SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES IN PRETERM DELIVERY
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Procurement Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- HRSA-06-S240-0509-AB
- Response Due
- 7/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/24/2006
- Description
- Description: Statistical Analysis of Health Disparities in Preterm Delivery. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is conducting a sources sought synopsis to locate capable organizations providing the services mentioned in the Description and in the paragraphs below. This project will consist of training of State and local MCH officials in the use of multi-level modeling in the statistical analysis of preterm birth or low birth weight data available in the public domain. The emphasis of the project is on the training of state/local public health partners in the benefits, use, interpretation, and implementation of the multilevel modeling analysis technique in the investigation of preterm birth or infant low birth weight and fetal growth in their respective public health departments using the respective state or local data. Partnering with a state/local public health agency, the training will consist of the benefits and methods of analyzing multidimensional and contextual factors related to racial disparity in preterm birth or low birth weight using multi-level statistical models applied to state and local public health data. It is anticipated that a better understanding concerning the environmental context of disparities in health outcomes obtained with this type of analysis will lead to more effective public health interventions and the identification of appropriate collaborations between public health and other sectors of the community. The project will plan, collect, and analyze appropriate state and local data, and summarize the implications and recommendations for future state/local MCH policy and program development. There will also be collaboration with other researchers who are performing similar analyses of health disparities in preterm birth. This collaboration will yield pooled data that represents a wide range of community level factors to be used in the contextual analysis. Topics shall include: 1) Finalize the research design; 2) Analyze data; 3) Prepare and conduct the training; 4) Manage logistics requirements; and 5) Prepare various reports. Interested organizations should submit their capability statements demonstrating their capability to perform this work in sufficient detail to assess their ability. Potential contractors must have in-depth knowledge of and research experience in analysis of the factors related to preterm birth. The potential contractor shall have experience as a Principal Investigator on epidemiological studies related to risk factors in preterm birth, specifically, those related to neighborhood deprivation, racial disparities in preterm birth, smoking, low birth weight and small for gestational age births. The potential contractor shall have extensive research and statistical experience in advanced statistical techniques and multilevel modeling, with particular experience related to linking databases and geocoding birth certificate and census data. The contractor should have experience working closely with state and local MCH staff on cooperative projects and should have written evidence of scholarly research relevant to the topic of preterm birth. Finally, the potential contractor should have Doctoral level training in maternal and child health epidemiology and statistical analysis. Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance HRSA?s consideration and evaluation of the information submitted should be provided. The Government reserves the right to not set this acquisition aside for small business. The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541611 and the corresponding size standard is $6.0M. Your submission must be received in this office by 2:00 PM on July 24, 2006, by post office mail, email or fax at the following address: HHS/HRSA; Attn: Aileen Broider; 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A19; Rockville, MD 20857; Tel (301) 443-5231; Fax (301) 443-5462; abroider@hrsa.gov. The capability statements shall be not more than twenty-five (25) pages, on 8.5? x 11? paper, with 1? margins and a 12 point, commonly used font such as, Courier or Times Roman in length. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT / RFI IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION. RESPONSES SHALL NOT INCLUDE COST OR PRICING INFORMATION.
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