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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 13,1995 PSA#1366

Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurement, NAD-30, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20590

B -- FIELD VALIDATION OF STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST FOR LOWER BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT (BAC) SOL DTNH22-95-R-05192 DUE 072895 POC Earnestine Mitchell, Contract Specialist, (202) 366-9565 The primary objective of this procurement is to validate Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) for lower Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), using revised scoring procedures developed by previous NHTSA-sponsored reseach. This field validation will be completed with the cooperation of a participating police agency/ police and court acceptability of the revised SFSTs will also be examined. Also the purpose of this field test is to further validate the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests for Lower BAC Limits, using revised scording procedures, with the cooperation of a participating police agency. Police and court acceptability of the revised SFSTs shall also be examined. This field test will assess how well the tests for use with lower BAC limits predict whether the BAC of a person stopped for suspicion of DWI is above or below BAC of 0.08. Additional data will assess how predictive SFSTs are in identifying youth under 21 years old who had consumed enough alcohol to violate the zero-tolerance law in effect in the jurisdiction under study.The proposed contract will be for a period of twenty (24) months. It is contemplated that a Cost Reimbursement type contract will be awarded. The solicitation will be mailed to those organizations responding in writing to this announcement. Written request for this solicitation must be accompanied by two (2) self-addressed mailing labels. The anticipated issue date of the solicitation is June 27, l995. (0160)

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