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65 -- DEVELOP A EVALUATION GUIDANCE AND DATA SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCE MANUAL SOL 2000Q00133 DUE 080200 POC Andrew Kegler, Purchasing Agent, Phone (770)488-2639, Fax (770)488-2670, Email AKegler@CDC.GOV WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=2000Q00133&LocID=2965. E-MAIL: Andrew Kegler, AKegler@CDC.GOV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to negotiate with and award a contract to NAPP & Associates, Durham, North Carolina. This award will be made on a sole source basis for professional services for the contractor to develop a hands-on resource manual to assist health department grantees in implementing CDC's "Evaluation Guidance," under SIC code 8733. This manual shall also take into account the diversity of health departments' capacities and experience in evaluation and provide practical steps, evaluation tools and recommendations for conducting the following types of evaluation activities: (1) Evaluating HIV Prevention Community Planning, (2) Designing and Evaluating Intervention Plans, (3) Monitoring and Evaluating the implementation of HIV Prevention program, (4) Evaluating linkages between the comprehensive HIV prevention plan, CDC funding application, and resource allocation, (5) Evaluating outcomes of HIV prevention programs, and (6) Developing evaluation plans. Other than full and open competition is authorized pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1. The contractor's minimum qualifications include, but are not limited to the following: assure project direction by a person who has a degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, Behavioral Science, or Epidemiology; senior evaluation staff shall demonstrate experience in public health research, evaluation, evaluation training, and technical assistance by describe past and current experience in developing and implementing effective HIV prevention strategies and activities; assure that the senior evaluation staff shall have served in a position of authority (e.g., Project Coordinator, Research or training Director, etc.) in an organization, or of a department that has conducted grant-funded research within a governmental, non-profit, or academic institution; have experience working with one or more health departments a community-based organizations; and finally, the contractor shall have a history of having produced timelyreports, meeting enrollment goals, and experience integrating program and participatory research to conduct the evaluation of HIV prevention programs. Qualified vendors have 15 days from date of this announcement to submit a capability statement delineating their ability to provide these services. Such qualifications will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competition basis. Documents may be mailed to the above address or faxed to 770 488-2671. No solicitation document exists. See Numbered Note 22.***** Posted 07/18/00 (D-SN476036). (0200)

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