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R -- DEVELOP A REPORT ON HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WILL IMPACT HRSA-SPONSORED PROGRAMS ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER SOL HRSA 95-DEF(RT) DUE 053195 POC Contact Point, Richelle Taylor, (301)443-5672, Contracting Officer, Steven Zangwill, (301)443-5672 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is interested in identify sources that can develop a report on how implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will impact HRSA-sponsored programs along the U.S./Mexico Border. The contractor shall develop a report showing the impact of NAFTA on HRSA-sponsored programs by collecting, compiling and analyzing data and information from the U.S./Mexico Border. This report will be uitilized by HRSA to adjust program objectives and priorities to ensure maximum utilization of resources on the border is achieved while programs are implemented in the area. The contractor shall obtain information from Department of Commerce and Department of Interior on NAFTA and project the impact of the agreement as it relates to primary health care on the U.S. side of the border. 1) The contractor shall collect and analyze basic information about HRSA-Sponsored programs and their revenue sources along the defined U.S./Mexico Border area. 2) The contractor shall collect, analyze, make projections and comparisons using the follwoing criteria: a) all counties which in whole or part fall within 60 miles north of the U.S. - Mexico Border and designated as Health Professionals Shortae Areas (HPSAs) or Medical Underserved Areas (MUAs); b) describe HRSA Border activities in the four States and projections for the future using the inventory of current HRSA programs developed by the HRSA Task Force (i.e., Migrant/Community Health Centers (M/CHCs), Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), Health Education and Training Courses (HETCs), in the four Border States). The Contractor shall in the process of enumerated in 2. above, shall generate the following information: a) a comparison of the current ratio and health professionals and health services to population versus the current ratio for the same identified Border counties, with a the four Border States and projections through the year 2010; b) a comparison of the current ratio of health professionals and health services to population in the same identified counties versus the State totals and projections through the year 2010 and; c) update health indicators such as Proverty, Infant Mortality, and Low Birth Weight babies, in relation to the percentage of Hispanics in the defined U.S./Mexico Border area. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), it's only a sources sought request, no solicitation will be issued. All interested parties, at no cost to the Government, should submit their capability package which addresses all requirements listed in this announcement to the attention Richelle Taylor at the above address. (0123)

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