Department of Healh and Human Services, Substance ABuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Attn: Richard Thomas, Contract Specialist

R -- 1996 CLIENT/PATIENT SAMPLE SURVEY SOL CMHS-DSC-95-0008 DUE 062395 POC Point of Contact - Richard Thomas, Contract Specialist, 301/443-0043, Contracting Officer - Beatrice L. Woods, 301/443- 0043 The Center for Mental Health Services is soliciting proposals on a competitive basis from qualified small business organizations to award a thirty-six (36) month,cost- reimbursement, completion type contract. The purpose of this 36 months competitive contract is to conduct the''1996 Client/ Patient Sample Survey.'' The 1996 Survey will update the most recent comprehensive sample survey conducted by CMHS (formerly part of NIMH) in 1986 and will provide data for analyses of trends in client/patient characteristics and service use over the 10-year period. The contract will: a) finalize the sampling design, survey forms and procedures; b) conduct the field work for the survey; c) prepare national estimation and variance analyses; and d) prepare final data files and documentation. The successful offeror must demonstrate: 1) understanding of the National Reporting Program of mental health organizations; and knowledge of recordkeeping in mental health programs; 2) creative technical approach that addresses sampling design issues, methods for gaining and maintaining the cooperation of mental health organizations, followup and tracking individual client/patient forms, and preparation of computer edits, imputation, weight formulas, complex variance estimates and curves, data tapes, and tabulations; 3) availability of qualified and experienced professional and technical staff; 4) availability and adequacy of equipment and facilities to complete the tasks; and 5) a management and organization plan that includes discussion of scientific, technical, logistical, and analytical issues and proposed strategies for dealing with them. Estimated issuance date of RFP CMHS-DSC-95-0008 is June 23, 1995 and responses are due to be received in the Contracts Office 30 calendar days thereafter. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulleting 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 nome (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 transfer 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 amendments 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 twenty calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. Requests received after this period will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted; however, there is no assurance that copies requested after the twentieth day will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of responses. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Richard Thomas, Contract Specialist, Contracts Management Unit, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-17, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests wil not be honored. Note: Proposed acquisition is a 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns whose average annual receipts of the concern and its affiliates for its preceding three fiscal years must not exceed $18,000,000. The Standard Industrial Clasification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 7374. (0160)

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