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A -- SURVIVAL AND HEALTH STATUS ANALYSIS OF PREMATURE, HIGH RISK DELIVERIES IN THE 1991 LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP TO THE 1988 NATIONAL MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SURVEY Sol. DESPR-SYNOPSIS-95-16. Contact Miss Virginia A. DeSeau/301/496-4611/Contract Specialist. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is conducting a market search for small business sources capable of performing an assessment of the level of technoligical support at the facilities at delivery as perteins to survival of extemely premature deliveries. The available data that will be used for these assessments comes from the 1991 Longitudinal Follow-up (LF) Survey of the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS). The LF was created by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a nationally representative data base for studying children of the respondents in the 1988 NMIHS by interviewing respondents two to three years later (in 1991). The hospital of birth and other health providers were identified by each of the mothers of the children for whom a questionnaire was returned for the NMIHS. The LF included all women whose child was alive 1991 plus samples from the fetal and infant deaths indentified in the NMIHS. Additional information, available immediately and unconditionally, from the American Hospital Association (AHA) files is required for the analyses in order to link hospital data to the LF records. An offeror must demonstrate the capacity to provide the confidential data on hospitals from the AHA; to have successfully linked data from hospital records to other survey data, e.g., NMIHS data; and, to have peformed complex multivariate analyses using linked datasets. The study is proposed to be conducted within a 12 month period. Any small business responding to this synopsis should provide documentation of their clear understanding, their ability and their prior experience in performing the type of tasks required for this project. Each offeror should specifically demonstrate their capability to immediately access the required AHA data. Qualifications of personnel should also be addressed emphasizing prior experience with conducting the type of multivariate analyses as described above. Any shall business that believes that they are capable of carrying out the above mentioned study, should submit a detailed capability statement addressing each of the concerns designated above. Again, the offeror should submit detailed demonstrated experience in the areas mentioned above which should include specific relevant studies conducted in the past that they feel would prove their capability to meet the Government's requirements for conducting the study. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there are any small businesses with the requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. Capability statements should be submitted within 15 days of the publication of this synopsis. Three (3) copies of the capability statement should be mailed to: Ms. Virginia A. DeSeau, Contract Specialist, NICHD, OGC, CMB, Executive Building, Suite 7AO7, 6100 Executive Blvd., MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892. (104)

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