Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705

B -- AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AMOUNG GULF WAR VETERANS SOL 558-44-00 DUE 031500 POC Ms. Pamela Evans, Contract Specialist (919) 286-6921 The VA Medical Center intends to issue a sole source contract to the Oregon Health Sciences University, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), Portland Oregon for research study under Cooperative Studies Research Project (CSP #500: An Epidemiological Investigation into the Occurrence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Among Gulf War Veterans). The study will be for a period of 2 years. This notice may represent the only official notice of such solicitation. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429698). (0060)

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