USDA, APHIS, Field Servicing Office, Butler Square West, 5th Floor, 100 North 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55403

99 -- DEPENDENT CARE SOL 35-M-APHIS-97 DUE 040397 POC Bob Crowther is the Contracting Specialist and can be reached at 612/370-2115. E-MAIL: BCROWTHER, BCROWTHER@APHIS.USDA.GOV. To conduct a pilot test of consultation and referral services which goes beyond the current contract parameters. The pilot test would be conducted in the states ofd California and Florida. The provider who wins the contract for the pilot test will also be the awardee if the contract goes Agencywide. The expanded services would extend help to employee populations needing assistance, even if they do not have dependent care needs, as well as offering more to employess on TDY's and impacted by relocation. (0063)

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