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B -- SERVICES AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED INTERVENTIONS SOL AA 99-05 DUE 050799 POC C. Timothy Crilley, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism plans to negotiate a sole-source basis with the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) for a project entitled "Services and Methods for Evaluating the Return on Investment for Alcohol-Related Interventions." The statutory authority to negotiate with CASA is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) under FAR reference 6.302-1. The purpose of the contract is to estimate the return on investments for various substance abuse prevention, treatment, and regulatory interventions (including alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse) that may be undertaken by State governments. CASA will collaboratively work with various states to develop an investment model to estimate the costs and benefits to State government budgets for different outcomes of various alcohol-related polices and interventions. CASA is in a unique position to draw upon multi disciplinary expertise to study and address the effects of substance abuse and related interventions on the American society. CASA has high national visibility that both enables it to build a distinguished project team of staff and consultants from a wide set of social science, public policy, and scientific disciplines and insures wide public attention of the results of its research. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which, if timely, will be considered by the Government. Proposals will be due on or about May 7, 1999. Inquires must be made in writing, telephone inquires are not acceptable. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 04/01/99 (W-SN315192). (0091)

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