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L -- NINE SITE VISITS TO SELECT PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY (P&A) PROGRAMS FOR COMPLIANCE REVIEW POC Allison C. Ford, Contract Specialist, Telephone: (301) 443-0101 WEB: Program Support Center, http://cbd-submit@gpo.gov. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, aford@psc.dhhs.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) intends to negotiate with B. L. Seamon & Associates, 14221 Forbes Blvd., Suite 245, Lanham, Maryland 20706 for professional services to conduct nine (9) site visits to select Protection and Advocacy Programs for compliance review. The site visit protocol for conducting site visits to assess grantees' fiscal/accounting reliability, management capability, contractual obligations and procedures and client tracking mechanisms shall be used. The period of performance shall be eight (8) months. This award shall be made using simplified acquisition procedures. The Government reserves the right not to open this requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice. Technical responses and requests received as a result of this notice of intent will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested firms must submit a clear and convincing data substantiating their capability to furnish this requirement within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. No solictation package is available. If no affirmative responses are received award will be made to B.L. Seamon & Associates. All responses must be in writing and reference 97M022964 (0084)

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