SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
- Notice Date
- 4/3/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 150257
- Archive Date
- 5/2/2015
- Point of Contact
- Peter D. Preston, Phone: 3014435100
- E-Mail Address
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Peter.Preston@psc.hhs.gov
(Peter.Preston@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Background: Since 1988, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and now the Children's Bureau, has funded the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) through a cooperative agreement. Since its inception, NDACAN has resided at Cornell University, and is now found within Cornell's College of Human Ecology, in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu). NDACAN is a centralized facility for the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of machine-readable data sets relevant to the study of child maltreatment and child welfare. In 1993, the Panel on Research on Child Abuse and Neglect of the National Research Council identified this data archive as a key component of a strong research structure in its book, Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309048893). NDACAN currently holds nearly 200 data sets. Their holdings include, but are not limited to, all of the major datasets reported to the Children's Bureau, such as: • The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS): collects case-level information from state and tribal title IV-E agencies on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement. Title IV-E agencies are required to submit AFCARS data twice a year. • The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS): is a voluntary data collection system that gathers information from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico about reports of child abuse and neglect. • The National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD): collects information about youth in foster care, including outcomes for those who have aged out of foster care. • Discretionary grants for research and program development often produce datasets that may be of interest for secondary analysis. • In addition to the data sources that are funded and facilitated by the Children's Bureau, there are other very important datasets housed at NDACAN, such as: o National Incidence Study (NIS) o The Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) o National Study of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) NDACAN promotes a community of sharing knowledge, by operating a listserv to disseminate information related to child maltreatment and serve as a forum to connect the research community on this issue. They also hold an annual research institute, where a select group of researchers are invited to participate in a four-day onsite institute, to gain hands-on access to data, statistical consultants, and dive deep into analysis with the support of a team to help them with their questions. Purpose and Objectives: A core mission of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) is to prevent child abuse and neglect and ensure that children who are victims receive treatment and care. Data collection and analysis, and the research knowledge that results, is integral to making important policy decisions, raising awareness, and effecting change. There are many datasets related to child abuse and neglect; some are large, national in scope, and legislatively mandated; other data collection efforts are on a smaller scale through discretionary grants or privately funded research evaluation projects. The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) serves as a central repository for these datasets and makes them available for secondary analysis to researchers throughout the country. Providing analytic support, connecting the child maltreatment research community and providing a critical point of access to micro-level data for analysis is a critical function that fosters the continued growth of research-based knowledge on the incidence, causes, consequences, and prevention of child maltreatment, and other child welfare-related topics. The ultimate goal is to promote the expansion of a knowledge base leading to greater safety, permanency, and well-being for America's children. Project Requirements: The purpose of this requirement is to continue the operation of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) and to continue the processing, housing, and dissemination of high quality data sets, and related activities to increase the knowledge base in the child welfare field. Specific activities to be undertaken include: maintaining and expanding the existing archive of data sets; promoting the use of the data sets among researchers through a variety of training, technical assistance, dissemination and marketing activities; maintaining and updating a digital library of research publications using datasets in the archive; conducting ad hoc analyses of selected data sets within the archive for Children's' Bureau and ACYF Office of the Commissioner staff, and other requestors; and the continued operation of a listserv of child welfare researchers around the country to promote the exchange of ideas and information that will help the field to move forward. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance shall be awarded for a 12 month period from September 30, 2015, with four consecutive 12-month Option periods. Supplemental Information: While this work has historically been done under a cooperative agreement, going forward it performed under a contract.. Information submission instructions: All inquiries to this "Sources Sought" must be in writing to Peter.preston@psc.hhs.gov or: Peter D. Preston Jr. Contract Specialist U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Program Support Center Strategic Acquisition Service 12501 Ardennes Avenue Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20857 Phone (301) 443-5100 Fax: (301) 480-0547 Telephone responses will not be accepted. All inquiries must be typed in 12 Font. All inquiries submitted electronically should be in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Please keep responses to a maximum of 10 pages, only one copy of responses are necessary. All interested sources are encouraged to respond in writing no later than April 17th, 2015. In its capability statement each respondent must provide the following information: 1. Information regarding respondents': a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; c) evidence of extensive relationships with and understanding of the data and training needs of the child abuse and neglect academic community d) prior completed projects of similar nature; e) corporate experience and management capability; and f) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. 2. Demonstrate and understanding of current NDACAN practices fulfilling the project functions (see Project Requirements, above) 3. Respondents' DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8 (a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
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