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99 -- PURCHASE OF RECORDS OF DEATH FROM MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SOL 006035 POC Carol A. Wood, Contracting Officer, (301)-443-2329 WEB: Program Support Center, Program Support Center. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, CWOOD@PSC.GOV. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) through the General Acquisitions Branch, Program Support Center (PSC), plans to award a sole source simplified acquisition to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health located in Boston, MA. Work under this contract shall establish, maintain and operate an information system which will have provision to extract from records of death selected information about decadents for the principal months of registration of 1 January 2000 -- 31 December 2000 and create a data file for NCHS for its' use in establishing a National Death Index (NDI) file. Necessary information is available only from the death certificates which are filed in the state where the deaths occur. Anticipated award date is June 5, 2000. No solicitation is available. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 05/19/00 (W-SN456596). (0140)

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