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Q -- MEDICAL: SURVEY OF OBSTETRICIANS' KNOWLEDGE, AND DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PRACTICES OF PREGNANT WOMEN FOR ACUTE TOXOPLASMOSIS SOL 1999Q00164 DUE 061199 POC Andrew Kegler, Purchasing Agent, (770) 488-2639 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to negotiate with and award a contract to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), Department of Research, Washington, DC. The award will be made on a sole source basis for professional services under SIC code 8733 with size standard of $5 million average annual receipts for the three fiscal years. The vendor will be required to conduct a survey of a sample of approximately 1,000 ACOG members residing throughout the United States. The survey should focus on the members knowledge of the risk of transmission of toxoplasmosis, their testing indications, interpretations of laboratory tests and actual practices in terms of education, requesting of general diagnostic serology and of confirmatory testing results. Also, the vendor will be required to conduct a focus group consisting of practicing obstetricians as to their attitudes and knowledge toward the epidemiology and transmission and prevention of toxoplasmosis, including but not limited to the participants' practices and opinions on serologic screening and confirmatory diagnosis practices. Other that full and open competition is authorized pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1),FAR 6.302-1. The minimum qualifications include, but are not limited to the following: The vendor must have extensive experience in conducting surveys of practicing obstetricians as to their knowledge of infectious diseases and must have access to data base containing names and addresses of all obstetricians in the United States. Qualified vendors have 15 days from date of this synopsis to submit a capability statement delineating their ability to provide these services. Such qualifications will be used solely for the purpose of determinating whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competition basis. Documents may be mailed to the above address or by facsimile at 770 488-2671. No solicitation document exists. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 05/26/99 (I-SN335904). (0146)

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