Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Contracts Management Staff, Executive Office Center, Suite 601, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852

R -- USE LIAISON PROGRAM DISSEMINATION SUPPORT SOL AHCPR-98-0003 DUE 090597 POC Jackie Carey, 301-594-1445, ext 1173 The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research is soliciting potential sources for a contract for AHCPR User Liaison Program Dissemination support. The requirement consists of providing timely and effective transmission of relevant health services research findings and related descriptive and programmatic information to a board spectrum of selected public and private users of health services research, e.g. state and local officials, health care consumers, purchasers, practitioners and policy makers, in order to allow them to manage more effectively the problems and issues that confront them. Potential sources must have a high-degree of substantive knowledge of experience with and demonstrated application of (1) current national and state health policy issues (2)ongoing and completed health services research and its relative value (3) providing technical assistance and instruction on complicated national health policy issues to State legislators, Governors staff, senior executive branch and local healthofficials and health care consumers, purchasers, plans, practitioners and policy makers and (4) ability to secure immediately leading U.S. experts and consultants required to assist in the development and conduct of workshops, seminars and conferences for the AHCPR User Liaison Program. Responses to this sources sought announcement shall be forwarded to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Attention: Jackie Carey, Contracts Management Staff, Suite 601, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Telephone responses will not be honored; all responses must be in writing by 5 Sep 97. Fax responses may be sent to 301-443-7523. (0233)

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