SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Health Needs Assessment of People with Disabilities who are Racial/Ethinic/Linguistic Minorities - Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, 7700 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- OS196911
- Point of Contact
- Haig Altunian,
- E-Mail Address
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haig.altunian@psc.hhs.gov
(haig.altunian@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Health Needs Assessment of People with Disabilities who are Racial/Ethnic/Linguistic Minorities Notice of Intent to Sole Source Pursuant to the authority of FAR 12.106-1(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, Office of Minority Health (OMH) intends to sole source to: Brandeis University Lurie Institute for Disability Policy 415 South Street MS 035 Waltham, MA 02453 The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University is uniquely and solely qualified to accomplish the set of tasks outlined in this requirement due to their singular status as the developer and sole implementer of the desired needs assessment. The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management, is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities across the lifespan through innovative social policies that foster inclusion into the mainstream of society. The Lurie Institute conducts research on disability policy in the United States focusing on the lifespan of persons with disabilities and their families, and analyzing policy options for achieving the broadest integration of persons with disabilities into the mainstream of U.S. society, including their own voices in such analyses. Using a collaborative and participatory approach with self-advocates, researchers, clinicians, community-based organizations, policymakers, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, the Lurie Institute's research addresses many critical issues facing people with disabilities and their families including poverty, unemployment, inequitable access to and quality of care, and a myriad of other social, health, and economic disparities. The Lurie Institute aims to inform effective and evidence-based policies to improve the health, quality of life, and well-being of people with disabilities across the lifespan. The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148). Poor health outcomes for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are apparent when comparing their health indicators against those of the rest of the U.S. population. These populations experience higher rates of illness and death from health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, specific cancers, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, asthma, hepatitis B, and overweight and obesity. OMH's primary responsibility is to improve health and healthcare outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities by developing or advancing policies, programs, and practices that address health, social, economic, environmental and other factors which impact health. In 2011, OMH established the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA) to mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven and sustained approach to combating health disparities and to move the nation toward achieving health equity. The initial and primary product of the NPA, the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity (National Stakeholder Strategy) provides an overarching roadmap for eliminating health disparities through cooperative and strategic actions. The fundamental goals of the NPA and the National Stakeholder Strategy are: Goal 1: Awareness - Increase awareness of the significance of health disparities, their impact on the nation and the actions necessary to improve health outcomes for racial, ethnic, and underserved populations. Goal 2: Leadership - Strengthen and broaden leadership for addressing health disparities at all levels. Goal 3: Health System and Life Experience - Improve health and healthcare outcomes for racial, ethnic, and underserved populations. Goal 4: Cultural and Linguistic Competency - Improve cultural and linguistic competence and the diversity of the health-related workforce. Goal 5: Data, Research, and Evaluation - Improve data availability and coordination, utilization, and diffusion of research and evaluation outcomes. The purpose of this acquisition is to analyze the health needs of people with disabilities from racial, ethnic and linguistic minority populations. Understanding the intersection of race and disability, and its impact on health is an important public health goal in the region as identified in the New England RHEC 2016 Health Equity Profile (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxNlb__OgMsZZDVEN3djNG1Jcnc/view). It addresses the OMH priority to advance NPA Goal 5 - data, research and evaluation - ensuring availability of health data, and expanding and enhancing transfer of knowledge. The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy conducted several needs assessments in Massachusetts including a 2013 needs assessment of people with disabilities living in Massachusetts, and three subsequent needs assessments of subpopulations of people with disabilities in Massachusetts including an underserved community of color in Boston, a Spanish-speaking community in Western Massachusetts, and a deaf and hard of hearing community in Boston. Racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities and people with disabilities experience inequities in health care access, quality and outcomes. Traditionally, people with disabilities and racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities have been considered as two separate disparity populations by most efforts to document and reduce health inequity. However, as we know, disability occurs across all racial, ethnic, language and social groups, and people with disabilities who are also racial, ethnic or linguistic minorities often face dual challenges in health systems, and may have unique needs. Therefore, understanding the intersections of race and disability, and its impact on health is an important public health goal, as racial ethnic and linguistic minorities with disabilities are a vulnerable, underserved population. As part of the Intersectionality of Disability and Race: A Health Needs Assessment of People with Disabilities Who Identify as Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic Minorities for the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut Project, OMH will conduct a needs assessment of the health status, needs, challenges and resiliencies of people with disabilities who are members of racial, ethnic and linguistic minority communities in Rhode Island and Connecticut, to be conducted over a period of 18 months. 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 OS196911. All responses are due by July 26, 2017 at 8:00 AM Eastern Time and can be sent to Haig.Altunian@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with in the discretion of the government.
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