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B -- DATA COLLECTION FROM THE KOOTENAI TRIBE OF IDAHO FOR THE HEDR SOL 200-95-0940(P) DUE 051295 POC Contact Barry E. Smith, Contracting Officer at (404)842-6787 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contemplates awarding a sole source contract to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho for a twelve month contract to identify, collect, record, evaluate and deliver data, unique to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho as appropriate for input into the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) Project and the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study (HTDS), which are currently being sponsored by CDC under separate contracts. In 1986, the Department of Energy (DOE) made available to the public over 19,000 pages of documents describing radiation releases and environmental monitoring during the earlier years of plutonium production at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. Subsequently, approximately another 25,000 pages have been released to the public. According to these documents, large amounts of radioactive materials (primarily Iodine-131) were released into the atmosphere around the Hanford facility between the years 1944 and 1956. The disclosure of this information led to concern among persons living in close proximity to the facility, including members of eight Native American Tribes. Residents and members of these Tribes have questioned whether such past releases may have increased their risk for developing disease. The HEDR and HTDS projects resulted from these concerns. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of DOE entered into an agreement by Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated December 24, 1990 (copy attached). This agreement states that the epidemiology research programs to be managed by HHS include selected ongoing and future health studies that test hypotheses, including dose reconstruction and exposure assessment studies that are essential for conducting these epidemiologic studies. The MOU states that HHS agree to initially continue existing DOE contracts listed in the agreement, which includes the HEDR Project. Since 1992, the HEDR Project has been conducted by Battelle PNL under contract with CDC. Native American data collection is not included in the current CDC contract with Battelle. The Hanford Thyroid Disease Study, is a Congressionally mandated study to determine whether communities exposed to Hanford radiation releases (including Native American Tribes) experience a greater risk of thyroid disease as a result. It is being conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center under contract to CDC. In 1992, CDC began establishing sole source contracts with the eight affected Tribes to collect data for the HEDR and HTDS projects. The purpose of the contracts is to attempt to calculate credible dose estimates for all potentially affected individuals using accurate and detailed demographic data and determine the feasibility of a separate study of thyroid disease among the affected Tribes. In April 1994, final dose reports issues by Battelle PNL indicated that because of the reservation location and the pattern of radiation dispersion, members of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho may have been exposed to sufficient radiation to warrant their inclusion in the studies. The data required for these projects is unpublished and unique to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. In addition, the information required by the projects is protected by the Tribal Council and must be collected by Tribal representatives. In view of the importance of both the HEDR and HTDS Projects, the need for Tribal data to support these ongoing projects, and the recognition that only tribal members can provide the data, it is imperative that a contract be established with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho to support these activities. Offerors meeting the above requirements are required to submit a capability statement detailing their ability to meet the Government's requirement within fifteen (15) days of this announcement citing RFP No. 200-95-0940(P). Offerors who request a copy of the solicitation and/or simply provide a statement that they can perform the work required will NOT be considered. In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the Government's intent to make a sole source award of a contract to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. Only those responsible sources that meet the above requirements shall be considered by the Agency. (0114)

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