Offerors must acknowledge receipt of this amendment on each offer submitted. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter, provided each letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT (Organized by Uniform Contract Format (UCF) section headings, including solicitation contract subject matter where feasible)

PURPOSE: to clarify one answer to a previous question submitted under this Request for Proposals (RFP). Unless specifically noted, all specifications remain unchanged.

Answer 9 is revised to read:

QUESTION 9: Task 3.4 Sample Design Plan, item (d) of the SOW (Attachment 3) calls for “establishing and maintaining a youth cohort at Wave 4 (emphasis added).” Does this refer to the replenishment of the already-established youth cohort with younger youths at Wave 4, rather than establishing a new, full youth cohort in parallel with the current cohort?

ANSWER 9: This refers to replenishment of the already-established youth cohort with younger youths at Wave 4.

All other terms and conditions of the RFP, as amended by Amendment 1, remain unchanged.