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Q -- PROVIDE THE SERVICE OF DIRECTING AND OVERSEEING THE UPBEAT PROGRAM AT VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (WEST LOS ANGELES) SOL RFP 600-028-99 DUE 122298 POC John Vencius, (562) 961-8058 The VA Network Business Center intends to negotiate a Sole Source procurement with UCLA School of Public Health to provide the service of directing, overseeing and operating all aspects of the UPBEAT Program Evaluation Center, including patient recruitment, collection of baseline and follow-up data, data monitoring, cleaning and analysis of erroneous data entered into the database by users, review of sub-studies, and provide on-site training, as required, to VAGLHS on the use of software and demonstrate installation procedures. Contractor shall provide a multi-disciplinary group of evaluation experts, including psychologist, sociologist, public health experts, and health economists, to measure cost and utilization issues to improvement in functional status over usual care. The UPBEAT Program has been in existence for approximately four years under a separate contract with UCLA. Solicitation is to be issued on or about 12/11/98. Solicitation Number is RFP 600-028-99, SIC Code is 8732. Posted 12/07/98 (W-SN277908). (0341)

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