[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24651]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Contract Review Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research (AHCPR) announces the following technical review committee to
meet during the month of September 1997:
Name: Technical Review Committee for the AHCPR User Liaison
Program Mail Key Support Services Contract.
Date and Time: September 24, 1997, 10 a.m.--3 p.m.
Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Willco
Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room 6000 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852.
This meeting will be closed to the public.
Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide,
on behalf of the AHCPR Contracts Review Committee, recommendations
to the Administrator, AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of
contract proposals submitted in response to a specific Request for
Proposals regarding the User Liaison Program (ULP) Mail Key Support
Services contract.
The purpose of this contract is to provide for the timely
merging and mailing of letters of invitation to User Liaison Program
(ULP) workshops through use of a ULP developed, automated data base.
The contractor will use and maintain a data base of State
legislators, Governors and their staff, Federal and State executive
branch, and local health officials, as well as selected public and
private users of health services research including--health care
consumers, purchasers, plans, practitioners, and policymakers. The
contractor will perform mail merges for all letters of invitation
and mail such invitations numbering between 3500 and 6000 as bulk
mailings. Using the data in the database, the contractor will
generate an annual User Liaison Program Directory. These services
are required to ensure the timely dissemination of AHCPR research
findings and related publications to the research community and
general public.
Agenda: The Committee meeting will be devoted entirely to the
technical review and evaluation of contract proposals submitted in
response to the above referenced Request for Proposals. The
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this
meeting will not be open to the public. This action is necessary to
protect the free and full exchange of views in the contract
evaluation process and safeguard confidential proprietary
information, and personal information concerning individuals
associated with the proposals that may be revealed during the
meeting. This action is taken in accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, 5 USC
522(b)(c)(6), 41 CFR 101-6.1023 and Department procurement
regulations, 48 CFR 315.604(d).
Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting
should contact Serena Toro, User Liaison Program, Center for Health
Information Dissemination, Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 401, Rockville, Maryland
20852, 301/594-6668.
Dated: September 11, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-24651 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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