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R -- FACILITATE EFFECTIVE RISK COMMUNICATION ON PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS/RISK ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD & COSMETICS SOL F63311-00-00 DUE 010500 POC Trudy Dartouzos, Contract Specialist, ITCB, ph: 301/827-7165, fax: 301/827-7103 See note #1. The Food and Drug Administration [FDA], Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition [CFSAN] intends to award a purchase order for professional services on risk communication. Period of performance: 1/10/2000 through 12/31/2000. Statement of Work is as follows: 1] FOCUS GROUP for meetings for participatants including consumers and regulated industry representatives on a Food Safety Initiative dealing with food contaminated with Listeria. Communication requires the results of the scientific, and highly technical risk assessment report on Listeria-contaminated food in plain language, and in a manner that, ultimately, is not misconstrued by the general public; 2] prepare and transmit message in a report; 3] provide facilitator service related to interactive meetings on risk assessment and risk communication on an as needed basis; 4] provide formal training to CFSAN managers in risk communication to improve skills for communicating risk in current Food Safety Initiative and other regulator activities. Contractor shall be abreast of latest issues on risk assessment and up-to-date on the state-of-the-art risk communication to ensure active participation among meeting participants, experience required in both the hard and social sciences to assist FDA in preparing and transmitting message in a report to be proper and correctly understood. Written quotes due by 2:00 pm on 1/5/2000. The following applies: 52.232-33 Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. Submit along with your quote your nine-digit numeric DUNS number that is assigned by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. To apply for a DUNS number please call 1-800-333-0505. Posted 12/20/99 (W-SN409895). (0354)

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