Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, C2-21-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD., 21244-1850

99 -- REVIEWING AND REVISING THE AGENDA FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH" POC Renee Wallace, 410-786-5128 The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) intends to award a firm fixed price Simplified Acquisition on a sole source basis to Association for Health Services Research, 1130 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 200036. The contractor shall invite HCFA represtation on the annual conference planning comittee, and involve the HCFA technical project officer in the process of agenda development and meeting planning by providding information and background materials for two meeting planning conference calls. The contractor shall schedule and provide administrative and logistics support for a HCFA "Research Agenda" session. Schedule and provide logistics support for a "Research Resources" conference sessions and advise the technical porject officer of schedule for this session and assist HCFA in the planning and implementation of this session that features HCFA databases and other useful resources for researchers. All responsible sources may submit capability statements for consideration to the Agencyat the above address. See Numbered Note 22 Posted 01/06/00 (W-SN413855). (0006)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0278 20000110\99-0002.SOL)