DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505-2888

R -- FACILITATING A WORKSHOP AND PREPARING DRAFT GUIDELINES SOL RQ98-034 DUE 082698 POC Brenda Goodwin, 304/285-5882/Contracting Officer, Rex S. Wolfe, Jr. 304/285-5883 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)in Morgantown, WV requires a contractor for Facilitating a Workshop and Preparing Draft Guidelines for Prevention of Vehicle and Mobile Equipment-Related Injury in Highway and Street Construction Work Zones. NIOSH intends to develop guidelines recommending safe work practices for highway and street construction, emphasizing areas not covered by existing regulations and consensus standards. To supplement literature review and data analysis already completed, NIOSH is planning a two-day workshop to obtain input from public and private sector partners who have interest in this area. The workshop is scheduled for December 2-4, 1998, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. Approximately 50 to 60 attendees from government agencies, private industry, trade associations, and worker groups will participate in the workshop. The workshop will consist of a plenary session the afternoon of Wednesday, December 2, 1998, four topical breakout sessions all day Thursday, December 3, 1998, and a summary and wrap-up the morning of Friday, December 4, 1998. All attendees will receive an issues paper that will serve as a starting point for discussion in each of the breakout sessions. These efforts will result in guidelines that will support current and future MUTCD revisions, recommend implementation of new safety interventions in highway work zones, provide support for future promulgation of standards by OSHA, and suggest areas where more research is needed. The final product will be a draft set of guidelines suitable for development into a publication similar in size and format to earlier NIOSH documents addressing asphalt paving and shift work. The major tasks to be performed by the contractor include: (1) Review an issues paper summarizing scientific literature, trade publications, and technical reports pertaining to vehicle and mobile equipment- related injuries and injury prevention in highway and street construction work zones, as wellas other background materials provided by NIOSH; (2) Develop and deliver to NIOSH a plan for facilitating the meeting. The facilitation plan should include identification of personnel assigned to the project, the agenda for the breakout sessions, and methods to be used to obtain input from workshop participants; (3) Travel to Morgantown, West Virginia for a one-day meeting with NIOSH project staff to discuss and finalize the facilitation plan; (4) Provide a facilitator for each of four or five concurrent sessions to be held Thursday, December 3, 1998; (5) With the assistance of NIOSH staff, prepare summaries of each breakout session and present them at the Friday morning wrap-up session; (6) Review transcripts of workshop sessions provided by NIOSH; (7) Synthesize material from the issues paper with input received during the workshop to produce draft guidelines recommending safe work practices for highway and street construction (by February 1, 1999); (8) Revise draft guidelines as needed per NIOSH project staff reviews. Submit document that is acceptable for submission to the NIOSH internal and external review process by March 1, 1999; (9) Incorporate comments on the draft guidelines obtained through formal internal NIOSH review, from workshop participants, and from the public via the NIOSH home page. NIOSH will deliver the comments on or about May 1, 1999; and (10) Deliver to NIOSH, by June 1, 1999, revised guidelines based on the above comments. Request for Quotation RQ98-034 contains the complete scope of work which shall be performed by any contractor selected for award. The solicitation will be issued 15 days after publication of this notice and proposals will be due August 26, 1998. Organizations interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation shall submit written requests to Brenda Goodwin, DHHS/PHS/CDC/NIOSH/ALOSH, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. Only written requests will be honored. Requests can be faxed to 304/285-6083 and receipt of fax verified at 304/285-5882. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the Agency. Posted 07/23/98 (W-SN227490). (0204)

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