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

R -- NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT OF PREVENTION II SOL 277-98-6023 DUE 060598 POC Mary Haines, Contract Specialist, or Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting Officer at 301-443-4980. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, DHHS, plans to award a contract for the National Center for the Advancement of Prevention (NCAP), initially funded by CSAP in 1993 through September, 1998 (Contract No. 277-93-1013). A cost-reimbursement contract with a three-year base period with two one-year options and possible options for additional quantities is contemplated. The estimated date for issuance of the RFP is April 20, 1998, with responses due forty-five days later. The proposed contract will assist CSAP in achieving some of its national leadership mission by developing new practical prevention knowledge, synthesizing existing prevention program findings and information, disseminating knowledge products in a "user friendly" manner, and facilitating the application of useful, scientifically-defensible, practice-based prevention knowledge. Through NCAP's knowledge synthesis and dissemination activities, CSAP will make available to States and the field, state-of-the-art prevention tools, principles and models which can be used to plan prevention programs that work, guide policy and resource allocation decisions, and satisfy public demands for cost-effective prevention efforts. The proposed contractor must offer the skills of nationally-recognized experts with established work histories in their field of prevention, to conduct complex and multi-disciplinary activities, of both short and longer term duration, across all major areas of substance abuse prevention: Individual and peer-directed approaches; family-based approaches; school- and workplace-directed approaches; community-based coalitions; health care/managed care; and environmental and policy approaches. The proposed contractor must offer professional skills and capabilities in technological areas including needs assessment, evaluation measurement, cost-effectiveness/cost-benefit methodologies, knowledge transfer and diffusion. This solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; by mail or by downloading a file from the World Wide Web at http://www.samhsa.gov/contract. Files will not be made available on the World Wide Web until on or after the estimated issuance date. Download instructions are posted on the Web. 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 Web regularly for amendments which will also be posted there and can be downloaded electronically. You may choose any of the two methods for obtaining amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the Web 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 filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Mary Haines, Contracting Officer, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CSAP. (0092)

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