Amendment No. 4

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1). Revise Section 4.1 LIMITATIONS ON LENGTH OF PROPOSAL and;
2). To post the answers to the inquiries that have been submitted to the NCI OA SBIR e-mail address: ncioasbir@mail.nih.gov.

THE DUE DATE OF THE PROPOSAL REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 5:00PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014.

The purpose of this amendment is to correct the appendices attachment links and the number of copies of the technical proposal required to be submitted.

The due date of the proposal remains unchanged at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday, March 3, 2014.

January 29, 2014, Amendment No. 1:  The purpose of this amendment is to extend the closing date to March 3, 2014 and to correct the NCI OA SBIR email address listed on page 36 of Solicitation No. N44CO47004-13. Please see attachment.

The objectives of the SBIR program include stimulating technological innovation in the private sector, strengthening the role of small business in meeting Federal R/R&D needs, increasing private sector commercialization of innovations developed through Federal SBIR R&D, increasing small business participation in Federal R&D, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in the SBIR program.

The basic design of the NIH/CDC SBIR program is in accordance with the Small Business Administration (SBA) SBIR Program Policy Directive, 2012 This SBIR Contract solicitation strives to encourage scientific and technical innovation in areas specifically identified by the NIH. The guidelines presented in this solicitation reflect the flexibility provided in the Policy Directive to encourage proposals based on scientific and technical approaches most likely to yield results important to the NIH and to the private sector.

No telephone inquiries will be accepted.  All inquiries must be submitted in writing to ncioasbir@nih.gov no later than February 17, 2014.