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B -- LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF HANTAVIRUS IN THE SOUTHWEST Sol No. 242-95-0020/JA. Due 051195. Contact Person: Janice Arthur, 505/837-4112, Contracting Officer, Diego Lujan, 505/766-1501. The USPHS, Indian Health Service, Headquarters WEst, Epidemiology Branch, Albuquerque, New Mexico, intends to enter into a sole source contract to provide a longitudinal study of hantavirus in the Southwest. The Indian Health Service (IHS), in collaboration with scientists at the University of New Mexico (UNM), southwestern State Health Departments, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), is studying the effect of rodent population changes on incidence of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Southwest. Major components of the scope of work af an interagency agreement between IHS and CDC addressing hantavirus are longitudinal and experimental studies of small mammals which have found to harbor this newly recognized hantavirus. In completing these studies, IHS is responsible for capturing, handling, identifying, marking and collecting specimens and data from small mammals at field sites located on or near Indian lands in northwest New Mexico according to protocols developed by collaborators at CDC. This acquisition is to purchase the services of field mammalogist/ecologists performing trapping and data collection field work on hantavirus in small mammals in fulfillment of the inter-agency agreement between IHS and CDC. Field staff must have experience working with small mammals in the southwestern United States and with potentially lethal viruses, such as hantavirus in small mammals. The mammalogist should be familiar with the CDC longitudinal study protocol for studies of hantavirus in small mammal populations in the Four Corners region. Tasks requires the proposed Contractor to trap, mark, release and collect data and specimens from mammals at IHS established trapping webs in Cibola County, New Mexico and at other sites as identified according to CDC protocol. Period of performance is Date of Award through May 12, 1996 or one year from date of contract award. No solicitation is available, therefore, requests for such documents will be considered invalid responses. Concerns having the ability to provide the services stated above must submit written notification that demonstrates their ability to satisfy the requirements. This should be addressed to the attention of Janice Arthur referencing Solicitation Number 242-95-0020. If no affirmative responses are received within 45 days from date of this synopsis is published, the Contracting Officer will proceed with this acquisition to the University of New Mexico. See Numbered Note 22. (083)

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