R--Testing the effectiveness of the Sun Wise School Program

NAICS Code: 81392 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to Alan Geller, RN, MPH, at Boston University, Boston Mass., to test the effectiveness of EPA's Sun Wise School Program. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, (SAP). THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. The contractor shall perform several task which include sampling at least 50 schools in the United States, mail Sun Wise School kits to numerous schools, work with team members to evaluate data from all schools that received new toolkits, describe the characteristics of the schools participating in the Sun Wise program by variables in the database with emphasis on representativeness of schools across the United States, evaluate the teachings of Sun Wise in the schools that receive education verses schools that do not receive education, and identification and recruitment of selected schools. All interested parties can fax their capabilities statements to Arza Gardner on (202) 565-2562 or e-mail responses to [email protected] within 15 days after the date of this posting. Consideration of responses is solely within the discretion of the Govenment, generally for the purpose of determing whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note 22.