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R -- STRENGTHENING EVALUATION CAPABILITY AND DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS SOL HRSA 250-OA-06(0)sks POC Suzanne Stinson 301-443-5130 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP, www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/contract.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, sstinson@hrsa.gov. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has a requirement to let a contract to provide for short term evaluation and analysis assistance, specifically in the area of "Strengthening Evaluation Capability and Developing Evaluation Designs. Task orders awarded under this proposed requirement will focus on two separate, but related, areas. The first area is strengthening evaluation capability through conduct of the following types of activities: determination of the capacity for evaluation both within HRSA and among its grantees; provision of technical assistance and training to help build evaluation capacity; development of measurement and other analytical tools for use by grantees; and support of activities that strengthen local evaluation efforts. Technical assistance may be provided in many different forms, depending on the particular requirements of a given program. Generally, the Contractor shall provide or maintain a network of professional consultants and/or identify appropriately qualified experts to provide services on a relatively rapid basis to various program areas as specified by each individual Delivery Order. Types of assistance that may be required include technical assistance to programs or grantees in areas such as: evaluability assessment; policy analyses; evaluation design; development of evaluation methods and tools and development of data systems and computerized records. The second area is the development of evaluation designs and the conduct of feasibility studies. These studies focus on developing designs for all types of evaluations, ranging from simple program descriptions and evaluability assessments to measurement of all levels of program performance. Evaluation design studies may require that the Contractor identify and make recommendations on alternative evaluation methodologies, research designs, and the use of data sets for various purposes at the local, regional, and national levels; and, potentially, conduct feasibility studies of these alternatives. Contractors may also be required to construct and field test/validate data collection instruments; compile written study protocols; and prepare any necessary clearance packages for submission to OMB. The solicitation will be issued on or about 4/11/00. You may be able to access the solicitation electronically at the following location on the web: www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/contract.htm. If you are able to download the solicitation electronically, please submit your name, address and phone number to this office so that you can be included on our source list. (It is the offerors' responsibility to monitor the above internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any). If you are NOT able to download the solicitation electronically, all requests for a hard copy of the solicitation must be in writing, to the attention of Suzanne Stinson and cite RFP No. HRSA 250-OA-06(0)sks. Your written request for the solicitation should be mailed to the attention of Suzanne Stinson, HRSA, Room 13A-19, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857. You may FAX your request to the attention of Suzanne Stinson at 301-443-6038. If you choose to FAX your request, please send the hard copy in the mail as the FAX copies are sometimes unreadable. The electronic mailing address is: sstinson@hrsa.gov. All requests should include the name of the contact person, mailing address, telephone number, email address and FAX number in the body of the letter. Telephone requests for the solicitation cannot be honored. Posted 03/24/00 (W-SN437928). (0084)

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