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A -- MULTI-DISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF CANCER SOL N01-CP-50537-02 DUE 081595 POC Michael J. Loewe Contract Specialist (301) 496-8611. The Environmental Epidemiology Branch (EEB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is re-competing a contract to provide assistance with multi-disciplinary investigations of environmental causes of cancer (Contract No. N01-CP-15672 with Westat, Incorporated). The contract will establish mechanisms to provide assistance with the conduct of a wide variety of domestic and international field studies. The studies will often be large and complex, sometimes involving multiple collaborating institutions. In these, as well as in other studies (especially international collaborations), close attention will be required for maintaining standardized approaches to data collection and to assuring that field activities are accomplished with adequate quality control measures. Further complicating data collection efforts are that many of the anticipated studies to be conducted will include laboratory adjuncts, requiring that the Contractor have expertise in proper means of collecting, processing and shipping specimens. The Contractor will also be expected to provide expertise in several difficult areas of exposure assessment, including measures of nutritional intake and occupational histories. While the scientific direction and overall supervision for all projects will be the responsibility of the professional staff of the EEB, the Contractor will assist with the development of liaison with organizations at the local, national, or international level whose cooperation is needed for the conduct of a study, the design and development of forms required to conduct field investigations (interview forms, record-abstracting forms, interviewer manuals, biospecimen collection manuals, etc.), subject identification, selection, and tracing, the hiring, training, and supervision of technical personnel (interviewers, record abstractors, and persons to collect and arrange transport of biological specimens), the actual collection of the required data, and the data reduction activities involved in field investigations (e.g., coding, keying, editing, and a variety of data processing activities). The Contractor also must provide field supervision and develop control mechanisms to ensure the quality of activities of all aspects of each study. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) package will be available on or about July 15, 1995 with responses due within 30 calendar days following the actual date of issuance of the RFP. Award of this project is anticipated by February 27, 1996. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the NCI. No collect calls will be accepted. (0180)

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