SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Young Drivers: Research on the Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Parental Management of Teen Driving
- Notice Date
- 6/17/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NICHD-DESPR-PRB-SS-01
- Response Due
- 7/19/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/3/2004
- Point of Contact
- Charles Newman, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-6960, Fax 301-402-3676, - Jason Williams, Contract Specilaist, Phone 301-402-6775, Fax 301-402-3676,
- E-Mail Address
-
cn43m@nih.gov, willjas@mail.nih.gov
- Description
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is interested in identifying Small Business Concerns with requisite qualifications to assist with the conduct of the following research on the prevention of motor vehicle crashes among young drivers. The Prevention Research Branch (PRB), an intramural research group within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), conducts research on child and adolescent health behavior. One of the PRB areas of research emphasis is the prevention of motor vehicle crashes among young drivers. Young drivers are at greatly elevated risk for motor vehicle crashes, and these risks are particularly elevated during the first 3-6 months and 1000 miles of independent driving, regardless of the amount of supervised practice driving prior to licensure and age of licensure (McCartt et al., 2003). This may be due to age/inexperience, risk taking, or other factors (Williams & Ferguson, 2002). Teen passengers, night, distracting activities, and other factors can increase crash risks for novice teen drivers (Doherty et al., 1998). Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) policies, now in place in most states, appear to reduce crash risks mainly by delaying licensure and possibly by reducing exposure to risk conditions. One effect of GDL may be to increase parental management of teen drivers. With or without GDL, there appears to be great potential for increasing parental management of novice young drivers (Simons-Morton & Hartos, 2003). Previous research has demonstrated that it is possible to increase adoption of a parent-teen driving agreement and reduced exposure to high risk driving conditions during the first 12 months after licensure (Simons-Morton et al., 2002, 2003, 2004, in press). The PRB plans to conduct a series of studies designed to determine effective ways of increasing parental management of teen driving. The research would address the following research objectives, with initial (1-6 months post-licensure) novice young driver experience as the outcome in all cases: (1) Determine the most effective approaches (in terms of source, timing, and content) to the delivery of persuasive communications. (2) Assess the relative effects of intervention to increase parental management of initial teen driving when delivered at the time of permit or at the time of licensure. (3) Evaluate the extent to which intervention to increase parental management of teen driving can be delivered effectively as part of routine department of motor vehicle driver licensing practice. (4) Evaluate the effect of intervention to increase parental management of teen driving when integrated into driver education. To be deemed capable, a small business must submit a written capability statement that clearly demonstrates the ability to: 1) organize, conduct, and manage effectiveness trials involving the collection of data from multiple sources (include evidence of the ability to develop a detailed Manual of Operating Procedures); 2) organize, conduct, and manage methods development and pilot studies; 3) identify and recruit study participants; 4) assist the PRB in preparation of materials to be submitted for required reports and clearances for the IRB, OMB, etc.; 5) monitor the quality of data collection, editing, auditing, and entry; 6) develop and implement quality control procedures, including audits of field data collection procedures; 7) train and certify data collectors in each of the Study sites; 8) establish working relationships with state and local Department of Motor Vehicle, driver education, and other officials as needed; 9) prepare data for statistical analyses, as needed; 10) participate in the preparation of scientific articles and reports. AT THIS TIME THE NICHD IS ONLY REQUESTING CAPABILITY STATEMENTS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541720. Therefore, the small business size standard for this announcement is $6 million or less in annual receipts. For the calculation of annual receipts see parts 121.104 and 121.106 in SBA's Small Business Size Regulations. Small Businesses that meet the applicable size standard and believe that they have the capabilities described above are encouraged to submit a written Capability Statement to attention of Charles Newman at the address provided by 3:00 PM Local Time on July 19, 2004. The Capability Statement should be limited to no more than 15 pages and it should address each of the competencies stated above. If responses indicate a reasonable expectation of obtaining competitive offers from two or more responsible and capable Small Business Concerns, the anticipated subsequent Request for Proposals will be set-aside for Small Businesses only.
- Record
- SN00605260-W 20040619/040617211822 (fbodaily.com)
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