SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- National Analytic Center (NAC) for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and Other Data
- Notice Date
- 5/26/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn Contracting Office, 5600 Fishers Lane Parklawn Bldg., Room 13-C-06, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-283-04-0092A
- Response Due
- 6/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- James Whitt, Contracting Officer, Phone 301/443-0043, Fax 301/443-0019, - Linda Tillery, Contract Specialist, Phone 301/443-0043, Fax 301/443-0019,
- E-Mail Address
-
jwhitt@samhsa.gov, ltillery@samhsa.gov
- Description
- This is an additional market survey to the one published as 283-04-0092 in FedBizOpps on April 29, 2004. 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 (i.e., HUBZone 8(a), 8(a), HUBZone, and Small Disadvantage Business) relative to this 541511 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate determinations about potential sources only. 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 the NAICS code, and MUST respond to the following questions: (1) Does your firm qualify as a small business under the NAICS code? (2) Does your firm qualify as a small disadvantaged business under the NAICS code? (3) If disadvantaged, 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 a woman-owned or operated business? (6) Are you a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned business? In addition, the respondent MUST provide a capability statement that addresses the organization?s qualifications and ability to perform as a prime contractor the work described below. The Office of Applied Studies (OAS) was established in October 1992, when the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) was reorganized as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). OAS serves as SAMHSA?s focal point for data collection analysis and dissemination activities. Data are collected on the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse, as well as on the adverse health consequences associated with substance abuse. OAS also collects data on the nation?s substance abuse treatment system and on the characteristics of individuals receiving substance abuse treatment. These data are intended to serve as statistical indicators of progress in the field and to enable a better understanding of the nature and extent of substance abuse, in order to improve prevention and treatment services and to reduce substance abuse and mental illness. In addition to discrete studies, OAS maintains several major data systems: (1) National Survey On Drug Use and Health (NSDUH); (2) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN); and (3) Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) ? which includes the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) and the Treatment Episode Data System (TEDS). Each of these data systems routinely generates new data sets. However, internal SAMHSA resources devoted to analytic work are sufficiently scarce that external assistance in analysis and dissemination must be sought. For example, the NSDUH (funded under a separate contract) produces routine estimates of drug use nationwide, at the state level, and for various sub-populations. Nevertheless, the vast array of data collected during that survey cannot all be analyzed under the primary contract, nor are there sufficient in-house resources available to mine the data sets assembled under that activity. Therefore, external assistance to produce reports highlighting more focused concerns (e.g., drug use by women or adolescent females) is highly desirable. The central purpose of this contract will be to increase the utilization of SAMHSA databases both internally by SAMHSA staff and externally by university-based and other researchers and policy makers, thereby increasing the knowledge and understanding of alcohol, drug abuse and mental health disorder and the nature and impact of these disorders throughout the country. The support services provided under this contract will enable OAS to increase its dissemination of analytic data and other products and promote knowledge about the fields of substance abuse and mental health. Statistical, logistical, administrative support, and consultant services are required to support the scientific and technical mission of OAS, SAMHSA. Specifically, the contractor will be required to provide: (1) Analytic support -- Provide OAS staff with a full range of analytic support, including statistical programming assistance, statistical analysis, preparation of analytic data reports for both internal and public use, and consultation on statistical and analytic methods such as regression analyses, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), variance estimation, and other statistical and methodological tools. It is anticipated that this task will require approximately the following staffing: Seven (7) Ph.D. statisticians (including one (1) applied mathematician who can also do statistics); two (2) Ph.D. epidemiologists; three (3) Ph.D. economists (including one (1) econometrician); and six (6) Ph.D. analysts, to be available on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis. The staff working on this project will be required to have extensive, comprehensive experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment. (2) Analytic Data Preparation -- Provide OAS staff with a full range of support, including programming assistance, clean-up, preparation of analytic data files for both internal and public use, and consultation on statistical and analytic methods such as regression analyses, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), variance estimation and other statistical and methodological tools. It is anticipated that a combination of approximately six (6) Ph.D. data programmers and analysts will need to be available on a full-time basis. These personnel will be required to have extensive, comprehensive experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment. (3) Literature Searches, Technical Writing and Editing -- Support the scientific literature requirements of OAS with reviews, annotated bibliographies, technical writing and technical editing assistance on such document projects as original analytic data reports and papers, reprints, etc. Provide searches of governmental and non-governmental databases available on the Internet, from universities and other public sources, and from commercial data base vendors for scientific and technical information. Develop written products for dissemination to policy makers, special interest groups, and the general public. It is anticipated that a combination of approximately six (6) editors and technical writers will need to be available on a full-time basis. These personnel will be required to be at the master?s degree level or higher, and have extensive, comprehensive experience in mental health and substance abuse. (4) Logistics Support -- Provide travel, lodging and meeting support for approximately six (6) expert panels to guide analytic activities, as well as for workshops, conferences and other meetings scheduled by OAS (or attended by OAS staff or designated individuals). Obtain topical experts for 1-day meetings, etc. It is anticipated that one (1) FTE staff person will be needed for this task. (5) Presentations -- Support OAS speakers with slide/overhead/computer graphic presentations of analytic data and other charts and graphs and graphics support pertinent to the Office mission. It is anticipated that one (1) FTE staff person will be needed for this task. (6) Project Management -- Provide appropriate and responsive direction to the contract. It is anticipated that two (2) FTE senior-level personnel with extensive, comprehensive experience in mental health and substance abuse will be required for this task. This is not a request for proposals 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, Division of Contracts Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 13C-06, Rockville, MD 20857, Attn: James Whitt; or by facsimile to (301) 443-0019. Telephone and e-mail responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing, by no later than June 9, 2004, 3:00 PM, local time. No solicitation is currently available. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered adequate responses to the solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or a request to receive a copy of the solicitation. Reference 283-04-0092A.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor facility and Government site (Rockville, MD)
- Record
- SN00592808-W 20040528/040526211818 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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