Division of Contracts Management, Office of Program Support, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Suite 670, Rockville, MD 20857

R -- NATIONAL EVALUATION DATA MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 270-97-7016 DUE 043097 POC Catherine Kellington, Contracting Officer, 301-443-4980 The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requires a contractor to enhance and manage an evaluation information system (EIS) to contain data sets from previous, current, and future CSAT projects. The Contractor will be required to modify, expand, and develop the EIS based on previous work on such a system; maintain CSAT's evaluation data base; establish procedures and processes by which data sets and or variables can be standardized across individual data sets; provide documentation, technical assistance, and training to authorized users of the data sets; perform brief and more complicated searches and secondary analyses of data; provide an on-line query system that can meet the basic information needs of a variety of users; support CSAT staff and contractors in conducting targeted special studies through a in-house staff and a roster of consultants; update and modify the system and procedures; and conduct methods improvement projects and develop public use data sets and accompanying documentation (optional tasks) . CSAT plans a four year award. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is March 24, 1997 with responses due thirty days later. This 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 (8,N,1) or by mail. Files will not be made available on the BBS until on or after the estimated issuance date. Download instructions are posted on the BBS. Once 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 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 Catherine Kellington, Contracting Officer, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, Room 670, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. No pickups will be permitted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CSAT. (0064)

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