SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Improving the overall health of the US population, with increased attention to the higher rates of morbidity and mortality experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations, the LGBT community and others considered vulnerable for health inequities - Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 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
- SAM179727
- Point of Contact
- Kevin Ceponis, Phone: 3014434379
- E-Mail Address
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kevin.ceponis@psc.hhs.gov
(kevin.ceponis@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Improving the overall health of the US population, with increased attention to the higher rates of morbidity and mortality experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations, the LGBT community and others considered vulnerable for health inequities Intent to Sole Source: Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) on behalf of PSC, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to sole source to: Community Science 438 N Frederick Ave, Ste 315 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Community Science is a unique organization that possesses both the technical capacity and human capital needed to support the efforts required for the review and analysis of disparity impact statements submitted by SAMHSA grantees. The organization has an unduplicated combination of experience working in the areas of health equity, program evaluation, policy analysis and reporting, program, system and federal level collaboration. No other organization that works in the area of behavioral health has the experience in working with racial and ethnic minority health disparities, federal health policy translation and impact analysis, which is the foundational to the review and analysis of the disparity impact statements. Community Science, founded in 1997 and located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a small business that studies and strengthens the theory and practice of designing, implementing, scaling up, and sustaining policy-driven solutions to social problems. The organization's efforts emphasize collaborative processes that allow meaningful stakeholder engagement in planning, assessment, analysis, interpretation, and reflective learning associated with system change. Attention to cross-cultural competency, not only in our approach (e.g., how we engage diverse stakeholders), but also in the evaluation design (e.g., considering history and community context as variables that affect the implementation and outcomes of advocacy efforts). Our staff is skilled in designing and facilitating processes for different purposes, particularly for strategy development, reflection, and action planning through the application of research and evaluation results. An area of focus since our establishment is health disparities and health equity. Community Science has demonstrated capacity and expertise to execute the work that provides a level of readiness for the work required in the SOW that is not duplicated in another organization. The work outlined below is a strong testament to their capacity to analyze health policy and implementation efforts through the lens of health equity, including: • Evaluation of SAMHSA's response to the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2011); to review and analyze disparity impact statements; to develop a data base to archive grantee disparity projections; and to develop program profiles to illustrate populations most vulnerable for behavioral health disparities. • Evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA), that was done with Office of Minority Health's (OMH) leadership to develop and refine the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity; to evaluate the NPA; and to develop a curriculum on using secondary and primary data on social determinants of health to train more than 200 community and nonprofit leaders across the country. • Evaluation of OMH regional efforts, as part of the NPA, to reach out, educate, engage, and enroll uninsured and under-insured racial and ethnic minorities within their regions in federal and state exchanges. We are working with community-based organizations that are part of racial and ethnic minority community social capital networks to collect and analyze over 9,000 completed survey questionnaires. • Evaluation of the Connecticut Health Foundation's goal to promote health equity, in which we assessed initiatives that involved integrating health literacy into adult education curricula and training small physician practices to integrate quality improvement measures into their practices. • Development and pilot-testing of JourneyStart, an organizational cross-cultural competency assessment, funded through the Small Business Innovation Research program by the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. • Service as local evaluator for the Nassau County Family Support System of Care (NCFSSOC) initiative funded by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services, to develop a comprehensive, coordinated, family-driven, and culturally appropriate system of care for vulnerable children with mental health needs. The NCFSSOC implementers have used the evaluation findings to adapt the services they provide to culturally and economically diverse youths and families, and to advocate for system and community changes to better support children's mental health. • Evaluation of The Colorado Trust's Equality in Health initiative designed to improve the cultural competency of 26 health organizations as a strategy for strengthening their capacity to reduce health disparities This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference SAM179727. All responses are due by August 10, 2016, 8:00 AM Eastern Time and can be sent to Kevin Ceponis at kevin.ceponis@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
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