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R -- LITERATURE SEARCH AND SUMMARY SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM SOL NIH-ES-95-27 DUE 053095 POC Contact Katherine A. Hughes, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-0420 or FAX (919) 541-2712; Thomas M. Hardee, Contracting Officer, (919) 541-0429 The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes ofHealth (NIH), is soliciting proposals from qualified small disadvantaged business (8(a)) concernshaving the capability to provide literature search and summary support for the EnvironmentalToxicology Program (ETP). The major objective of this project is the development of pertinentinformation and data on chemicals and classes of chemicals nominated to the NationalToxicology Program (NTP) for various types of toxicological testing, and on chemicals and theirstructural analogs at the conclusion of testing by the NTP. The NIEHS Chemical SelectionOffice supports the NTP by providing the toxicological summaries for evaluation and selectionof chemicals. The contractor shall conduct literature searches and prepare toxicologicalsummaries. This project will also aid the NTP in its efforts by collecting the informationavailable on the toxic effects of chemicals and their metabolites, and structurally relatedchemicals. This information, along with the data generated by the various NTP testing programsis also used in the preparation of technical reports. The project consists of two tasks: Task 1 willprovide technical support for the evaluation of chemicals under consideration for NTPtoxicological testing by preparing literature searches and detailed toxicological summaries onchemicals or chemical classes being considered by the NTP for toxicological testing. It isanticipated that approximately 90 toxicological summaries will be required for the three-yearperformance period of the contract (approximately 30 per year). If the two optional years areexercised, an additional 30 toxicological summaries per year would be needed. Task 2 requiresthe contractor to perform literature searches to collect and summarize information and data onspecial topics, as defined by the Project Officer. One award is anticipated. The Governmentestimates that the contract will require approximately 1,860 professional-person hours, 1,860technical-person hours, 1,292 clerical-person hours, and 330 computer-support-person hours foreach year of the contract, for a total of 5,432 hours. Requests must reference RFP No. NIH-ES-95-27 and must be directed to the office listed above. Numbered Note 4 applies to thisacquisition. (0097)

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