SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Health Behavior in School-Age Children - U.S. Survey
- Notice Date
- 12/6/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541910
— Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
- 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-2005-03
- Response Due
- 12/20/2004
- Archive Date
- 1/4/2005
- Description
- The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is interested in identifying Small Business organizations with requisite qualifications to assist with the conduct of a large scale nationally-representative school-based survey on adolescent health behavior. The Prevention Research Branch (PRB), an intramural research group of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), conducts research on child and adolescent health behavior. One of the PRB areas of emphasis is assessment of the prevalence and determinants of health behavior among adolescents. Toward this end, the PRB plans to conduct a national probability survey of U.S. 6th-10th graders that is also consistent with the requirements of the international Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. The HBSC survey is conducted among national or regional samples of students at ages 11, 13, and 15 years of age in about 35 countries. The international HBSC survey requires at least 1536 youth in each age group and a total of 5000 students. The goal of the HBSC survey is to obtain data about adolescent health behavior and to make this information available so as to enable the improvement of health services and programs for youth. The goals of the U.S. survey are to provide health behavior information about adolescents nationally (U.S.-specific protocol) and to enable international comparisons by incorporating the mandatory HBSC protocol. A survey consistent with the HBSC was conducted in the U.S. previously in 1997-1998 and 2001-2002. In international comparisons, previous HBSC surveys showed that U.S. 15-year-old youth are less likely to smoke than students in most other countries surveyed, even though 13-year-old US students experiment with tobacco in comparable proportions to youth in other countries. The most recent survey demonstrated that U.S. youth are more likely to be overweight than students in the other HBSC countries. U.S. eating habits were also shown to be less healthy with a comparatively high proportion of youth consuming high fat foods and soft drinks with sugar. Analyses of the U.S. national data set have addressed bullying, unintentional injury, and utilization of health care. The 2005-2006 U.S. survey will address health-related factors according to rigorous protocols to be developed by the HBSC by June of 2005, and should also include additional factors and dimensions that are relevant to the U.S. experience. To be deemed capable, a small business must demonstrate their ability to: 1) develop a school-based, national probability sampling plan that would provide a nationally-representative sample, including appropriate over-sampling of racial minority students; 2) employ contacts at state and local departments of education and school districts to gain access to schools for surveys; 3) identify and recruit in a period of 4 months a national sample of middle and high schools involving > 15000 students and > 400 schools (representing a national probability sample from which the total of 5000 11.5, 13.5, and 15.5 year-old students for the HBSC subsample will be drawn) with an 80% rate of participation; 4) identify, establish, and maintain a national network of data collectors; 5) recruit, train, and manage data collectors working in locations dispersed across the country; 6) conduct a nation school-based survey involving >15000 students and >400 schools; 7) employ SUDAN or similar statistical programs for basic management of weighted samples; 8) manage large data sets with students nested within schools; 9) prepare data summaries and preliminary analyses; and 10) prepare public use data set. 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 541910. Therefore, the small business size standard for this announcement is $6 million in annual receipts. For the calculation of annual receipts see parts 121.104 and 121.106 in SBA's Small Business Size Regulations. SUBMITTED CAPABILITY STATEMENTS MUST ALSO ADDRESS HOW THE BUSINESS MEETS THE APPLICABLE SIZE STANDARD. 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 Jason Williams at the address provided by 3:00 PM Local Time on Monday, December 20, 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. All Capability Statements must be submitted on or before the due date and time stated in the announcement to: Jason Williams, Contracting Officer, Contracts Management Branch, OAM, NICHD, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 7A07, MSC 7510, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510 (if sending by overnight carrier, use 6l00 Executive Boulevard, Suite 7A07, Rockville Maryland, 20852).
- Record
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