A -- OCCUPATIONALLY-FOCUSED MORTALITY STUDY IN A 20-YEAR COHORT = OF KELLY AFB WORKERS

Notice Date

March 9, 2001

Contracting Office

311 HSW/PK 8005 9th St. Brooks AFB, TX

ZIP Code

00000

Solicitation Number

F41624-01-R-9004

Point of Contact

Elaine K. Miller

E-Mail Address

Elaine K. Miller (Elaine.Miller@brooks.af.mil)

Description

In the October 1999, Public Health Assessment of neighborhoods = surrounding Kelly AFB, the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease = Registry (ATSDR) identified concerns regarding the health of on-base = personnel. Through air modeling estimates of on-base locations, ATSDR = projected environmental exposures that may have resulted in increased = in health risks for some employees. Recommendations were made during = and after the Public Health Assessment to evaluate the health of = on-base personnel. Recently the South Texas Chapter of the Amyotrophic = Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALSA) provided a list of ALS cases with = a past Kelly AFB employment history. Kelly AFB elicited the support of = AFIERA/RSRH to evaluate the potential cluster of ALS. Concurrently, = the Air Force Material Command recognized the need for a health study = of past Kelly workers and directed the AFIERA to conduct an independent = and unbiased study concerning the health risks among past Kelly AFB = employees. Contractual support is needed to conduct a mortality study = comparing causes of death among a 20-year cohort of past Kelly AFB = federal civilian personnel to other military and civilian cohorts. =20 The contractor shall be required to develop a research protocol; obtain = data needed to identify individuals in each of the cohorts; = independently establish the vital status of the identified individuals; = and analyze collected data to determine cause-of-death and other death = related risk factors. Within six months after protocol approval by = Institutional Review Boards, the contractor shall complete the = mortality study and provide a technical report of the results obtained = from the mortality study. The technical report shall be in the form of = a ready-for-publication and peer review epidemiologic study document. = Current acquisition planning anticipates one Firm Fixed Price contract = award. The solicitation for this procurement will be released in its = entirety via the Internet. No hard copies will be provided. = Additional information regarding this procurement may be found at the = San Antonio Request for Proposal and Acquisition Highway (SARAH) = website which resides on the Brooks AFB homepage: = http://www.brooks.af.mil. In the left side of the Brooks homepage, = click on Business Opportunities. Click on Business Opportunities = (SARAH). Under Brooks AFB, TX: click on 311th Human Systems Wing = (311th HSW) & Brooks AFB tenants. This will take you to a listing of = SARAH solicitations. Click on "F41624-01-R-9004", for "AF Mortality = Study, Kelly AFB". Each contractor is encouraged to register through = the website. This will add your name to the Bidders List and you will = be provided with e-mail notification of updates and additions to the = webpage. If you have previously registered for this acquisition, you = do not need to register again. All further communication regarding = this acquisition will be conducted at the SARAH website, including = modifications to this synopsis. Tentative date for receipt of = proposals is 26 April 2001. The primary point of contact for this = procurement is the contract specialist, Elaine Miller. You may reach = her at (210) 536-2452 or via e-mail at Elaine.Miller@brooks.af.mil. = You may reach the contracting officer, Carol Singleton, at (210) = 536-8360 or via e-mail at Carol.Singleton@brooks.af.mil. All = responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by = the agency. See Note(s) 1.

Web Link

Click here to download available documents (http://sarah.brooks.af.mil/Sarah/ViewSolicitation.asp?ID=3DAFMSKAFB=)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010313/ASOL003.HTM (D-068 SN50F7V9)