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R -- STATE PREVENTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDIES: ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS SOL 277-98-6020 DUE 060298 POC Lynn Tantardini, Contract Specialist, (301) 443-4980; Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting Officer The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) 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 Grants to develop and conduct a family of State demand and needs assessment studies for substance abuse prevention. It is intended that this RFP will result in six (6) to eight (8) three-year contracts. This RFP will be limited to those states which have not yet received Needs Assessment contracts. 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-wideneed 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 29, 1998 with responses due approximately thirty days later. Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing. Telephone requests will not be honored. Requests shall be forwarded to Lynn Tantardini, Contract Specialist, Division of Contract's Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Suite 640, Rockville, Maryland 20857. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CSAP. See Note 22. (0103)

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