B -- SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STUDY

Notice Date

October 12, 2000

Contracting Office

U.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

ZIP Code

20250

Solicitation Number

02-3K06-01

Response Due

November 30, 2000

Point of Contact

Meghan B. Ryan, Contract Specialist (202) 720-6531

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), seeks a contractor to conduct an implementation study of the Summer Food Service Program. The purpose of the study is to obtain basic, detailed information about program characteristics, operations, administration, and meal characteristics of the Summer Food Service Program,as well as attempting to determine why approximately 15 million children from low-income families receive free or reduced-price lunches from the National School Lunch Program, but only about 2.1 Million participate in the SFSP. Interested parties should download the solicitation from the following website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/afm2/divisions/ppd/solicit.htm.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001016/BSOL004.HTM (W-286 SN5041R5)