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R -- STATE DEMAND AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDIES: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS SOL 270-97-7008 DUE 051497 POC Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting officer, (301) 443-4980; Lynn Tantardini, Contract Specialist The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to negotiate multiple sole source contracts with Alcohol and Drug Abuse Agencies of the States and Jurisdictions of the United States who are recipients of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Block Grant to develop and conduct a family of State demand/needs assessment studies for substance abuse treatment. It is intended that this RFP will result in up to eight (8) three-year contracts. This RFP will be limited to those states which have initial Needs Assessment contracts currently expected to expire prior to December 1997. The methodologies to be employed by the States in their family of studies will be identified through a consensual approach. Successful offerors must demonstrate the availability of a group of highly skilled analysts in the areas of epidemiology, social demography, economics, addiction medicine, and statistics to conduct these studies and extensive State-wide and community-wide need estimation projects. Offerors will be required to develop a work plan for the studies to establish the activities for each year of the contract. The plan shall describe the studies to be developed and provide a schedule and an outline of required resources and staff responsibilities for accomplishing them. The successful contractor(s) shall develop detailed protocols for each study. Upon completion of the survey field work or other analytical tasks, findings on the prevalence and incidence of the core variables and the special variables of interest shall be developed. States shall submit an annual report summarizing the studies completed to date and the findings. 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 eligible for award and they need not request a copy. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is April 7, 1997 with responses due approximately thirty days later. 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 (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. Telephone requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CSAT. See Note 22.***** (0076)

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