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A -- CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL SURVEILLANCE MASTER AGREEMENT SOL MAA-N01-CN-75034-05 DUE 080597 POC Gary P. Topper, Contract Specialist, 301/435-3798; Victor S. Buyny, Contracting Officer, 301/435-3793 WEB: Research Contracts Branch RFP Page, http://wwwrcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm. E-MAIL: Gary P. Topper, topperg@rcb.nci.nih.gov. ELECTRONIC RFP ANNOUNCEMENT. The National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, is soliciting proposals to provide information required for cancer control surveillance. The primary purpose is to conduct surveys and similar evaluation processes. The term "survey" is used to connote a full range of studies, including probability sample surveys and specialty studies requiring data abstraction. The Master Agreement Announcement (MAA) is scheduled for electronic release on or about June 12, 1997 with proposals due on or about August 5, 1997. It is anticipated that multiple Master Agreements (MA's) will be awarded pursuant to the MAA, each having approximately a twenty-one month period of performance. Since MA's are unfunded, the obligation of funds shall be accomplished solely through the award of Master Agreement Orders (MAOs). The MAOs will be issued on either a cost or fixed price basis. The MA Holder, upon award of a MAO, shall coordinate and implement the requested survey(s), including data collection, processing and reporting for surveillance activities to be designed and developed by NCI alone or in collaboration with other organizations. Current MA holders include the following: Abt Associates, Inc., Aspen Systems Corporation, Battelle Memorial Institute, University of Chicago-National Opinion Research Center, Chilton Research Services, Inc., Macro International, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Research Triangle Institute, R.O.W. Sciences, Inc., Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., Westat, Inc., and Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory. The RFP may be accessed through the Research Contracts Branch RFP Page by using the following Internet address: http://wwwrcb.nci.nih.gov/rfp.htm It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the above Internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments. Fax: (301) 402-8579. No collect calls will be accepted. (0142)

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