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B -- SPECIAL STUDY TO IMPROVE ASVAB CLASSIFICATION EFFICIENCY AND GENDER FAIRNESS POC Frances J. Meckel, Contracting Officer, (703) 614-4577 On behalf of the U.S. Army Research Institute, the Defense Supply Service-Washington intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Dr. Joseph Zeidner of Bethesda MD. The contractor will be required to perform a specialized study and analysis over nine months time with Dr. Cecil Johnson, utilizing expert knowledge of differential assignment theory, to improve classification efficiency and gender fairness of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The effort involves expert skills of an experienced principal investiagor, one senior scientist, one research associate and one senior programmer analyst. Research results will be used to support development of the Enlisted Personnel Allocation system (EPAS). There is no solicitation document. This notice is not a request for quotes. Interested firms may send a capabilities stement to F.J. Meckel, DSS-W, Room 1C243, 5200 Army Pentagon, Washington D.C. 20310-5200. The capability statement must be received by this office within 15 days from publication of this notice. (0169)

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