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R -- PRODUCE ANNUAL UPDATES OF A REPORT ENTITLED "TRENDS IN THE WELL-BEING OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN AND YOUTH" SOL RFP-9-99-HHS-OS POC Point of Contact -- Cheryl Howe, Contract Specialist, 202-690-5552 The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) seeks qualified offerors to assist the Department of Health and Human Services in updating an annual report on the condition of children and youth entitled "Trends in the Well-being of America's Children and Youth." Under this contract, the contractor shall revise and update the report for a basic contract period of one year, with two option periods of one year each. The report serves as a guide to the problems and issues confronting children in the United States. Indicators included in the report cover a wide range of the domains of children's lives. The report includes three types of information: (1) tables outlining trends in indicators of child well-being (by key demographic subgroups), (2) a short narrative describing each table, and (3) charts or graphs to highlight key findings. Information in the report comes from existing national data sources, such as Monitoring the Future, the Current Population Survey, vital statistics, and, occasionally, administrative data files. In updating the report, the Contractor shall collaborate with the Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, numerous agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, and agencies from other Departments, including the Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Education Statistics. Where necessary, the Contractor shall interact with data producing agencies to gain access to new data, to assess the quality of data, to develop tables jointly, or to present the Contractor's formatting of the data for review by the agencies. During the basic contract period, the contractor shall update the report from existing tables and figures provided by ASPE, design the format of the report, and deliver to ASPE a set of electronic files ready for delivery to the Government Printing Office for production and a set of files for ASPE to place on its web site. It is anticipated that a firm fixed price type contract will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. The RFP will be available approximately fifteen calendar days after this notice is posted electronically. Although the exact response date will be announced in the RFP, the government anticipates allowing offerors 45 days to respond. Requests for copies of this RFP must be made in writing to the address and contact point listed above. Requests may be faxed to Cheryl Howe at (202) 690-5698. This advertisement does not commit the Government to award a contract. No collect calls will be accepted. This is a full and open competition and all proposals from responsible sources will be considered. Posted 04/19/99 (D-SN321837). (0109)

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