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R -- PILOT TEST A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED INTERVENTION PACKAGE WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS PREVENTION PROVIDERS SOL 1999Q00238 DUE 080699 POC Phillip Green, Contract Specialist, (770) 488-2638 CORRECTION: The action that was originally publicized in the CBD dated July 26, 1999 is modified to correct the description with the following. All other information publicized in the original synopsis is correct. 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 Community-Based Organizations" II. Background: CDC funding announcements for community-based organizations (CBOs) serving persons at risk for HIV/AIDS call upon grantees to use prevention interventions with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness; therefore, making such interventions available to CBOs 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/AIDS prevention CBOs that 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 do not provide enough information for purposes of adopting the intervention, so CBOs try to reconstruct the intervention from the description or adopt only an small portion of 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 in CBOs replicate the interventions, but the CBOs with whom they have interacted tend to be local to the researcher's area. One of the leading populations affected by HIV/AIDS is adult men who have sex with men, especially those men in non-urban areas. We know of very few effective interventions for men who have sex with men which are feasible for CBOs in cities of any size, as well as in rural areas, 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 CBO prevention providers who are not local to the researcher's community in order to prepare the package for wider applicability and availability by determining how the package can be adapted to communities of different sizes and how best to train CBOs on how to implement the intervention. 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 provide nonpersonal professioanl services to CDC in pilot-testing their intervention package by cooperating on the development of training protocols and participating in the training of CBO prevention providers 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 the CBO prevention providers 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, planning and implementation manual for staff, videos, reprints of journal articles reporting the effectiveness of the intervention, educational display materials, and sample materials for distribution to clients. These intervention materials will be packaged in an easily portable and storable container; Task 4. Prepare a final report that includes: a. results of follow-up with one trained representative from no more than nine different CBOs 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 CBO situations, and d. recommendations on the type, nature, and mode of delivery for technical assistance to articipating CBOs; 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. VII. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall from date of aweard through July 19, 2000. IX. 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 possessthe following minimum qualifications to perform these tasks: 1. The contractor must have a Ph.D. in an academic field relating to behavioral or social science (i.e., Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, 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 CBOs. 4. The contractor must have a 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 adult men who have sex with men, whether or not they identify themselves as "gay," and which is feasible for use by CBOs in communities of any size. This purchase order will not support the development of a package. 5. The contractor must have a previously developed training curricula on their effective intervention for trainers and participants, which already has been used to train HIV/AIDS prevention providers from CBOs. 6. 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, curricula, or conference workshops. 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 foreach 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 07/23/99 (I-SN358454). (0204)

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