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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 14,1998 PSA#2095U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service,
Administrative and Financial Management, Procurement and Property
Branch, 14th & Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 1310 South Building,
Washington, D.C. 20250 B -- STUDY OF U.S. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE SYSTEM SOL 16-3K06-98 POC
Linda M. Fischer, Contract Specialist (202) 720-7684 This is a
correction to a previous notice submitted on April 17,1998. The
Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
seeks a qualified contractor to conduct a study of a nationally
representative assessment of the characteristics, resources, and
operating structure of the nation's Emergency Food Assistance System
and to identify the barriers to and opportunities for increasing food
resources and administrative support among system providers. The
contractor shall accomplish the following tasks: 1) describe the
characteristics and service areas of four type of emergency food
assistance providers -- food banks, food pantries, emergency kitchens,
and emergency shelters; 2) describe the volume and characteristics, by
source, of the food obtained and distributed by food banks, food
pantries, emergency kitchens, and emergency shelters; 3) access the
capacity of food banks, food pantries, emergency kitchens, and
emergency shelters to manage current and future changes in food
resources, including levels and sources of administrative support.
There is a possibility of two contract options. Under one contract
option the contractor shall use on-site interviews at food pantries,
emergency kitchens, and emergency shelters to describe the
characteristics of emergency food assistance recipients, determine
their participation in Federal benefits programs, and to describe their
food security status. Under a second contract option, the contractor
shall describe differences in their recipient characteristics in metro
and nonmetro areas. The study is estimated to take approximately
eighteen (18) months to complete. The solicitation will be available on
the Internet at the following URL location:
"http://www.ars.usda.gov/afm2/divisions/ppd/solicit" on or shortly
after May 19, 1998. Interested parties must download the solicitation
and all attachments. Please be advised that any subsequent amendments
to this solicitation shall be posted at this same web site WITHOUT
further notice. (0132) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0020 19980514\B-0006.SOL)
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