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R -- NCANDS DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND TECH. SUPPORT PROGRAM SOL RFP105-95-1849 DUE 062395 POC Carla Marchinetti, Contract Specialist, (202)401-5410; Sylvia M. Johnson, Contracting Officer, (202) 401-9358 The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families requires the services of a contractor to provide substantial and effective programmatic technical assistance to the States to aid them in their efforts to implement the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS). The contractor shall be required to continue consensus building with the States, national organizations, and users of NCANDS data, including vendors of software and hardware services to the States; to maintain on-going program and data development and reporting, including the phasing-in of additional States under the Detailed Case Development Component of NCANDS; to document good practices in data development and reporting in support of effective implementation of the NCANDS; to ensure the effective coordination of NCANDS with related data collection and automated information systems development efforts at the Federal and State levels; and to promote greater understanding and use of data on child maltreatment. The anticipated period of performance of the contract is 48 months. The contract will be incrementally funded in four phases of 12 months each. Interested parties should request RFP 105-95-1849. All requests must be in writing. No telephone requests will be honored. The anticipated release date is May 9, 1995. Numbered Note 1. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0109)

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