The Sister Study for Breast Cancer

This ID/IQ contract provides support services through Task Orders to continue an epidemiological study of environmental and genetic risk factors for breast cancer through management and maintenance of a cohort of more than 50,000 women. The Contractor will provide support to NIEHS by administering, managing, and providing operational support in the conduct of the epidemiological research, and shall carry out directed analyses of data and biological and environmental samples. Contractor activities shall include the following areas: maintaining high response and retention rates over follow-up years, collecting, handling, analysis, and tracking of environmental and human biological samples; conducting annual updates of contact information, health and vital status or cause of death; collecting detailed follow-up data triennially; acquiring medical records or physician verification and pathological details to complement questionnaire data; abstracting, keying, editing, updating and recording data; creating the framework with which to address environmental hypotheses through linkage with geographically-based data systems; assuring the quality, integrity and security of data and samples, facilitating data analysis and collaborative studies, and providing statistical analysis support.

. Awarded Vendors: Social & Scientific Systems Inc.. Contract Award Dollar Amount: IDIQ $10,000 min to $112,000,000 max; Task Order 1 = $6,887,651. Contract Award Date: 2018-08-22.