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B -- TRACKING NUTRITION SECURITY CHANGES: STATE CHOICES AND THE NATIONAL FOOD STAMP PROGRAM SOL FCS 96-020SUZ DUE 061496 POC Suzanne Pastura, Contract Specialist, (703) 305-2250 Elaine S. Lynn, Contracting Officer, (703) 305-2250. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service (FCS), plans to award a contract for ''Tracking Nutrition Security Changes: State Choices and the National Food Stamp Program''. The purpose of the contract is to obtain technical and administrative support for collecting data from States on their Food Stamp Program reform activity, summarizing and synthesizing these data, and assessing the implications of State variation for a national Food Stamp Program. FCS anticipates that the contract will require expertise in data collection, synthesis, and presentation and in analytical thinking and writing. Knowledge of the Food Stamp Program and State welfare reform efforts is highly desirable. The estimated duration of this contract is 23 months. The estimated level of effort is approximately 1.73 professional person years. Offers will be due on or about June 14, 1996. All qualified organizations interested in receiving a copy of the Request for Proposal when it is issued MUST submit their request in writing and MUST include four (4) self-addressed mailing labels. TELEPHONIC AND DATA FAXED REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. This acquisition is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns only. (0120)

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