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R -- HIV CARE ACT DATA CLEANING AND ENTRY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENCY TABLES SOL 99-HAB-C98725 POC Sarah R. Bueter (301) 443-5352; fax (301) 443-6038 The Health Resources and Services Administration intends to negotiate on a SOLE SOURCE basis with Westat, Inc, 1650 Research Blvd, WB-420, Rockville, MD 20850. This procurement shall be processed in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of Part 13 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. The purpose of this purchase order is to review collected client- and provider-level Women's Initiative for HIV Care and Reduction of Perinatal HIV Transmission (WIN) data, provide data entry, prepare frequency distributions, and provide the subsequent database information in SAS and Access 97 format. The period of performance for this project is 14 weeks. Westat Inc, is deemed the only responsible source capable of providing the required work and services. A Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is on file. This announcement is for information only. No solicitation is available. See Note #26. Posted 02/09/99 (W-SN296686). (0040)

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