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B -- FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH PROJECT SOL 12-3K06-00 POC Cheryl Coxen, Contract Specialist, (202)740-7479 E-MAIL: ERROR --, ccoxen@ars.usda.gov. The USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) is seeking a contractor(s) to support ERS's Food and Assistance Nutrition Research Program (FANRP). FANRP is responsible for conducting studies and evaluations of the Food Stamp, Child Nutritions and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. This will be a multiple award contract. The Government anticipates that up to four (4) contracts may be awarded. This project has been designed to provide ERS with flexible means of collecting and analyzing primary and extant data, both of which ERS needs to inform policy and decision-making processes to effectively conduct studies and evaluations of USDA food and nutrition assistance programs. Some examples of the types of studies are: 1) USDA Food and Assistance programs; 2) State and local administrative policies and practices; 3) Federal Administative policies and practices; and 4) Assessments of program outcomes and outcome based measures of program performance. The SIC Code for this procurement is: 8742. Interested parties should download the solicitation from the following website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/afm2/divisions/ppd/solicit.htm. The solicitation should be available by 4/3/2000. Posted 03/13/00 (W-SN433866). (0073)

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