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A -- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE MAYAK AND TECHA RIVER COHORTS SOL RFP N01-CP-81034-21 DUE 041598 POC Barbara A. Shadrick, Contracting Officer, 301/435-3787 E-MAIL: Barbara A.. Shadrick, bs92y@nih.gov. The Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) of the Division of Cancer Etiology (DCE) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), intends to negotiate a three-year follow-on contract with the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan, to evaluate cancer mortality associated with occupational and environmental radiation exposure. The follow-on study will include approximately 19,000 Mayak workers, 45,000 children born in the towns surrounding the Mayak plant and 28,000 individuals living close to the banks of the Techa River in Russia. The statutory authority for this noncompetitive acquisition is 41 USC 253(c) (1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note 22. No collect calls will be accepted. (0061)

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