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R -- ENHANCING HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL AFRICAN SOL 2000-N-00122 POC Barry Smith, Contracting Officer, Phone (770)488-2642, Fax (770)488-2671, Email BAS4@CDC.GOV -- Tamera Murphy, Procurement Technician, Phone (770) 488-2630, Fax (770) 488-2670, Email tdm1@cdc.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=2000-N-00122&LocID=2965. E-MAIL: Barry Smith, BAS4@CDC.GOV. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contemplates awarding a sole source contract to Population Services International (PSI) to conduct HIV/AIDS related social marketing program interventions and/or provide country social marketing expertise in the following African countries: Botswana, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The purpose of this contract is to focus on social marketing of critical public health "products" that are appropriate and timely for the setting (male and/or female condoms, STI treatment drugs, STI diagnostic products, etc.) and the "social marketing" of messages and public health concepts. Social marketing employs commercial marketing techniques (including environmental scanning and knowledge, attitudes, practices studies (KAPS) and the resources of the local private sector to sell essential health products at low prices and to create and increase demand for them. The intent is to make urgently needed health products widely available and affordable to all those who need them. Social marketing will be used in the distribution and promotion of public health products. PSI is the largest non-profit distributor of family planning products in the developing world. The contractor must have extensive experience in designing, developing, and operating AIDS prevention, maternal and child health, family planning, and micronutrient programs in Botswana, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe among other developing countries. The prospective contractor's current activities include the social marketing and promotion of health products in the private sector at prices affordable to lower income people. The contractor should have products to include a variety of condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention, antibiotics for curing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), contraceptives for family planning and birth spacing, oral rehydration salts to combat dehydration from diarrheal disease, insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria control, and iodized salt to combat iodine deficiency disorder. In addition, the contractor should have the capability of designing and producing generic communication and education campaigns to motivate target groups to adopt prudent health practices. The contract period of performance will five years from the contract award date. The intended contract is for services for which the Government intends to acquire from one source under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1). PSI is believed to be the only private international social marketing entity that focuses on serving lower income people, and that distributes a wide range of products for so many types of health interventions. The Government knows of only one qualified source capable of providing the required services. This is not a request for proposals. Interested parties shall submit in writing; their name, address, point of contact, and telephone number. Interested parties shall also submit a brief capability statement indicating their capabilities to perform this service. This information shall be submitted in writing, or faxed to (770) 488-2671, or E-Mailed to BAS4@CDC.GOV. Attn: Barry E. Smith. Interested parties that fail to provide the required information within 15 calendar days from date of the publication of this announcement will be considered not responsive to this announcement and no information will be provided. All responsible sources that meet the above requirements may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See numbered Note 26. Posted 07/10/00 (D-SN473004). (0192)

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