Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Contracts Management Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Bldg., Suite 670, Rockville, MD 20857, Attn: Catherine Kellington, Contract Specialist

R -- NATIONAL PREVENTION DATABASE - PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT SOL 277-95-1028 DUE 061495 POC Catherine Kellington, Contract Specialist, Contracts Management Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Bldg., Suite 670, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone 301/443-4980 The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) proposes to award a one (1) year cost-reimbursement, completion type contract, with four one year extension options to provide programmatic support for the National Prevention Database (NPD) Project. This contract will (1) conduct an assessment of prevention planning and reporting needs in 4 to 6 distinct State sites (2) develop a design and architecture recommendation for implementing the NPD system (3) demonstrate a working prototype of the NPD (4) assist in drafting the implementation portion of the project for competition for award of the NPD and (5) support the Government Project Officer in the monitoring of the follow-on contract. The contractor who is awarded this contract will be ineligible to compete for the implementation phase of the NPD. It is estimated that 12 months will be required for this project, with an additional 48 months if all of the options are exercised. Estimated issuance date of RFP No. 277-95-1028 is May 8, 1995 and responses are due to be received in the Contracting Office 30 calendar days thereafter. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulletin Board System (BBS) at 1 (800) 424-2294 or by mail. To download from the BBS, you should set your communications program at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and parity at none (8-1-none). SAMHSA's modems will communicate at 1200 to 9600 BPS and can negotiate with higher speed modems. If your modem is slower than 1200 BPS, you will not be able to use this BBS. Our software can use several common tranfer protocols. We recommend Zmodem if it is available in your communications program; however any of those listed on the BBS should prove satisfactory. Large files will be posted as self extracting compressed files to save time during the transfer. Hardware compression features in the modems will be relied upon to provide compression for smaller files. Upon reading the file electronically downloaded you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must either write the individual identified below that you wish copies of amendments to the RFP (if any) sent to you by mail or check the BBS regularly for emendments which will also be posted there and can be downloaded electronically. You may choose either method for obtaining amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the BBS for obtaining amendments, at this time we have no way to assure, and will therefore assume no responsibility for assuring, you have downloaded these amendments. Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing and will be honored if received within 20 days of the issuance date. To receive a hard copy of the RFP please supply this office with a self addressed mailing label. There is no assurance that copies requested after the twentieth day after release of the solicitation will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of responses. Written requests must be addressed to the attention of Catherine Kellington, Contract Specialist, Contracts Management Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Building, Room 670, Rockville, Maryland 20857. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0110)

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