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R -- OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYER MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE BENEFITS SOL 00M008484 POC Susan Moran, (301) 443-6550 E-MAIL: PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER, smoran@psc.gov. DHHS/PSC/DAM intends to award a one-year sole source simplified acquisition to William M. Mercer, Inc. located in New York, NY. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has a requirement to continue a data collection effort which the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) have conducted for the past several years, providing an overview and analysis of the MH/SA benefits provided through employer health plans. Since 1995, CMHS/CSAT have sponsored analyses of data collected by Mercer (formerly Foster Higgins), through their annual National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. This project will include activities aimed at improving the dissemination and utility of survey findings. The Contractor shall be required to develop tables and analyses for Mercer's National Survey, conduct presentations and briefings on survey results and related information, and provide technical assistance and special analyses of survey data from previous and current databases of the Mercer/Foster Higgins National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans and other Mercer data. The questions related to mental health benefits and utilization that Mercer includes in the following two surveys are of great significance and interest to SAMHSA and its constituents: Mercer National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans and the Mercer Managed Care Survey. Since these are proprietary databases and are not available from any other source, only William M. Mercer, Inc. can provide this information. No solicitation is available. Any requests for solicitation packages will be considered nonresponsive. The proposed simplified acquisition action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested concerns may identify their interest and must submit written documentation that demonstrates their ability to furnish the requirement, including technical and pricing data, within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 15 days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement 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. If no affirmative responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed to issue a purchase order to William M. Mercer, Inc. Responses must be in writing and refer to 00M008484 to the attention of Susan Moran. Posted 08/03/00 (W-SN481668). (0216)

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