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B -- WORKERS COMPENSATION DATA DUE 090799 POC JOAN BERMAN, 410-965-9502 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, JOAN.BERMAN@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA), intends to negotiate with the National Academy of Social Insurance on a sole -source basis for providing SSA with a Microsoft Excel data base file containing State-level estimates of workers' compensation costs paid for all 50 States and the District of Columbia for 1996 along with a written description of the estimate techniques employed, including any idiosyncrasies in the data, and an assessment of trends in workers' compensation. NASI will also provide its best estimates of the number of workers receiving workers' compensation in each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The data base will contain comprehensive estimates of workers' compensation costs for each State by the type of insurer, including private insurance carriers, State funds, federal programs, and self-insurers. The file will also contain estimates of the number of workers covered by workers' compensation, the size of the covered payroll, the cost per employee covered and the costs per $100 of covered payroll and the best available estimates of the number of workers receiving workers' compensations benefits in each State and the District of Columbia. Interested parties must respond to this notice within 10 calendar days from the date of this publication. When responding to this solicitation, respondents should refer to SSA-RFQ-99-3983. 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 quotations. However, all quotations received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to complete 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 08/24/99 (D-SN371321). (0236)

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