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A -- ALCOHOLISM PREVALENCE AND GENE/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES SOL AA-95-07 DUE 071795 POC C. Timothy Crilley, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191, Roberta S. Wilhelm, Contracting Officer, 301-443-1191 This proposed acquisition is being solicited under full and open competition. The purpose of the proposed contract is to rigorously define the prevalence of alcoholism and associated problems in tribes in which the rate of alcoholism has been reported to be widely divergent. Individual psychiatric interviews, group sociocultural data, and blood samples will be collected to address issues of gene/environment interactions for alcoholism in the American Indian. Additional individual information will be collected on severe trauma and stress, alcohol availability, and socioeconomic factors to identify how these variables interact in the development of alcoholism and related problems. The offerors must demonstrate an understanding of the implications of working with American Indian populations in tribal and personal interactions, methods employed to gather data from American Indian tribes, and how standard data collection instruments must be modified to be useful in this culture, and an ability to conduct rigorous scientific data collections under field collections. Staff must be identified and present credentials appropriate to performing this type of study. At a minimum, staff to be identified include individuals to coordinate the project and provide tribal liaison and for recruitment and training of interviewers, collection of blood samples and interviews, organization of focus groups, data management and reduction and reporting. The Government contemplates awarding a two (2) year contract as a result of this solicitation. The anticipated start date of the new contract is September 29, 1995. This acquisition is a new requirement. Requests for solicitation documents must be in writing, telephone requests will not be honored. All responsible concerns may submit an offer which will be considered by this agency. (0131)

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