National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510

A -- LUTEAL PHASE PROGESTERONE CHANGES FOLLOWING TUBAL STERILIZATION POC Mr. Charles W. Grewe (301) 496-4611. The Contraceptive and Reproductive Evaluation Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, intends to conduct negotiations with the State University of New York to extend a current contract for completion of existing requirements. The contractor will compare hormone levels of women who have undergone tubal sterilization with women who have not, to detemine whether certain medical conditions are more likely to occur following the sterilization procedure. All study subjects have been identified, databases have been created and analytic work is in progress. Contractor has rights to raw data. It is estimated that completion of this study will require an additional 12 months. Authority: 41 USC 253 (c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in completing the project make competition unfeasible. See Note 22. (156)

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