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Q -- MEDICAL: ESTABLISHMENT OF A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM OF SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND STD'S SOL 1999Q00159 DUE 061599 POC Andrew B. Kegler, Purchasing Agent, (770)488-2639 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to negotiate with and award a contract to INFO-STAT, Centre d'Etudes Statistiques/Information Appliquee, Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The award will be made on a sole source basis for professional services under SIC code 8733 with size standard of $5 million average annual receipts for the three fiscal years. The vendor will be required to establish a computerized set of quantitative sexual behavior data and data tables with the variables of interest from up to 5 sentinel risk groups residing in up to 7 urban locations throughout Mali. Prepare interview instruments in both French and Bamanan, the primary local language in Mali, and training materials for supervisors and interviewers will be adopted from existing materials for each sentinel group. Other that full and open competition is authorized pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1),FAR 6.302-1. The minimum qualifications include, but are not limited to the following: The vendor must have previous experience in organizing and conducting surveys in French and Bamanan, the primary local language used in urban areas of Mali. This experience should include adapting, translating and back-translating interview instruments; recruiting, training, deploying and supervising qualified supervisors and bi-lingual male and female interviewers; data cleaning, management and entry; use of data analysis programs STATA and SPSS; production of data tables; preparation of study reports. Qualified vendors have 15 days from date of this synopsis to submit a capability statement delineating their ability to provide these services. Such qualifications will be used solely for the purpose of determinating whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competition basis. Documents may be mailed to the above address or by facsimile at 770 488-2671. No solicitation document exists. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 05/17/99 (I-SN332312). (0137)

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