DHHS/Administration for Children and Families, Division of Acquisition Management, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447

R -- STATE PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY ROUNDTABLES SOL 105-00-8400 DUE 061200 POC Ben Sharp, Contract Specialist, (202) 401-5408; Debbie A. Powell, Contracting Officer, (202) 205-4916 E-MAIL: bsharp@acf.dhhs.gov, bsharp@acf.dhhs.gov. The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, requires the services of a contractor to conduct a series of three State Strategic Planning and partnership building workshops to educate States and State partners about key financing and programmatic issues in States' Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)programs. With the final TANF regulations, States have greater flexibility to design and operate their programs to support TANF and other low-income families as they work toward self-sufficiency. A specific strategy and action plan will be developed to ensure utilization of TANF funds and to ensure the development of more effective self-sufficiency programs. The contractor will assist in selecting the regions and the States for the roundtables. The contractor will take the lead for identifying and inviting appropriate State partner agency staffs to the roundtables. The contractor will conduct the roundtables by working closely with the government to plan the topics andthe presenters for the sessions. Presenters will include national experts, federal officials, State agency officials and appropriate State agency partners and advocacy groups. The contractor will manage all the logistics, make all travel arrangements for the roundtable sessions and provide all needed materials and equipment. Further, the contractor will conduct a limited review of research literature to identify promising strategies for helping low-income families become self-sufficient and determine successful examples of collaborative partnership initiatives. The contractor will conduct post activity debriefings and produce summary reports. The period of performance is twelve months with one twelve-month option to extend the contract. Interested parties should request RFP 105-00-8400. The anticipated release date is on or about May 11, 2000. All requests for the RFP must be in writing. No telephone requests shall be honored. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448552). (0116)

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