Office of Justice Programs, Contracts Branch, Room 542 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20531

R -- ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING PROGRAM SOL OJP-97-R-009 DUE 032897 POC Raymond C. German, Contracting Officer, (202) 307-0613 The Office of Justice Programs has a requirement for a contractor to provide personnel, equipment, and materials necessary to support the National Institue of Justice's (NIJ) ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE MONITORING (ADAM) program. The ADAM program is an expansion of NIJ's current DRUG USE FORECASTING (DUF) program. The ADAM program will track trends in the prevalence and types of illegal drug use among booked arrestees in urban areas. Each site conducts confidential interviews and obtains a urine specimen from arrestees. Sites collect data on a quarterly basis. The ADAM contract is anticipated to comprise one base year and three option years, beginning on or about August 15, 1997. During the Base Year, the number of sites will expand from 23 sites to a maximum of 35 sites. During Option Year 1, the number of sites will grow to a maximum of 50 sites. During Option Year 2, the number of sites will increase to a maximum of 75 sites; and the number of sites will operate at a maximum of 75 sites during Option Year 3. In Option Year 3, one additional quarter of data will be collected at approximately 75 outreach sites in rural/suburban locations. Specific requirements include but are not limited to the following tasks. Task 1 -- Management of data collection sites including: assessing the feasibility of including particular sites in the ADAM program; starting up the selected sites; staffing sites, either through subcontracts or internal hiring; training all site personnel; monitoring sites with respect to adherence to specified ADAM procedures, collection deadlines, data integrity, expenditures, and staff performance; and communicating problems and issues to the Government on a regular basis. Task 2 -- Perform data collection including: identifying potential subjects, securing subjects' consent, conducting interviews and completing interview instruments, and collecting urine specimens according to specified procedures. Task 3 -- Perform editing and entering data from the basic ADAM interview form (developed fromthe original DUF interview form) and various ADAM interview addenda (likewise, modeled on the DUF addenda) and process the ADAM urine specimen data. Task 4 -- Analyze data as directed by NIJ, as well as prepare ADAM findings for presentation in semiannual, annual reports, and special topic monographs. Contractor requirements include using a data entry program that is compatible with SPSS for Windows and/or that can produce data files that can be converted to SPSS for Windows by the contractor. The contractor shall have or shall establish an office in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, due to the necessity to hold periodic meetings (a minimum of one per month) with NIJ's project management. Also, the Contractor must be able to identify and to enter into an agreement with a pool of consultants to provide a number of diverse tasks, such as: 1) ADAM site budget proposal review; 2) auditing ADAM site financial reporting practice; 3) expert review of and recommendations for new or improved formats for visual presentation of statistical information; 4) on-site training or technical assistance to ADAM sites and other locales; 5) analytic review of ADAM and ADAM-related publications; 6) technical and statistical review of ADAM and ADAM-related publications; and 7) review of methodological issues related to ADAM and ADAM-like programs. It is anticipated that the ADAM contract will be an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with task orders issued on a time and materials basis. A preproposal conference is anticipated to be held on or about two weeks after the issuance of the RFP. Proposals will be evaluated using best value approach. Interested firms shall submit their requests for the RFP in writing not later than 20 days after the publication of this anouncement to the address specified above. Requests may be submitted by fax to (202) 307-0086. All responsible sources will be considered. Proposals from all responsible sources will be considered. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0050)

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