Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Contracts Management Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Suite 618, Rockville, Maryland 20857

R -- MANAGED CARE EVALUATION SOL CSAT-96-0002 POC Contact Contract Specialist, Lynn Tantardini, (301) 443-1150 The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services contemplates awarding a four year cost-reimbursement contract. Award of this requirement is subject to the availabilty of Fiscal Year 96 funds. The purpose of this procurement is to establish and implement a program to evaluate State substance abuse treatment (and to the extent that a State has an integrated substance abuse and mental health managed care program, mental health treatment) managed care programs. The evaluation program should help identify those factors which contribute to the success or failure of managed care programs and enable States in the developmental stage to develop sound programs based on empirical findings. The evaluation program will be conducted in two phases: Phase I will be for one year and exploratory and descriptive in nature with the intent of developing a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the nature of State managed care activities and determining the readiness of State managed care programs to undergo evaluation. Phase II will be for three years and will involve the conduct of evaluation studies in no more than 5 States which are determined during Phase I to be susceptible to evaluation and where the States have the data capability to support appropriate quantitative analyses. The estimated issuance date of RFP No. CSAT-96-0002 is approximately fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this announcement and proposals are due to be received in the Contracting Office 60 calendar days thereafter. The solicitation may be obatined in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from 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 higer 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 above 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. Telephone request will not be honored. Requests may also be submitted by facsimile on (301) 443-6468. (0060)

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