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A -- CENTER FOR THE EVALUATION OF RISKS TO HUMAN REPRODUCTION SOL SS-NIEHS-97-24 POC Contract Specialist, Jo Ann Lewis, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-7894, Contracting Officer, Thomas M. Hardee, (919) 541-0429 Small Business sources are sought to establish and maintain a center to organize and support assessments of human developmental and reproductive hazards that result from exposure to chemicals or chemical mixtures, and to identify exposure-specific research and testing needs for data that would reduce the uncertainties in these assessments. The Center will initially be established through an NIEHS contract, with a goal of developing into an independent organization. Duties of the Contractor shall include maintaining registry of experts, organizing meetings of Expert Panels, conducting literature searches, and obtaining literatures. This Center shall also be responsible for the preparation, publication, and distribution of reports. This contract is expected to cover a five-year performance period. The contract will be a level-of-effort, term-form cost reimbursement type contract. It is estimated that approximately 4 person years of effort will be required each contract year; senior reproductive toxicologist, toxicologist, and management coordinator -- 100%; information specialist and computer specialist shall be available 75% and 25%, respectively. Mandatory Requirement: All personnel shall be key personnel and shall be employees of the Contractor. Small Business concerns having research and development capabilities in this field and facilities for the performance of this work are invited to submit a summary of qualifications to the procuring office listed in this notice with 20 calendar days from the date of this notice. Information furnished should include the professional qualifications of all personnel (to include publications in peer-reviewed journals, public relations/public speaking skills/scientific writing/editorial skills, experience with data bases in order to maintain a Website on the Internet on Center activities and publications); a description of the facilities; outline of previous projects similar to this that have been conducted by your organization; and other available descriptive literature. Requests must reference SS-NIEHS-97-24 and must be directed to the office listed above. See Note 25. (0365)

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