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B -- ADULT/ADOLESCENT SPECTRUM OF DISEASE SURVEILLANCE ASSESSMENT SOL 98B155(N) DUE 060198 POC Vicki Vandermier, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6779 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is contemplating the award of a Sole Source contract with Aids Research Consortium of Atlanta (ARCA) to provide a study of disease progression in adults and adolescents infected with HIV/AIDS by identifying medical records of infected individuals at Georgia's Grady Health Care System, the Veteran's Administration Medical Center and the offices of all participating private physicians in the Metro Atlanta area.(Individual patient identifiers will at no time reside in the centralized database). Surveillance will include descriptive and quantitative information on persons with HIV infection, monitoring of asymptomatic HIV infection, prophylaxis against associated opportunistic illnesses, and anti-retroviral therapy. The anticipated performance period is from date of award through December 31, 1999. It is believed that ARCA possesses the capability and is uniquely qualified to perform this study due to the fact that the contractor has successfully developed a network of collaborating providers and has developed and maintained an historical database containing specified data elements dating back to 1990. All responsible sources qualified to provide the foregoing services may submit a response which may be considered by the agency. See Note 22. (0100)

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