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R -- PERFORM AN EVALUATION OF PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS) CASH AND COUNSELING DEMONSTRATIONS POC Contact Point, Cheryl L. Howe, (202)690-5552 It is projected that the University of Maryland will be designated to be the recipient of funding from a private charitable organization to oversee a national demonstration initiative involving consumer-directed models of personal assistance services for the aged and disabled. Should they be so designated, the Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate with the University of Maryland, Center on Aging, Room 1240A, PERH Building, College Park, MD 20742, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to award a contract to provide an evaluation of Personal Assistance Services (PAS) Cash and Counseling Demonstrations. Under this contract, the University would provide intellectual leadership and technical assistance in the design and implementation of consumer-directed models to be demonstrated and evaluated, award planning and implementation grants to states for specific demonstration projects, evaluate the demonstrations, including a scientifically rigorous evaluation of cash benefit approaches in two states and engage in educational and other dissemination/clearinghouse functions. It is believed that the University of Maryland, should they be designated as the recipient of funding from a private source, is the only organization qualified to successfully undertake and complete this project. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there may be other sources with requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. Any organization capable of conducting a national demonstration and evaluation of consumer directed models of personal assistance and with resources of approximately $5 million dollars to invest in such a demonstration and evaluation should submit a statement of capabilities with documentation supporting its ability to meet the Government's requirements, including outside financial contributions, as described above. No solicitation document is available. Capability statements should be submitted with 45 days of the publication of this synopsis to the contact point and address given above. See Note 22. (0138)

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