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B -- MANAGEMENT OF THE NLS YOUTH79 SURVEY AND THE NLS WOMEN'S SURVEY FOR THE BLS SOL RFP L/A 97-24 POC Leonard Bednar, Contract Negotiator, (202) 219-6445 Phyllis McMeekin, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-6445. The Contractor shall manage the NLS Youth79 survey and the NLS Women's Survey for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor. The Contractor shall assist BLS with the coordination with other Federal agencies, with other NLS survey organizations, and with the use of the NLS by the research community. The Contractor shall design and develop questionnaries; prepare OMB clearance documents; collect survey data for the Youth79; perform data creation, cleaning, and documentation; perform data program and package maintenance; prepare CD-ROMs for BLS and for public use; provide public user services; develop the data base; provide descriptive analyses covering the cohort; and engage in methodological studies relevant to the project. The Census Bureau has performed the survey data collection and the data reduction for the four original cohorts since 1966. The Census Bureau will continue to perform the survey data collection and the data reduction for the Women's survey through an interagency agreement with the Department of Labor. Those Census performed duties are therefore excluded from the proposed contract; however, all other functions mentioned above associated with the Women's survey are the responsibility of the Contractor. The period of performance will be two years. Offerors must submit written requests for the solicitation and those requests must reference the solicitation number (RFP L/A 97-24). Requests may be faxed to (202) 219-6853. Please do not send a duplicate request in the mail. The Government will consider requests from all responsible vendors. There will be one award. See Numbered Note 26. (0127)

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