SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Implementing Cost-Effectiveness for SPNS Initiative
- Notice Date
- 2/17/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Procurement Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- N231-5251
- Response Due
- 3/1/2005
- Description
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is conducting a Sources Sought/Market Survey to locate Small Business, Veteran Owned, HUBZone and 8(a) Firms under NACIS Code 541990 ($6 M) capable of developing and implementing a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) evaluation of three current SPNS initiatives and its service. The SPNS Program is considered the research and development arm of the Ryan White CARE Act. SPNS assesses the effectiveness of innovative models of HIV care, supports the development of these models, and promotes the replication of effective models of care. The SPNS Program provides an opportunity to the HIV care community to develop innovative services by providing funding and expertise for grantees to evaluate innovations and disseminate findings to the HIV community. Today, a portfolio of 74 grants, funded either solely by the HIV/AIDS Bureau or in partnership with other Federal agencies address tomorrow?s issues in HIV care. SPNS grantees are funded among different type of HIV care settings. Approximately twenty-nine percent (29%) of SPNS grantees belong to university clinics, 26% to Community Clinics, 17% are Evaluation and Technical Assistance Centers, 15% belong to local or State Health Departments, 7% are Community Based Organizations, and 6% are from private or Non-Profit Organizations. SPSN grantees serve a variety of different sub-populations including communities of color and underserved highly in need of HIV care services. Our current priorities include: Supporting the coordination and integration of existing services for Native Americans/Alaska Natives living with HIV and other co-morbidities, Developing models of community-based health care networks that effectively reduce barriers to early identification of HIV disease and assure entry to high quality primary health care for individuals who live and/or work in the U.S. region of the U.S./Mexico border area, Evaluating the effectiveness of integrating Buprenorphine opioid abuse treatment into HIV primary care settings; Assessing interventions targeting HIV-positive individuals in clinical care, to prevent transmission to uninfected individuals and to prevent re-infection among people who are already infected with the virus; Identifying and evaluating effective models of outreach to underserved HIV positive people not in care; improving care and treatment of HIV+ persons of Caribbean descent by evaluating community-based peer programs that are serving people living with HIV who are underserved and of Caribbean origin; Assessing the extent to which IT, applied in various HIV care settings, can contribute to measurable and sustainable improvements in the delivery, quality and cost-effectiveness of care for people living with HIV (PLWH), especially among communities of color and underserved populations; Supporting the development and evaluation of innovative service models designed to reach HIV-infected young MSM not engaged in clinical care and to link them to appropriate clinical, supportive, and preventive services; Improving the quality of HIV care and Collaborating with CDC on interventions for HIV-positive substance abuse users and continuity of care for incarcerated individuals. A prospective award will be developed and implemented for a cost-effectiveness analysis evaluation of three current SPNS initiatives. The first is the Outreach and Intervention initiative, begun in 2001, as a two-phased five-year program of ten projects refining and evaluating current outreach strategies for bringing HIV-positive individuals into comprehensive continual care. The second initiative is Outreach, Care and Prevention Initiative to Engage HIV Seropositive Young MSM (Men who have sex with men) of Color, which began in 2004.This is a five-year program to develop and evaluate service models among eight grantees designed to reach HIV-infected young MSM not engaged in clinical care and to link them to appropriate clinical, supportive, and preventive services. The third initiative is Models of Peer Support for Caribbean?s living in the United States. Information on each of the SPNS initiatives is available at: http://hab.hrsa.gov/special/evaluation2g.htm. Potential sources/interested parties shall provide relevant information which will be evaluated based on the following: (1) substantial experience in conducting economic analysis and cost evaluations studies in the HIV/AIDS service delivery field. Economic analysis and cost evaluation are both broad area that includes specific areas such as cost-analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, cost-utility analysis, threshold analysis, and other cost related disciplines (2) substantial experience in conducting HIV health service delivery research among non-profit health provider organizations, especially in community health centers, HIV/AIDS clinics and hospitals affiliated with academic institutions targeted to underserved, vulnerable populations and communities of color (3) extensive experience in publishing economic analysis and cost evaluations studies on scientific and peer-reviewed journals and other professional dissemination venues, especially publications related to cost-effectiveness in the HIV/AIDS service delivery sector (4) substantial experience in conducting cost-effectiveness evaluations, methodological research and assessment of HIV/AIDS service delivery interventions, specifically among the Ryan White CARE Act providers in communities of color (5)substantial experience in interacting with a wide variety of governmental and non-governmental organizations working on HIV-related policy and programmatic issues and (6) substantial experience in managing and coordinating large government funded programs especially programs conducting evaluation and research of HIV/AIDS service delivery organizations. Interested entities should submit their capabilities statements demonstrating the capability of performing this work. Documentation may include both Government and commercial contract, references (names, telephone numbers and e: mail addresses) and any other information serving to document the organization?s capability to perform this work. Capable organizations must be able to provide these services under contract over a five year period of time. Your response to this Sources Sought must be received in this office by 3:00 PM local time, Tuesday, March 1, 2005 by delivery, surface mail or fax ONLY at the following address: HHS/HRSA/DPM, attn: Debora Pitts, 5600 Fisher Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone (301) 443-3789; Fax (301) 443-5462. THIS IS NEITHER A REQUEST FOR FORMAL PROPOSAL NOR A PRESOLICATION NOTICE, but is an invitation for an expression of interest and demonstration of capability to perform the anticipated work. The Government will NOT pay for the provisions of any information nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Rockville<D
- Zip Code: 20857
- Zip Code: 20857
- Record
- SN00753495-W 20050219/050217211720 (fbodaily.com)
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