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R -- PLAN AND CREATE A PUBLICATION ENTITLED THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS OF MASS CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION. SOL 00M008657 DUE 080800 POC Nora V. Tyson, Contract Spec. 301-443-8826 or Joseph Pirrone, Supv. Contracting Officer, 301-443-8826 WEB: Program Support Center, Program Support Center. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, NTyson@psc.gov or JPirrone@psc.gov. The Office Of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center For Mental Health Services, Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch, through the Program Support Center, General Acquisitions Branch, plans to award a 12 month sole source simplified acquisition to Deborah J. DeWolfe, PH.D., M.S.P.H. Anticipated date of award is August 12, 2000. The Contractor shall be responsible for, but not limited to the following: The Mental Health Response to Incidents of Mass Criminal Victimization: A Training Manual publication shall be researched and written by the contractor. The manual should include an overview and background, mental health responses to acts of crime, typical reactions of crime victims and the types of short term interventions that are most effective in helping crime victims cope with their trauma, information on stress management for mental health and human service workers aiding crime victims. The Training Manual should also contain a comprehensive training course outline with overheads and suggested readings or handouts. This manual should be modeled after the Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters, a publication prepared primarily for workers aiding victims of natural disasters. The Mental Health Response to Incidents of Mass Criminal Victimization: A Field Manual publication will condense information presented in the Training Manual and be published in a pocket-size. The Field Manual is for mental health and human service workers to reference as they are doing outreach to victims of crime. This publication should be modeled after Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters, a publication prepared primarily for workers aiding victims of natural disasters. The Training Manual should be approximately 75 pages in length with dimensions of 81/2 x 11 inches. The supplementary pamphlet, Field Manual should have dimensions of 5 x 7 inches and approximately 30 pages in length. The documents shall be held inthe public domain. The contractor shall furnish CMHS with three separate publication-ready copies and four additional copies of the final draft. It shall be submitted on a disk in WordPerfect 8 or MS Word 97 1. The contractor shall submit a draft work plan for approval of CMHS, and will include an outline of the manuals. 2. Based on comment from CMHS, the contractor shall submit a final work plan and outline. . 3. The contractor shall submit a first draft of the manuals to the Project Officer for review and comment. 4. The contractor shall circulate the second draft to eight key experts comments into a second draft and submit to the Project Officer for Approval. THE PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION IS FOR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302. INTERESTED PERSONS MAY IDENTIFY THEIR INTEREST BY RESPONDING TO THE REQUIREMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETE THIS PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT NORA TYSON IN RM. 5C-03,PKLN BLDG.,5600 FISHERS LANE, ROCKVILLE, MD. 20857 OR ON 301-443-8826. Posted 07/26/00 (W-SN479011). (0208)

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