Special Notice Announcing the Pre-Proposal Conference for the National Cancer Institute's Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)/Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR)

PURPOSE: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is virtually hosting the "NCI's FFRDC Pre-Proposal Conference" (PPC) for the purpose of providing information concerning the Government's requirements which may be helpful in the preparation of proposals. This conference is scheduled for November 15, 2022. This event will be a virtual conference and will consist primarily of presentations providing information on the background of the FFRDC, Topics for Special Consideration, and Solicitation Overview/Breakdown. Any questions submitted during the conference will be collected and may be answered at the discretion of the government through SAM.gov. VIRTUAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Date: November 15, 2022 Start Time: 9:00AM EST Please follow the below link to register for this event. https://forms.office.com/g/edQz2cY1Pp Please ensure that the e-mail address as entered into the registration form is correct. Please note that conference login instructions will be sent to the email provided at a later date. Registration for this event will close on November 14, 2022, at 5:00 PM EST. BACKGROUND: The NCI's FFRDC provides rapid response capabilities and one-of-a-kind resources for the biomedical research community including NCI, NIH, other Federal Agencies, and National Missions. The NCI's FFRDC is a Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) research facility with a unique array of research support and advanced technologies, whose purpose is to bridge the gaps starting with discovery and traversing through healthcare delivery. The NCI's FFRDC facilitates and accelerates the development of new technologies and prototype treatments for patients and paves the way for these advances to enter first-in-human clinical trials for investigation, regulatory approval, and commercial access via the FNLCR). Entities authorized to operate, manage, or administer an FFRDC include a university, a consortium of universities, other not-for-profit or nonprofit organizations, industrial firms as autonomous organizations (identified separately from any parent organization), or industry/academia partnerships. For more information, please refer to the website at http://frederick.cancer.gov/. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Additional information concerning the competitive process for the contract will be announced on https://sam.gov/ as well as at the FNLCR Acquisition Portal: https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/contracts/fnlcr-acquisitions/fedbizopps-notices. The information posted to SAM.gov takes precedence over information provided elsewhere and serves as the Government's official government-wide point of entry (GPE). If you have questions, please email the FNLCR Acquisition Team at: FNLCR_ACQinfo@nih.gov (FNLCR_ACQinfo@nih.gov). THIS IS A SPECIAL NOTICE. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, capability statements, or quotations. The purpose of this Special Notice is to announce the NCI's FFRDC Industry Day.