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R -- PREVENTING UNINTENTIONAL INJURIESN IN AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES SOL 00t061210 DUE 072500 POC Joseph Pirrone, Supv. Contracting Officer 301-443-8826 or Nora Tyson, Contract Specialist 301-443-8826 WEB: Program Support Center, Program Support Center. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, JPirrone@psc.gov or NTyson@psc.gov. The Office of the Secretary, Office of Minority Health through the Program Support Center, General Acquisition Branch, plan to award a 12 month sole source Simplified Acquisition to United Tribes Technical College. The anticipated award date is August 1, 2000. The Contractor shall be responsible for but not limited to the following: 1. Implement an associate degree program (with field practicum) in injury prevention and job placement program for graduates of this program. This project includes partnering with other federal agencies, tribal organizations, and tribal Colleges and Universities and a conference to heighten awareness about and solutions for meeting the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the areas of injury and violence prevention. 2. Coordinate and collaborate with federal, state, and public agencies to design meaningful 3-week practica for injury prevention students who have completed their injury prevention course work. 3. Provide job counseling and placement for graduates of the program by increasing the number of partnerships between TCUs and AI/AN communities with HHS and other Federal, State and local government agencies. This will Also increase awareness of an assistance with the unintentional injury health proram in AI/AN communities. 4. Encourage and assist graduating injury prevention students to continue their education in a four-year degree program. 5. Host a two-day AI/AN Lifesavers Conference. The goals of the conference are to increase awareness of the problem, present current prevention efforts to address specific types of UI/V, and assist Tribes and other AI/AN organizations to address their particular needs around injury prevention and disease. The proposed Simplified Acquisition is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of far 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest by responding to the requirement within 10 days after the date of publication of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed Simplified Acquisition 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. No solicitation is available. For further information, please contact Nora Tyson in RM 5C-03, Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD. 20857 or on 301-443-8826. Posted 07/13/00 (W-SN474277). (0195)

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