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R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ACCESS STATE PREVENTION SYSTEMS AND MONITOR COMPLIANCE SOL 277-99-6031 DUE 040699 POC RFP Request contact: Andrew Payne (301) 443-4980; Michelle A. Ringo, Contract Specialist; Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting Officer WEB: Location of Draft Statement of Work available for Comment, http://www.samhsa.gov/contracts/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, mringo@samhsa.gov. R-CSAP, Division of State and Community Systems Development SOL 277-99-6031. The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) anticipates awarding a contract for a base period of three years, plus two 12 month options, as well 3 options per year to increase the quantity of work in the areas of Site Visits, Technical Assistance and Guidance Documents. CSAP anticipates that a successful offeror will have extensive experience in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention strategies in prevention activities as they apply to the States, to review State prevention systems and infrastructures, develop guidance documents and State profiling system, plan workshops, working sessions, and conferences, and develop and deliver technical assistance (TA) to the States. Examples of possible technical assistance deliveries includes, improve State sampling design for Synar inspections, expand State community support strategies, assist in the development of comprehensive media campaign for prevention, assist States in assessing their prevention systems and infrastructures. For performance of these objectives, the contractor should be knowledgeable in the complex issues in the ATOD field, proficient in working with the States and their populations, knowledgeable in state-of-the-art community ATOD prevention theory and practice, knowledgeable in State prevention systems and infrastructures, knowledgeable in developing processes and procedures for conducting site visits and delivering TA, knowledgeable in conference planning and logistics, knowledgeable in data collection and reporting, and knowledgeable in the development of guidance materials and research reports. The contractor should also be skilled designing, modifying and delivering experiential training/learning experiences using classroom, self-directed, computer-based team learning and other innovative formats, skilled in health communications, social marketing, technical assistance, and the development, maintenance and management of computer database systems, including the use of the World Wide Web for the dissemination of products and information produced under this contract. The contractor should also have established credibility with the State Directors and national intermediaries in the ATOD field and extensive experience with knowledge exchange activities as related to health issues. In addition, contractor staff should demonstrate experience in evaluating ATOD education and training curricula. The Draft Statement of Work will be posted February 9, 1999 at the SAMHSA Web Site at http://www.samhsa.gov. This Draft Statement of Work will be available for review and comment until the release of the RFP. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is March 1, 1999 with responses due April 6, 1999. This solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Web Site at http://www.samhsa.gov or by mail. Files will not be made available on the Web Site until on or after the estimated issuance date. Once downloaded, you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you should 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 Site 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 Web Site 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. Requests 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 Michelle Ringo, Contract Specialist, 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 SAMHSA.***** Posted 02/10/99 (W-SN296775). (0041)

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