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B -- ALCOHOL-RELATED BIRTH DEFECTS SCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS SOL AA-00-06 DUE 052500 POC Edward J. Kostolansky, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism intends to negotiate a one year contract using simplified acquisition procedures with the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Campus Box 7090, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, for a project entitled "Alcohol-Related Birth Defects Science Curriculum for Middle Schools and High Schools." The proposed contract will develop a modular curriculum supplement which will be used to educate middle- and high-school students about alcohol-related birth defects. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. The Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies is the only responsible source possessing the critical knowledge and experience in the pathogenesis and mechanisms underlying birth defects with emphasis on maternal alcohol consumption, along with science education outreach to local middle- and high-schools. Inquiries must be made in writing. Telephone inquiries are unacceptable. See Numbered Note 26 in the Commerce Business Daily. The proposal will be due on or about May 25, 2000. Posted 04/18/00 (W-SN446198). (0109)

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