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Q -- INTER- AND INTRA-DEVICE VARIABILITY IN RESULTS FROM CALCANEAL BONE SOMOMETERS SOL 223-00-6004 DUE 060200 POC Paul Scarborough, Contracting Officer (301) 827-7168 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a contract to the Johns Hopkins University Osteoporosis Center to measure bone status of 400 women aged 60 to 75 years, at elevated risk of osteoporosis using three different calcaneal bone sonometers. This will allow FDA to evaluate the variability of T-scores from an individual across several ultrasound devices and the variability of these devices when operated by several technicians. Interested parties may submit a capabilities statement to the address provided above. Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455904). (0138)

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