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B -- SURVEY ON CHILDREN COLLECTING SSI BENEFITS SOL SSA-RFP-00-0267 DUE 052600 POC Joan Berman, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659502, Fax 4109669310, Email joan.berman@ssa.gov -- Bob Austin, Contract Specialist, Phone 4109659522, Fax 4109669310, Email bob.austin@ssa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=SSA-RFP-0 0-0267&LocID=2422. E-MAIL: Joan Berman, joan.berman@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA), seeks a contractor to implement the new National Survey of SSI Children. This survey will collect nationally representative data on children that receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. These data will allow the Social Security Administration (SSA) to answer a number of policy-relevant questions about children with disabilities who receive SSI. The survey has been designed by SSA with analytical assistance provided by its contractor, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Responsibilities for implementing the survey include: Programming the instruments into CATI/CAPI and testing the CATI/CAPI versions of the instruments; implementing the sample design; training both telephone and field interviewers; collecting the data; preparing data files (coding, editing, cleaning, imputing, assigning weights) and data documentation (codebooks, users manuals); and conducting basic analyses and comparisons to existing data. The questionnaires are currently in paper-and-pencil form, but will be converted into computer assisted instruments (CATI/CAPI) as part of this contract. The interview length is approximately 60 minutes. The Government intends to award a cost reimbursement completion type contract, period of performance from September 2000 through March 2002. No phone requests will be accepted. Proposals from all responsible sources will be accepted. Respondents should refer to synopsis no. SSA-RFP-00-0267. All interested parties must respond within 15 days of this announcement. This solicitation shall be available on or about May 5, 2000, for download from the EPS website at http://www.eps.gov. Posted 04/27/00 (D-SN449151). (0118)

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