**[TASK ORDER]{.underline}**

**Conference Support -- Annual Workshop Support**

**[Background:]{.underline}**

The Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch, Office of Centers,
Training, and Resources, National Cancer Institute, is holding their
annual Professional Development and Peer Review Workshop on May 8^th^ --
9^th^, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland.  The
workshop will be attended by many of our graduate student, postdoctoral
and junior faculty supplement recipients, pre-doctoral fellowship (F31)
and career development (K award) grantees.  Participation will provide
an opportunity for them to learn about the NCI/NIH grant and peer-review
process and offer an opportunity to network among peers and NCI staff. 

The objectives of this workshop are to help our grantees in making plans
for a competitive cancer research career, especially during years of
fiscal constraint, and to give them the opportunity to network with
peers and staff of the NCI. Our main objectives are for our attendees
are to:

-   learn about career development and be informed about the CMBB/NCI
    funding path to independence

-   grasp the concepts of receipt, referral, and review of both grants
    and supplements, and how they differ

-   gain knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of Grants
    Management Specialists, Program Directors, and Scientific Review
    Administrators, and

-   become more informed about the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical
    Branch and its staff

    **[Description of Work:]{.underline}**

The Contractor will perform the following tasks:

1.  Provide the necessary administrative services to make hotel, flight,
    per diem, and ground transportation arrangements within the
    government rates for approximately 120 attendees to our annual
    Professional Development and Peer Review Workshop

> 2\. To provide the necessary administrative services to manage
>
> reimbursements and associated paperwork for those attendees eligible
> for

reimbursement

> 3\. To provide the CMBB with a post-workshop list of all attendees
> they have
>
> made arrangements for and the associated costs

**[Period of Performance:]{.underline}**

March 9^th^, 2006 -- August 30^th^, 2006

**[Project Officer:]{.underline}**

Ms. Belinda Locke, M.S., Program Director, CMBB, NCI

**[Administrative Officer/Procurement Contact:]{.underline}**

Mr. Steve Kelley, Administrative Officer, OD/6116/NCI (301) 435-7981

**[Sole Source Justification:]{.underline}** The Professional
Development and Peer Review Workshop to be hosted by the Comprehensive
Minority Biomedical Branch, NCI to be held May 8^th^-9^th^, 2006 at the
Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD.

FAR citation: 6.302-2 (b) 2 Delay in award of a contract would result in
serious injury, financial or other, to the Government.

The 2005 meeting was supported by a NCATS contract that had a
significant amount of money remaining. It was anticipated that that
contract would be extended to meet the support needs of this meeting. I
was informed that according to policy I could not extend this contract
beyond the service end date. A quick turn-around on support of our
attendees ability to make cost-effective travel and other logistical
arrangements is required in order to not cause financial loss to the
government in terms of hotel contract reservation minimums and
associated penalties. To date BLSeamons has supported several CMBB
annual meetings and have provided cost-effective, expeditious and
courteous service. T Delay in ratifying this contract and approving
BLSeamons initiation of tasks in this contract could result in a
significant financial loss to the Federal Government.