USDA, Food and Consumer Service, Contract Management Branch, 3101 Park Center Dr., Rm. 914, Alexandria, VA 22302

B -- ANALYSIS FILES BASED ON THE 1994-96 CSFII DATA POC Marjorie Sita, Contract Specialist, (703) 305-2250 William Pinkey, Contracting Officer, (703) 305-2250. The missioin of the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (Center) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to improve the nutritional health of Americans by linking scientific research to the consumer. In order to achieve this mission, the Center carries out activities in two broad areas: 1) Nutrition Promotion and 2) Nutrition Policy and Analysis. In 1995, the Center introduced the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), a summary measure of how well Americans conform to the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid. Updates of the HEI will allow the development of more effective nutrition promotion tools and messages for Food Stamp Program participants. Timely and replicable data that link food consumption with a summary measure of diet quality is essential for that purpose. The Center intends to award to TAS, Inc. a contract for the creation and delivery to the Center, machine readable analysis files used to compute the HEI, SPSS programs used to create the data files, and complete documentation that will be used by the Cente to calculate the HEI and the Healthy Eating Index for the low income consumer (HEILIC). Methodology used to calculate the 1989-90 HEI shall be used to create data files that include the number of servings variables for the five major food groups in the Food Guide Pyramid with legumes split out separately. The number of servings shall be comparable to those provided by TAS for the VSFII 1989 and 1990 survey data and shall be provided for each day's intake for each year. The data files shall include the number of different foods reported for each day's intake for each year using the definition (1/2 serving minimum) and food groupings used in the calculation of the variety component of the HEI with CSFII 1989 and 1990 survey data with the addition of all new and rvised food codes from CSFII 1994-1996. The Contractor shall deliver a ''clean'' (i.e. free of errors) copy in electronic machine readable form with variables names and labels, format, as well as documentation suitable to allow accurate analysis and interpretation by USDA, FCS. (a) the 1994 database with 35 days after award of contract. (b) the 1996 database within 60 days after release of the 1995 CSFII data. (c) the 1996 database within 60 days after release of the 1996 CSFII data. Please provide a capability statement, in writing, along with a sample of the finished product, by May 20, 1996, to the attention of Margie Sita, at the address in block 7. telephone and faxed responses will not be accepted. (0138)

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