SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- CSAT Service Accountability Improvement System
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall Contracting Office, 5515 Security Lane Rockwall II, Suite 640, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 270-03-7127
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2003
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Johnson, Contract Specialist, Phone 301/443-2698, Fax 301/594-0535,
- E-Mail Address
-
mjohnson@samhsa.gov
- Description
- This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought synopsis only. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (HUBZone 8(a), 8(a), HUBZone, Small Disadvantage and Large Business) relative to this 541690 NAICS Code. Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate determinations about potential sources only. The intended contract shall provide the Government the option to extend the contract in one-year increments for a base and four option years. After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement a solicitation announcement may be published in the Federal Business Opportunities at a later time. Responses to this notice shall include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) and must respond to the following questions: 1) Is your business a large or small business? 2) Does your firm qualify as a small or small disadvantaged business? 3) If disadvantaged specify under which disadvantaged group is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? 4) Are you considered a certified HUBZone firm? 5) Are you considered woman-owned or operated business? 6) Are you a certified Service?Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration?s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is interested in highly experienced organizations able to maintain the CSAT Services Accountability improvement System (SAIS). Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the Center is responsible for monitoring program performance across all of its budgetary lines. Recent experience with the Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) process as well as an evaluation of existing CSAT GPRA data strongly indicates that CSAT needs to take significant action to strengthen the availability of information on its discretionary grant portfolio so that it can be appropriately managed. The purpose of this contract is to consolidate GPRA reporting and related activities for CSAT?s entire discretionary program under one umbrella; these are currently spread across multiple CSAT Technical Assistance and GPRA contracts. This contract will provide GPRA coverage for all CSAT discretionary activities in the Division of Services Improvement as well as the Homeless and Cooccurring Branch in the Division of State and Community Assistance. While the GPRA initiative under the National Evaluation Data Services II (NEDSII) and other contracts has provided minimal data for the reporting of results, the data currently provided is not sufficient for program and CSAT accountability. This contract for the Services Accountability Improvement System will provide funding to cover GPRA activities for all discretionary programs falling under the Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) and Best Practices program announcements, specifically for use in conducting accountability and performance assessments of these programs, making such information available to CSAT project officers for improved project oversight and CSAT management for improved staff and grantee portfolio oversight. In addition, the contract will provide support for the delivery of training and technical assistance to grantees on the collection of GPRA data, serving as a data entry point for GPRA data collection as well as a data repository. The Services Accountability Improvement System will provide additional support for GPRA and CSAT accountability and management activities, separate from grantees? programmatic funding, and will ensure a coordinated focus on GPRA, performance monitoring and accountability data, across all TCE and Best Practice programs. It is expected that improved funding availability will lead to more, and better data on programs and potentially will contribute to standardization of key data elements across all CSAT programs. Specifically, CSAT will have, at a minimum, the capacity to report for all CSAT programs on: Particular populations served, numbers of people served, types and locations of particular activities supported, effectiveness across programs for particular populations, the characteristics and effectiveness across programs of activities relative to national, subpopulation and geographic area data and trends. Better data will provide information to Division Chiefs, Branch Chiefs, Government Project Officers (GPOs) and grantees useful both for improving programs and making more informed funding decisions. This is not a request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Responses to this notice shall be mailed to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Program Services, Contract Management Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Building, Suite 640, Rockville, MD 20852 Attn: Matt Johnson. Telephone and/or e-mail responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received by in writing no later than March 29, 2003 by 3:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective bidders/offerors list or to received a copy of the solicitation. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources announcement. No solicitation is currently available.*****
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