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R -- CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE ALLOCATION SIMULATION MODEL POC Shelby Buford, Jr., Contracting Officer, (301)443-6761 WEB: Program Support Center, http://cbd-submit@gpo.gov. E-MAIL: PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER, sbuford@psc.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) through the Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, ADP Acquisitions Branch knows of one source, Human Services Research Institute, capable of developing a computerized budget simulation/resource allocation model for projecting the costs and potential cost offsets of implementing jail/prison diversion for offenders with mental illnesses. The budget simulation/resource allocation model shall accomplish the following goals and objectives: 1) document representative examples of target service configurations for persons with serious mental illness who have criminal justice system contacts. 2) document the representative costs of target service configurations. 3) document models of changing functional status and service needs of persons with serious mental illness who have criminal justice system contacts. 4) document expected outcomes and offsetting costs or persons with serious mental illness who have criminal justice contacts who receive the target service configurations. 5)develop a computer model that uses service configuration, cost, dosage, functional change, outcome and cost offset data to project the potential costs, community benefits and savings of implementing jail diversion and related programs, using community-specific assumptions about cost, target population and service utilization as desired. The Health Services Research Institute has a clear and concise understanding of the structure and content of the Jail Diversion Study database and how to augment that information into the model, they understand the complex equations of population, service array, outcome and cost variables that are required by the model and they have already developed, tested and used the critical Resource Associated Functional Level Scale (RAFLS), all of which are key building blocks for the resource allocation model. The Government intends to negotiate an award on a sole-source basis utilizing simplified acquisition procedures with Human Services Research Institute, 2336 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140. The authority is 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This is not a formal solicitation for proposals. However, firms having the ability to satisfy this requirement must submit written notification that demonstrates their ability to do so. Your response must include name(s) and telephone number(s) of contact person(s) and reference number 00M008049. If no affirmative responses are received within fifteen (15) days from the date of this synopsis, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the award to Human Services Research Institute. Posted 06/15/00 (W-SN465327). (0167)

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