Naval Undersea Warfare Center Detachment, New London Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 09, Building 39, New London, CT 06320-5594

A -- SUBMARINER MORTALITY STUDY UPDATE SOL N66604-95-R-2146 DUE 091595 POC Contact Mark Foster, Contracting Officer at (203) 440-6568 The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL), in conjunction with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), is augmenting its research on mortality rates in personnel who served in the United States Navy nuclear submarine service. The objective of this research is to update service, submarine exposure, and mortality information on a cohort of over 76,000 men with submarine service from 1969 to 1982. The results of these updates will then be compared to Standardized Mortality Rates in the general male population and possibly to a healthy worker'' or veteran comparison group. There will be a contractual requirement that these results be published in a peer reviewed journal. The results of the previous research in this area were reported in the ''The mortality of US nuclear submariners, 1969-1982'', Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1993, 35, pp. 501-509. This update will require two years to complete the data collection and analysis, with a third year to prepare the manuscript for publication. Access to US Navy personnel records will be arranged by the government. The original database will be provided to the successful offeror upon contract award on electronic media. However, information in this database will need to be updated by the offeror. The government desires that this research be done by a university to prevent any bias. Companies who wish to perform this research will be required to demonstrate that they are not biased, ie. have no financial interests as a prime or subcontractor providing any submarine systems or components. This will be a Cost No Fee type contract (if awarded to a university or non-profit organization) or a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (Completion) contract (if awarded to a company). (0198)

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