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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 26,1999 PSA#2395Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement and
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Colgate Building, Atlanta, Georgia
30341-4146 R -- PILOT TEST A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED INTERVENTION PACKAGE WITH
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE HIV/AIDS
BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SOL
1999Q00238 DUE 080699 POC Phillip Green, Contract Specialist, (770)
488-2638 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to
enter into negotiation for a sole source purchase order under
Simplified Acquisition Procedures with Center for AIDS Intervention
Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin (CAIR) for: Pilot-test a
Previously Developed Intervention Package with Cbo Prevention
Providers. I. Title of Project: "Availability of Effective HIV/AIDS
Behavioral Interventions for Departments of Public Health" II.
Background: Making HIV/AIDS prevention interventions with demonstrated
evidence of effectiveness available to departments of public health is
a critical strategy in national HIV prevention. Typically, the
end-product of an intervention study is one or more scientific
publications on the study's results. HIV and STD Divisions in
departments of public health who want to use effective interventions in
their programs conduct literature searches but find only brief
descriptions of the interventions within the research articles. These
descriptions provide insufficient information for purposes of adopting
the intervention. Very few researchers have translated their
intervention protocols into layman's language and combined the
protocols and supporting materials into transferable packages. Those
few researchers with intervention packages have some experience in
helping non-researchers replicate the intervention, but the
non-researchers in departments of public health with whom they have
interacted tend to be local to the researcher's area. The lack of
available packaged materials targeting minority populations is
particularly acute. Although minority populations are
disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, we know of very few effective
interventions for these populations which are feasible for departments
of public health to conduct. This project will complement the
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch's (BIRB) work in technology
transfer. III. Objective of the PO: The purpose of this purchase order
is to pilot-test a previously developed intervention package with
departments of public health who are not local to the researcher's
community in order to determine if the package is pertinent outside of
the researcher's local area and to refine training on how to implement
the intervention, for wider applicability and availability. This
project will add to BIRB's framework for the translation and transfer
of HIV behavioral change technology under the replication of effective
interventions component. IV. Scope of Work: The contractor shall
collaborate with CDC in pilot-testing their intervention package by
cooperating on the development of training protocols and participating
in the training of prevention providers from departments of public
health interested in replicating the intervention in their locales. V.
Tasks to be Performed: In performance of this contract, the contractor
shall: Task 1.Collaborate with CDC on the development of a training
protocol on the intervention package. Collaboration will take place
during weekly calls with the CDC Project Officer, monthly conference
calls with additional CDC staff and/or consultants, and the provision
of draft materials according to a schedule to be determined after
award; Task 2. Travel to CDC at least four times for 1-day meetings and
delivery of trainings; Task 3. Supply a minimum of 135 copies of the
complete intervention package to be given to theprevention providers
from departments of public health participating in the training and
pilot-test. The packages are expected to contain all materials needed
for implementing the contractor's intervention, such as but not limited
to, preview guide, planning and implementation manual for staff,
videos, reprints of journal articles reporting the effectiveness of the
intervention, educational display materials, and sample risk reduction
materials for distribution to clients. These intervention materials
will be packaged in an easily portable container; Task 4. Prepare a
final report that includes: a. results of follow-up with one trained
representative from no more than nine different departments of public
health on the utility of the package and training for intervention
implementation, b. recommendations to improve the training sessions, c.
recommendation to improve the generalizability or tailoring of the
intervention for different public health department situations, and d.
recommendations on the type, nature, and mode of delivery for
technical assistance to participating departments of public health;
Task 5. Submit four printed and bound copies of the final report and an
electronic version of the report on a diskette using a software word
processing program compatible with those at CDC. VI. Project Officer:
To be Determiined VII. Period of Performance: The period of performance
shall be from date of award through July 19, 2000. Deliverables: The
contractor shall provide to the Project Officer the following
deliverables no later than as stated below: 1. Outline of project, due
October 31, 1999 2. Final draft of report, due May 30, 2000 3. Copies
of the final report, due July 19, 2000 X. Minimum Qualifications of
Contractor: The contractor shall possess the following minimum
qualifications to perform these tasks: 1. The contractor must have a
doctoral degree in an academic field relating to behavioral science or
instruction in health issues (i.e., Psychology, Health education,
etc.). 2. The contractor must have experience conducting HIV/AIDS
prevention and intervention studies. 3. The contractor must have
experience working with HIV/AIDS prevention programs in departments of
public health. 4. The contractor must have a complete, previously
developed package of an intervention with demonstrated evidence of
effectiveness (i.e., completed research evaluated using control or
comparison groups with pre- and post-intervention behavioral or health
outcome measures, evaluated by appropriate quantitative statistical
methods, and found to have significant positive effects on risky or
risk reduction behaviors or on disease incidence), which targets HIV
prevention for minority populations and which is feasible for use by
departments of public health. This purchase order will not support the
development of a package. 5. The contractor must have experience in
issues related to training, such as adult learning theory, interactive
instruction, educational exercises, etc. as demonstrated by previously
produced training protocols or curricula. 6. The contractor must have
experience in training and assisting departments of public health in
implementing the packaged intervention, beyond their experience with
the original effectiveness study. The anticipated date of award of this
procurement is August 10, 1999. The standard industrial classification
code (SIC) is 8099. Small business size standard: Average annual
receipts for each of the three preceding fiscal years do not exceed
$5M. Interested parties should sumbmit a work and financial plan in
sufficient detail to enable the Government to make a best value
detrmination of technical capability, understanding of the project, and
finacial reasonableness. This is a simplified acquisition with an
estimated value of less than $100,000. Posted 07/22/99 (I-SN357914).
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