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Q -- CONULTING SUPPORT FOR THE REVISION OF MEDICAL SCREENING GUIDELINES SOL RFP-97-7 DUE 081397 POC Wilma Branchflower, Contracting Officer, (202) 606-3060 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail., wbranchflower@peacecorps.gov. This is a combined RFP/Solicitation for a level of effort contract for the consultancy services of a clinical/medical professional and a Master's level technical writer to assist in the revision of the medical screening guidelines used by the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services for evaluation of applicants as Peace Corps Volunteers. Knowledge of Peace Corps Medical Screening Guidelines is a plus. The deliverables of the contract will be reports, summaries and written recommendations which will be used by OMS to revise existing guidelines and to develop new guidelines where necessary. Statement of Work Task 1. Review of the development of strategies for searching the literature. The literature searches will be conducted by OMS staff. The contractor will review the initial literature search by OMS staff to evaluate the strategies and make recommendations for improving the quality of results. Task 2. Review of the literature From the literature identified in the search, the contractor will extract information which is pertinent to each topic. Using this information the contractor will prepare a document which can be used by OMS to create a particular screening guideline. The contractor will: 1. Synthesize the information collected in the literature search, identify agreement or disagreement in the conclusions and suggest resolutions for these discrepancies, if present; 2. Identify the source and relative significance of each conclusion; 3. Prepare a document with criteria from the examined information using a standard format to be developed in consultation with OMS; 4. Reference specific findings in the literature; 5 Organize each condition into a hierarchy of major diagnostic and clinical sub-categories (by stage, severity, chronicity, co-morbidity); 5. Identify current management plans for each sub-category; 7. Establish prognostic categories and quantify the risk of recurrence, aggravation or exacerbation; 8. Identify factors that may contribute to the risk of recurrence, aggravationor exacerbation; 9. Identify the likely severity and possible consequences of recurrence, aggravation or exacerbation should it occur. Period of Performance: mid-August 1997-June 1998. Estimated hours: 300 of medical/clinical professional; 470 hours of Masters level technical writer. Approximately 4 hours for each per month will be required for an on-site meeting at Peace Corps Headquarters. Proposal should include fully-loaded hours only; no expenses authorized. Please contact <wbranchflower@peacecorps.gov> or phone (202)606-3060 for fax copy of detailed statement of work. Proposal should include a proposed work plan to indicate understanding of requirements, details of experience and education, references, samples of technical writing, and total cost. Proposals must be received no later than August 13, 1997 and may be submitted by fax to (202) 606-3009 or in hard copy to Wilma Branchflower, 1990 K St. NW, Room 6370, Wash.DC 20526. Anticipated award date is August 20, 1997. (0211)

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