Biospecimen Core Resource (BCR)

The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain services for research biospecimen acquisition and management needs through establishment of one NCI contract to a biorepository that will serve as a Biospecimen Core Resource (BCR). The awarded BCR will provide excellence in biospecimen and data management services to facilitate research through collection and distribution of biospecimens from a diverse research participant population recruited at multiple medical institutions throughout the U.S. The BCR will work closely with NCI and NCI-designated medical institutions to manage biospecimen protocols from collection kits to receipt, processing, storage, and distribution for research, per NCI protocols. The services will be provided in close collaboration with NCI and other project stakeholders to manage the biospecimen resource so that biospecimens are appropriately collected, tracked, prioritized, analyzed, stored and distributed.