DHHS, Headquarters West Indian Health Service, 5300 Homestead Road, NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110-9999

R -- DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONALLY ACCESSIBLE COMPUTERIZED DATA BASE AND CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY OF EVALUATION AND RESEARCH STUDIES FOCUSED ON AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE (AI/AN) HEALTH SOL 242-97-0061/JA DUE 092397 POC Janice Arthur, Contract Specialist, (505) 248-4112. The Indian Health Service (IHS) intends to award a 12-month SOLE SOURCE contract with two (one) year option periods to the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The proposed contractor will develop and maintain a computerized IHS research database containing complete bibliographic information and abstracts on contemporary AI/AN medical/health evaluation and research studies, health research publications, and health statistical reports. This database will be lined and interfaced with an existing on-line AI/AN health database to provide end users access to information. Establish and maintain a comprehensive repository of all AI/AN medical/health studies, publications, and reports located on this computerized database. Provide ordering, retrieval, and mail services to ensure end user access to hard copy products on request. Establish and maintain an Advisory Committee for database operations and services to ensure integrity and cultural sensitivity in database contents, and to promote improved database services and use. This procurement is a SOLE SOURCE and NO solicitation is available, therefore requests for such documents will be considered invalid responses. Numbered Note 22 applies except that the 45 days is reduced to 15 days. (0241)

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