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D -- DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF CAREER OUTCOMES FOR AHCPR SUPPORTED NRSA TRAINEES SOL 99R403361 POC Kelly Cook, Contracting Officer, 301-443-4104 E-MAIL: Program Support Center, KCook@psc.gov. The HHS, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, has a requirement for professional services to collect additional data and conduct an evaluation of the National Research Service Award (NRSA) program sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). The Government knows of one source, Flattau and Associates, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015-2034 that has the capability of providing these services. In 1998, Flattau and Associates developed a research protocol to assist planned evaluation activities related to address both career outcomes and organizational practices and characteristics of individual institutional training programs in health services research. Systematic data abstraction methodology and coding procedures were developed in order to develop a database on former AHCPR supported T32 NRSA trainees. Expansion of the data set to include additional former AHCPR supported T32 trainees, former AHCPR supported F32 award recipients, and data from external sources is required and shall allow for the assessment of outcomes associated with AHCPR investment in research education, along a variety of output dimensions, including employment patterns and publication records, controlling for key characteristics of trainees, as well as their training experience. The Contractor shall perform four (4) tasks: 1) Organize a project advisory committee, comprised of representatives of currently-supported AHCPR training programs and experts in career outcome evaluation studies; 2) Expand the existing AHCPR Curriculum Vitae (CV) database; 3) Generate a statistical summary of the AHCPR CV database; and 4) Explore the feasibility of adding new measure to the AHCPR CV database and report the results of the test in a technical memorandum. The Contractor shall provide the AHCPR with a written and tabular report which will present a descriptive summary of careers of former AHCPR-supported scholars supported by the T32 and F32 NRSA programs. The estimated completion date for this effort shall be five (5) months from date of award. Award shall be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). No solicitation is available, therefore, requests for such documents will be considered invalid responses. Firms having the ability to perform the tasks, as stated above, shall provide clear and comprehensive information supporting its claim, inclusive of references listing contact person(s) and phone number(s); technical literature; and pricing. All timely responses shall be considered, however a determination by the Government not to compete this contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses should be addressed to the attention of Kelly Cook, referencing Request for Quote Number 99R403361. If no affirmative response is received within 15 days of publication, the Government shall proceed with the acquisition to Flattau Associates. See Numbered Notes 1 and 26. Posted 09/01/99 (W-SN375143). (0244)

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