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R -- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS SUPPORT POC Patricia S. Page, Contracting Officer/Lynn Montalvo, Contract Specialist/(301) 496-6546. The National Library of Medicine intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with the Association of Health Services Research (AHSR) for an increase in effort under Contract No. N01-LM-4-3528. This contract was awarded noncompetitively on May 6, 1994 for ''Health Services Research-in-Progress Support.'' The Health Services Research (HSR) emphasis has shifted from the Federal government and private foundations to state governments and the private sector (e.g. managed care organizations). Because of this dramatic shift, NLM is interested in having AHSR identify these new entrants into the HSR arena and solicit their participation in HSRProj. When project records are received AHSR will enter them into HSRProj. Adding research funded by the private sector and states is essential to ensure that HSRProj continues to provide comprehensive coverage of HSR in progress. Identifying the new organizations, soliciting their participation in HSRProj and entering project records into HSRProj entails additional effort of approximately 761 hours of professional labor on the part of the Contractor. AHSR is the only source capable of performing this additional effort because it is the designer and developer of the HSRProj information system and has the experience, subject expertise, and personnel capable of providing the necessary service within the required time-frame. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0201)

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