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R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SOL F61034 DUE 092499 POC Dee Gibson, Contract Administrator, 301 827-7177 or fax 827-7151 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a purchase order to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for a fellow under the Risk Assessment Science and Engineering Fellowship Program. For one year the fellow shall provide scientific and technical input on issues relating to human health and aspects of risk assessment. Assignments within the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) will relate to the hazard/safety-risk assessment of anthropogenically and naturally derived contaminants and microbilogical hazards in food. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378619). (0252)

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