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B -- SCIENTIFIC DATA STUDIES FOR ART SOL 2000-Q-00183 DUE 092800 POC Margie Usry, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2649, Fax (770)488-2670, Email MUsry@CDC.GOV -- Kem Williams, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2776, Fax (770)488-2670, Email KWilliams1@CDC.GOV WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=2000-Q-00183&LocID=2965. E-MAIL: Margie Usry, MUsry@CDC.GOV. Link data from CDC's assisted reproductive technology (ART) data files with Massachusetts (MA) state linked birth-death data files which may be used to obtain information on both the circumstances surrounding conception and the short-term maternal and infant outcomes, including infant mortality. This will be the first such comprehensive data file for a U.S. population. The period of performance is anticipated for a period of 12 months. Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued approximately September 28, 2000, to Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, 250 Washington St. Boston MA 02108 on a sole source basis. Authority: 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1), Justification: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has proprietary rights to the Massachusetts birth/death record database. No other data will satisfy agency requirements. Only written inquiries will be honored and receive a response. See Note 22 and 26. Posted 08/14/00 (D-SN485713). (0227)

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