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R -- DEMAND AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDIES: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS SOL 277-97-6005 DUE 042597 POC Craig Sager, Contract Specialist 301- 443-4980, Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting Officer, 301 443-4980, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to negotiate additional sole source contracts with Alcohol and Drug Abuse Agencies of the States and Jurisdictions of the United States who are recipients of Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grants. The primary purpose of this requirement is two-fold: 1.) to develop and conduct a family of State needs assessment studies for substance abuse prevention, and 2.) the requirement provides the opportunity for small pilot studies to include and develop comprehensive data systems which integrate substance abuse prevention performance measure with needs assessment data. Offerors may apply for either or both opportunities. Approximately 10 contracts total will be awarded from this Request for Proposal (RFP), approximately six to conduct substance abuse demand and needs assessment studies and approximately four contracts for focused pilot studies to integrate substance abuse prevention needs assessment and performance measure data into a comprehensive data system that could provide valid information upon which States can base program planning and resource allocation decisions. All States and Jurisdictions who are applying for a family of studies under this contract or who have existing and well functioning State needs assessment data systems are eligible to apply for funding to support this type of pilot study. Each award may be for up to three years. This procurement is authorized under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1) -- Only one responsible source. A request for proposal package will be provided to each State and Jurisdiction. 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 onor 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 Craig Sager, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts Management, O.P.S., Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, Room 670, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. All proposals submitted by responsible sources prior to the closing date will be considered by CSAP. See Note 22. ***** (0065)

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