Department of Veterans Affairs (90C), VA Medical Center, Attn: Contracting Officer, Mountain Home, Tn 37684

B -- SPECIAL STUDY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AT CALIFORNIA STAE UNIVERSITY SOL RFP 621-05-99 DUE 011599 POC Charles H. McCarthy, Contracting Officer (423) 461-7986 WEB: RFP 621-05-99, cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cbdpwd.cgi. E-MAIL: audiology study, charles.mccarthy@med.va.gov. This notice is not intended to solicit proposals. The James H. Quillen, VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, Tennessee intends to negotiate a sole-source contract with California State University at Los Angeles to study the six year development of clinical protocol for estimating speech intelligibility and to continue the development of these scientific and clinical applications designed specifically to assist the clinical practitioner to identify, diagnose, and rehabilitate the receptive speech communication problems of the veteran population. Authority 6.302. See Note 22. Posted 12/01/98 (W-SN275942). (0335)

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