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A -- CENTER FOR THE EVALUATION OF RISKS TO HUMAN REPRODUCTION SOL NIH-ES-97-24 POC Contract Specialist, Jo Ann Lewis, (919)541-7894, Contracting Officer, Thomas M. Hardee, (919) 541-0429 This is a 100% small business set-aside. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is seeking a small business 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 a 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 two-year performance period with three one-year options. 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 years; senior reproductive toxicologist, toxicologist, and management coordinator -- 100%; information specialist and computer specialist shall be available 75% and 25%, respectively. See Note 22. (0170)

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