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 -- ELECTRONIC LABORATORY REPORTING OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS SOL 98A177(N) DUE 062598 POC Allyson R. Shoe, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6636 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to make award of a contract to improve the quality, efficiency, and timeliness of public health disease surveillance by evaluating and developing the potential to use laboratory information systems to transmit HL7 messages of laboratory results for infectious diseases directly to appropriate public health agencies. The scope of work includes data collection from approximately 70 U.S. Laboratory Information System vendors, and the performance period will be 12 months. The scheduled issue date of this solicitation is approximately May 18, 1998. All responses should clearly note the acquisition number 98A177(N). Written requests should be addressed to: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Contracts Management Branch/PGO, Attn.: Allyson Raines Shoe, 255 E. Paces Ferry Road, N.E., Room 500, Mailstop E-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. No telephone requests for copies of the RFP will be accepted. However, requests transmitted via facsimile or electronically will be. The facsimile number is (404) 842-6727. Electronic requests may be sent to: azs4@cdc.gov. All proposals received by responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Allyson Shoe at (404) 842-6636. (0120)

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