VA Palo Alto Healthcare Systems (640/90C), 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1290

R -- DATA COLLECTION SERVICES SOL 640-62-98 DUE 031298 POC Tracy Marasco, Contracting Officer, 650-493-5000, ext., 22598 E-MAIL: marascot@va.gov, marascot@va.gov. 1. DESCRIPTION: Data Collection Services is required for VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Health Care Evaluation Program & Resource Center CPERC. Services to be provided is entitled " Veterans Four- Year Health Care Follow-up Project". 2. Contractor shall provide services which include locating veterans, mailing from follow-up forms and obtaining their cooperation to complete the surveys, and involves coding and Key-entering the data in an SPSS file and providing frequency distributions of survey responses. 3. Contractor shall obtain completed follow-up forms that provide information on 4 year treatment outcome from 85% of an initial group of 2,650 veterans not identified as deceassed. Contractor shall note that PERC has extensive prior experience in conducting follow-ups of comparable samples and that an 85% completed follow-up rate is achievable and is an essential performance criterion. 4. Interested Parties shall be charged a NON-REFUNDABLE Processing & Distribution fee in the amount of $10.00/Package, in accordance with FAR 5.102(a)6. Forward this fee the the following address: VAPAHCS Att: Ms. Tracy Marasco, Contracting Officer 90C-MPD, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. CHECK OR MONEY ORDER SHALL BE MADE OUT TO: VAPAHCS-640 AND SHALL REFERENCE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER. Solicitation Packages available upon written request via FAX at (650) 617-2731 or U.S. Mail at the above address in Menlo Park. NO TELEPHONIC request shall be acknowleged. Deadline for requesting a solicition package is February 27, 1998. Question regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to the above fax number no later February 27, 1998 with NO EXCEPTIONS. (0037)

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