[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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