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R -- FOCUS GROUP DATA TRAINING AND ANALYSES SOL RFQ 618-109-99 DUE 041699 POC Daniel Agrimson 612-725-2178 The Minneapolis, MN VAMC intends to award a sole source contract to Illinois State University Research Office to assist in the continuation of an on going project in data collection and survey design using focus groups, training of staff, and data reporting with the interpretation of data, writing of reports, and disseminating study findings. This contract is a .1 FTE equivalent physician and .17 FTE graduate student position sharing contract where the staff has been trained in social science data collection and statistical analyses. The period of performance is the remainder of FY99 with three (3) option years. See Note 22. All requests or questions should be faxed to my attention at telephone number 612-725-2072. Posted 03/23/99 (W-SN311344). (0082)

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