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A -- SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS (SEER) QUALITY CONTROL UNIT SOL NCI-CN-75063-29 DUE 080295 POC Clyde Williams, Contracting Officer, 301/496-8603. The National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Surveillance Program is interested in soliciting proposals from organizations for maintaining a quality control unit (QCU) for the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. The purpose of the QCU is to assess and insure the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of data that are available to the NCI through the SEER Program and from other cancer registries for the purpose of measuring progress in cancer control. A secondary purpose of the QCU is to reduce the variability in data collection procedures through education and communications. A third purpose of QCU is to provide a research and evaluation component that focuses on the assessment of the quality of surveillance data and efficiency of existing surveillance systems to assure that they continue to serve the NCI program needs. Thus, the QCU makes a significant contribution to the National Cancer Program. Requests for this solicitation should reference RFP number NCI-CN-75063-29. The RFP will be available on or about June 2, 1995. Requests should be addressed/mailed to Clyde Williams, Contracting Officer, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Branch, Prevention and Control Contracts Section, Executive Plaza South, Room 635, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Collect calls will not be accepted. No collect calls will be accepted. (0095)

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