Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Program Acquisition Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, NE, Rm 500, Atlanta, GA 30305

R -- STATISTICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 200-97-0631(P) DUE 092597 POC Lorenzo J. Falgiano, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6786 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contemplates making multiple award of task order type contracts covering the acquisition of (1) scientific and technical assistance in the development, assessment and/or application of statistical, epidemiologic, and other analytic methods and (2) analytic consultation for specific surveillance and epidemiologic needs, within the context of the field of public health. Contractual support would be obtained on an as-needed basis in the form of product and term type task orders issued by the Government. Task orders will cover a wide range of statistical and epidemiologic analytical support including in particular the development/assessment of public health surveillance project components such as statistical and epidemiologic analyses and sampling scheme. Contractor staff will be responsible for the conduct of investigations and evaluations utilizing presently employed and known alternative analytic methodologies in studies or surveillance of adverse health outcomes as well as for recommendations as to appropriate methodologies. The purpose of this notice is to, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.202-1, ascertain the existence of qualified sources within the small business community who can provide the type and degree of range of services required by the Government in the area of analytic methods as described above. The SIC code for this activity is 8733 and the size standard is $5 million. Respondents must demonstrate the capability and expertise (both in terms of individual personnel and as an organization) to develop, implement and evaluate statistical, epidemiologic and other analytic methodologies for use on public health data. Tasks issued under a resultant contract are expected to involve complex and unique methodologies as well as the innovative application of existing methodologies, most or all of which will require software development and/or implementation of software utilizing such programs as: SAS, BMDP, SPSS, SESUDAAN, SUDAAN, S- Plus, Epi-Info, FORTRAN, Turbo Pascal, and IMSL. Also within its response to this notice, organizations should address management of prior contract activities similar to the range of services to be performed under the resultant contract discussed above, and more particularly the previous experience of key personnel with contracts involving statistical analysis, analytical method development and survey/epidemiologic study design especially among projects requiring interdiciplinary teams and/or the management thereof. Organizations should demonstrate access to or establishment of a network of recognized practicing consultants in the fields of statistics, epidemiology and environmental hazard identification, especially those with interdisciplinary backgrounds. Lastly, organizations should address the current state of the field of analytical methods including in particular statistics, developments pertaining to the collection/interpretation of health (particularly public health) data and where the application of these developments/new science would be appropriate within a public health setting. The Government will focus on information that demonstrates performance relative to the size and complexity of the procurement under consideration. By "complexity" the Government will pay particular attention to those contracts requiring the range of services required, the degree of expertise needed to carry out such contracts, the nature and size of the data maintained as well as how the data was used, the size of staff needed, the level of reporting and/or record maintenance quality assurance/quality control requirements and the technology and/or facilities/hardware required. Responses to the above requirements should be no longer than 50 pages (excluding curriculum vitaes of current staff, financial reports, and information pertaining to corporate experience as described above. Organizations should provide project/contract numbers as well as the name and telephone number of contacts knowledgeable about the organization's participation within such projects. Organizations should also denote where its participation was as a primary contractor, a subcontractor and the relationship of any current staff member to referenced projects. Organizations are encouraged to provide examples of reports or other outputs representative of its capabilities in the area of analytic methods and the application thereof. Respondents should also demonstrate viable financial capacity necessary to establish, maintain, and operate the contract, including management of indirect cost pools, timely payment of vendors and subcontractors, and acquisition of necessary equipment. In particular, organizations should provide to the Government, as part of their response, a copy of its most recent (D&B) Dun & Bradstreet Business Background Report. If a D&B background report is not available, organizations should provide a current certified financial report detailing present obligations and assets of the organization. No facsimile responses will be accepted. All responses should clearly note the acquisition number 200-97-0631(P). To allow the Government sufficient time to assess the capacity of the small business community to successfully meet the Government's requirements in this area, responses should be delivered to the following address by 4:00 pm, September 25, 1997: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Program Acquisition Branch/PGO Attn.: Lorenzo J. Falgiano 255 E. Paces Ferry Road, N.E., Room 516G Mailstop E-26 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Lorenzo J. Falgiano at (404) 842-6786. (0246)

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