Department of Health 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, Attention: Joan Stoneberger, Contract Specialist

R -- MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND MANAGED CARE ANALYSIS SOL CMHS-DSC-95-0011 DUE 071495 POC Point of Contact - Joan Stoneberger, 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 to award a twenty-four (24) month contract cost-reimbursement, completion type contract with two (2) optional periods of 12 months each. The purpose of this contract is to enhance the government's knowledge regarding service encounters, episodes, and costs experienced by persons with mental illness and substance abuse who are served by medicare, medicaid, and managed behavioral health care companies (MBHC). The contractor shall: (1) acquire private sector MBHC data on mental health and substance abuse utilization for children and adults and make use of the access to medicare and medicaid data tapes which the substance abuse and mental health services admin- istration (SAMHSA) already has; (2) determine the availability, quality, and comparability of medicare, medicaid, and private sector MBHC data on mental health and substance abuse utiliza- tion; (3) conduct analyses of the databases at the person and/or encounter and/or episode levels; (4) prepare tabular reports of these analyses that show major findings on utilization and costs between and among medicare, medicaid and MBHC databases; (5) develop greater facility in utilizing these aforementioned data- bases; and (6) determine further studies that need to be done in the option years. The successful offeror must demonstrate: a) understanding of the three (3) types of databases to be accessed i.e. National Medi- care data, State Medicaid data for several States; and data from one or more managed behavioral health care (MBHC) companies; b) understanding of how the data are organized i.e. by person, en- counter, episode, etc.; and c) understanding the limitations of the various databases and the difficulties in obtaining certain items. Estimated issuance date of RFP CMHS-DSC-95-0011 is July 14, 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 Bulletin Board System (BBS) at 1 (800) 424-2294 or by mail. To download from the BBS, you should set your communica- tions progarm 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 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 Joan Stoneberger, Contract Specialist, Contracts Management Unit, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 15c-17, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Requests may be made by letter or FAX (301-594-2336), but telepone requests will not be honored. (0179)

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