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Q -- TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ALCOHOLISM CLIENTS IN NORTHWEST IOWA (WOODBURY COUNTY) SOL RFP 00-015 DUE 081600 POC Ron Sieler, Contract Specialist, or Ronda M. Longbrake, Contracting Officer at 605-226-7567. Q -- The Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service is soliciting the service of a contractor, certified as an Indian-owned contractor under the Buy-Indian Act, 25 USC 47, to provide a Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC) for recovering Native American male and female clients in Northwest Iowa (Woodbury County). The purpose of the "Classic Halfway House" approach is to provide a non-medical, moderately structured live-in program designed to facilitate the rehabilitation of the alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuser. The CRC is not intended to be an inpatient treatment facility, but designed to receive those individuals that have been detoxed and have successfully completed a treatment program. The program focus is on using all community agencies/resources in order to provide vocational rehabilitation, education, employment, cultural, and life skills development to assist the program participants to function in a clean and sober environment. The CRC enhances the recovery process by placing the program participant in a clean, safe, and motivational learning environment where he/she has the opportunity to acquire skills necessary to avoid relapse. The facility shall meet all requirements in order to be licensed by the State of Iowa Department of Public Health and meet all federal, state, and local building codes, space and sanitary requirements. The Contract will be a fixed price type of contract and will be awarded for a one-year period with one (1) one-year option period. If your firm is Indian-owned and operated and capable of providing these services to the Native American patients of the Northwest Iowa area, you are requested to respond in writing to the address listed above or you may fax your request to 605-226-7669. Requests for copies of RFP 00-015 will be available approximately 15 days from publication. The closing date is tentatively scheduled for August 16, 2000. Posted 06/30/00 (W-SN470575). (0182)

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