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A -- AN ASSESSMENT ON-FARM EGG SAFETY MEASURES SOL 223-00-2452 POC Patricia Wright, Contract Specialist (301) 827-7163/M. Deborah Smith-Castle, Contracting Officer (301) 827-7160 E-MAIL: ERROR --, pwright@oc.fda.gov. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a contract to the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA, for a project entitled "An Assessment On-Farm Egg Safety Measures". This contract will list, model and estimate the effectiveness of the possible actions that have been suggested as on-farm preventive controls for reducing SE in shell eggs. The ultimate aim of the project will be to provide FDA with useful quantitative estimates of SE risk reduction in eggs due to potential on-farm interventions. In addition, the contract shall: 1) Obtain data and other information that will be used to complete this project, including published literature on the subject as well as any Federal, State, and foreign government reports and databases that would be helpful. 2) Compile a list of interventions that could be sued to mitigate the problem of SE in shell eggs at the farm level. 3) Using the USDA SE risk assessment as a base, model the potential pathways for the introduction of SE into eggs on the farm. The model shall reflect the potential for interaction effects to either increase or decrease the probability of shell egg contamination. 4) Gather secondary data that can be used to estimate probabilities. 5) Use the method of expert elicitation to derive quantitative estimates of risk reduction of each of the above interventions and likely combinations. Experts should include microbiologists, poultry scientists, and veterinarians. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448401). (0116)

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