MODIFICATION
R -- Economic Evaluation of HIV Care and Prevention Strategies
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- SNR_497
- Archive Date
- 12/24/2011
- Point of Contact
- Sherrie N. Randall, Phone: 7704882866, Julio E Lopez, Phone: 770-488-2892
- E-Mail Address
-
iom2@cdc.gov, ftg4@cdc.gov
(iom2@cdc.gov, ftg4@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The following Project Requirements have been added to this Sources Sought Announcement and should be included in the vendor's capability statement. As a result of this Amendment, the response due date has been extended to December 9, 2011 by 4:00 PM EST. Project requirements: An Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (ID/IQ) contract is expected for this effort for up to 5 years. The specific scope, technical requirements, and deliverables/schedules will be described in each request for Task Order proposal issued. Unless otherwise specified, each Task Order is expected to produce, at a minimum, a technical report suitable for use by DHAP decision makers, followed by a manuscript suitable for publication in high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific journals. Findings need to be standardized as much as possible so that comparative efficacy across behavioral and biomedical prevention interventions can be reported. All tasks shall fall within one or more of the following categories: a) Economic Analyses: Economic evaluation including comparative cost-effectiveness analyses of single and combination HIV prevention interventions. The Contractor shall have the capabilities, expertise, and experience to evaluate and conduct economic analyses (including cost-effectiveness, cost-outcomes, and cost-utility evaluations); financial analysis; expenditure monitoring and reporting; synthesis of economic, program, and epidemiologic data for resource estimation, strategic planning, and decision-making; economic modeling; and other areas of health economics and finance, as may be needed. Contractor shall have the expertise to build and refine a wide variety of models for economic analyses including decision-analytic models, dynamic, compartmental models of infectious disease, individual simulation models and dynamic network models. b) Epidemic Modeling : The Contractor shall have the capacity to build, employ, refine epidemic models of HIV transmission to evaluate the economic effects of HIV transmission and disease progression among high risk populations. The Contractor shall be able to communicate the major economic components that influence disease progression. The role of the infection rate, susceptibility, and behavioral patterns should be included to describe the fiscal implication on HIV care and prevention interventions. c) Resource Allocation Modeling: Modeling of optimal HIV prevention funding allocation among populations and programs. Contractor shall have the experience and capacity to build and assess models for optimal HIV prevention resource allocation at the national, state, and local levels. Underlying epidemic models shall be validated against empirical data obtained by the Contractor. Uncertainty around results shall be reported and analyses performed of how the results compare with those of other resource allocation models for HIV prevention in the U.S., accounting for commonalities and discrepancies across models. d) Policy Analyses and Assessments: The policy-oriented cost information produced by these assessments may be used to produce the information base for reporting on mandated reports. These products may also include summaries of effects on state/local health departments, identifying the extent to which state and local infrastructure to support such public health policies has been developed and the associated costs. Different products may need to be prepared for communicating with various stakeholders and audiences. e) Technical Assistance: The Contractor shall provide technical assistance to the CDC to support designated health departments and tribal organizations in the use of models developed by this contract or otherwise specified by CDC. Training methods may include formal classroom training, interactive video, computer-assisted training, Internet-based training, individual tutoring, mentoring, and other effective methods as specified in individual Task Orders. f) Cost Collection: Primary cost collection of HIV prevention strategies, and literature reviews and summaries of costs and cost-effectiveness analyses of HIV prevention strategies. The Contractor shall have capability to collect and conduct research on cost data and identify measures to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions. The Contractor shall develop costing tools to estimate the initial resource allocations for scaled-up interventions. Costing data shall support the revision of resource allocation targets to match current population objectives. Other important considerations: Cost-effectiveness analyses will include evidence based methods of representing and managing uncertainty among state and local HIV prevention interventions. The Contractor shall have the capability to apply the analyses to the general U.S. population and to specific groups within the U.S. which are HIV-infected or at high risk of HIV infection.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/SNR_497/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Atlanta, Georgia, 30341, United States
- Zip Code: 30341
- Zip Code: 30341
- Record
- SN02632069-W 20111203/111201235217-dd34f9365bc7cb61a41e4aa16a87c7b3 (fbodaily.com)
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