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B -- NHANES III:DATA ANALYSIS SOL NO1DA-5-7051 DUE 052295 POC Dale Weiss, Contract Specialist, (301) 443-1301, Nikki A. Zangwill, Contracting Officer, (301) 443-1301 The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations to: provide design leadership to analyze forensic urine drug test data for statistical validity and reliability across a surveyed population; investigate relationships among reported specimen attributes such as specfic gravity, creatinine, pH, etc.; design and conduct appropriate statistical analyses and computer runs of the data; and manage the writing and editing of two papers on the collection and reliability and validity of these data for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The offeror must demonstrate an excellent record of publication in the area of urine drug testing for drugs of abuse and must understand the survey context in which these data are to be evaluated. A Forensic Toxicologist with experience in management of urine drug testing operations is considered essential. A depth of personnel is required with: a record of excellent performance in the statistical analysis of laboratory urine testing for drugs of abuse; excellent computer skills, including the use of SAS; familiarity with epidemiological survey analysis techniques; and an excellent record of appropriate publications and presentations, with particular attention to those for the past three years. See numbered Note 1. (0089)

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