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B -- FDA FOOD CODE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SOL F63397 DUE 051799 POC Gwendolyn Hubbard, contract administrator, phone (301) 827-7172; fax (301) 827-7103 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-13. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 8621. The Food and Drug Administration intends to award a Purchase Order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures September 17, 1999 to Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) on a sole-source basis to provide services for a period of 1 year to develop and implement an active surveillance system to tract and report on the adopting of the FDA Food Code by state and local agencies and by tribal nations of Native Americans. The contractor shall: 1) work with FDA on information to use in identifying and contacting state food safety program administrators; 2) identify non-conforming codes; 3) track information and actions taken; 3) monitor and track progress to correct; 4) work with FDA to develop necessary data fields for related areas of information; 5) establish time line for periodic contacts to maintain real time data on the Code's adoption nationally; 6) track the progress of state programs in the control of the five food safety risk factors identified by CDC and the implementation of the five food safety intervention strategies; and 7) submit quarterly progress reports from the database in both tabular and graphic format prepared for possible web-site entry. This notice is not a request for quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to satisfy the government's requirement no later than the response date. Capability statements must include documentation of an in-depth knowledge and prior experience. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercials Items: 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns and Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. All sources must submit along with their written quotes their tax identification number and their nine-digit Duns number that is assigned by Dun & Bradstreet. To apply for a Duns # please call 1-800-333-0505. Posted 09/08/99 (W-SN377225). (0251)

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