[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44864-44865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16267]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Availability of Non Exclusive License: Hosting and Maintaining 
the Buy Quiet Web Tool and the Database of Noise Levels for Machinery 
and Power Tools

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 671, notice is given that the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is soliciting 
proposals for entities and organizations to host and maintain the Buy 
Quiet Web Tool and the Database of Noise Levels for Machinery and Power 
Tools through a non-exclusive license. This web tool and database are 
intended to provide guidance regarding the Buy Quiet program and 
provide information on how to adopt a Buy Quiet program as well as 
provide information about machinery and equipment noise levels. It is 
the goal of these online resources to inform at-risk individuals and 
their organizations about occupational noise exposures and practical 
ways to reduce noise-induced hearing loss. NIOSH will grant a non-
exclusive license for the maintenance and hosting of the web tools. The 
preferred qualifications of the grantee organization are detailed in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

DATES: Representatives of eligible organizations should submit

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expressions of interest no later than August 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest may be directed electronically to 
Bryan Beamer at [email protected] or mailed to National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Applied Research and 
Technology, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-27, Cincinnati, OH 45226. 
Attention: Bryan Beamer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions may be directed to Bryan 
Beamer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division 
of Applied Research and Technology, 1090 Tusculum Ave., MS C-27, 
Cincinnati, OH 45226. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIOSH has developed the Buy Quiet Web Tool 
and the Database of Noise Levels for Machinery and Power Tools with the 
goal of reducing noise-induced hearing loss among the nation's workers 
by providing information and tools to facilitate, document, and track 
the progress of Buy Quiet programs. NIOSH is looking for one 
organization to host and maintain either one or both of the Buy Quiet 
Web Tool and the interactive Database of Noise Levels for Machinery and 
Power Tools. The grantee organization would ideally possess the 
following qualifications:
     Ability to promote the web tools with national reach;
     access to subject matter experts in information 
technologies related to Web-based database development and maintenance;
     access to subject matter experts in occupational noise 
mitigation;
     access to appropriate information technology hardware and 
software;
     ability to solicit, accept, vet and maintain noise level 
data from manufacturers for the Database of Noise Levels for Machinery 
and Power Tools;
     ability to solicit and maintain Buy Quiet program data for 
a variety of companies; and
     ability to host and maintain the web tools for a minimum 
period of 3 years from the date the tools are made available to the 
general public.
    Furthermore, the organization is to make these tools available to 
the general public within 12 months of signing the license agreement.
    Links to the NIOSH Buy Quiet Web site and the current NIOSH Power 
Tools Database can be found here:

 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/buyquiet/default.html--Buy 
Quiet Web site
 http://wwwn.cdc.gov/niosh-sound-vibration/--NIOSH Power Tools 
Database

    Information Needed: Expressions of interest should outline the 
organization's ability to meet the preferred qualifications mentioned 
above and be no more than four pages in length.

    Dated: July 5, 2016.
Frank Hearl,
Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-16267 Filed 7-8-16; 8:45 am]
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