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R -- DESCRIPTIVE EVALUATION STUDIES AND EVALUATION/INFORMATION SYNTHESES SOL HRSA 250-OA-05(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 "Descriptive Evaluation Studies and Evaluation/Information Syntheses." Task orders awarded under this proposed requirement will focus on either (1) the design and/or conduct of descriptive evaluation studies of HRSA-supported activities or (2) the design and conduct of evaluation/information syntheses of HRSA-supported activities and policy topics of concern to HRSA. Descriptive Evaluation Studies may focus on an individual program or a significant component of a large program. Studies in this category might address such topics as: implementation of planned program models or designs; program functioning, including assessment of the efficiency of program management; organization of service delivery networks; service improvement strategies; client perception of program availability and accessibility; adequacy and interaction of program structure, input, and process; accomplishment of operational targets, meeting standards, and following national guidelines; identification and description of users of services and utilization patterns; and identification of "best practices" among a number of similar program sites. Evaluation/information syntheses bring together existing studies and other data/information sources, assesses them (adequacy of methodology, sample size and composition, response roles, analyses employed, conclusions drawn, etc.) and use them as a data base to answer specific questions about program implementation, outcomes and impacts or specific policy topics. These studies can be highly quantitative, using meta-analytic techniques, but given the nature of the available information/data on HRSA programs they are more likely to be qualitative in nature. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set Aside. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 8742, with a small business size standard of $5 million. 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-05(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-SN437927). (0084)

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