USDA, Food and Consumer Service, Contracts Management Branch, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 914, Alexandria, VA 22302

B -- NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN SOL FCS-96-005SMC POC Steve Crotwell, Contract Specialist, (703)-305-2265; Len Pinkey, Contracting Officer, (703)-305-2250. The USDA Food and Consumer Service anticipates issuing a competitive procurement for advisory and assistance services to collect data on the current status of nutrition knowledge of children attending American schools. The contractor will be responsible for examining the current level of nutritional knowledge of children; identifying gaps in the nutritional knowledge of children; and identifying and examining variables related to varying levels of nutrition knowledge. The initial data collection will be from a nationally representative sample of fourth grade students. There will be options included in the contract which, if exercised, would incorporate data from the eighth and twelfth grades. The estimated level of effort is 11 person years over a 16 month calendar period. Parties interested in receiving a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) when it is issued MUST submit a request in writing and MUST include 4 self-addressed mailing labels. Telephonic or faxed requests will not be honored. (0158)

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