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B -- ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC COST OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SOL AA-96-08 DUE 102596 POC Edward J. Kostolansky, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191, C. Timothy Crilley, Contracting Officer, 301-443-1191 The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism intends to negotiate a nine month contract with The Lewin Group for a project entitled ''Estimating the Economic Cost of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.'' The proposed contract will complete a study already substantially underway of the economic costs of alcohol and drug abuse in the United States for 1992, with projections to 1995. The report will provide detailed and updated estimates of the economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse and the underlying methodology used to produce those estimates. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. The Lewin Group is the only responsible source possessing the specific data sets, computer programs, and analytic techniques relating to the methods employed in this project. Inquiries must be made in writing, telephone inquiries are unacceptable. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which, if timely, will be considered by the Government. See Numbered Note 26 in the Commerce Business Daily. Proposals will be due on or about October 25, 1996. (0264)

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