SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- OFFICE ON DISABILITY COORDINATION AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
- Notice Date
- 12/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-07EIOS070008
- Response Due
- 12/29/2006
- Point of Contact
- Chris Ganey, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-4379, Fax 301-443-3849,
- E-Mail Address
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cganey2@psc.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Sources Sought 07EIOS070008 Title: Office on Disability Program Coordination and Technical Management. Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857 Description: The Department of health and Human Services, Office on Disablity through the Program Support Center has a requirement for a contractor to provide technical and program management services for two national initiatives as well as for program coordination between the Office on Disability (OD), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and government agencies and not-for-profit organizations, evaluation design, program analysis, report writing, and speech writing. A description of these initiatives and associated functions follows: National Initiative 1: Evaluating the Physical Fitness Initiative for Children and Youth with Disabilities The HHS Office on Disabilities oversees the coordination, development, and implementation of programs and special initiatives within HHS that impact people with disabilities. One of the special initiatives addresses health needs; it seeks to increase physical fitness in children and youth with disabilities. This is an extension of the Department?s campaign against obesity through increased physical activity and good nutritional practices. It is in concert with the Secretary and Surgeon General?s campaign on improving the health of American children through increased physical activity and good nutrition and responds to the health promotion objectives in Chapter Six of Health People 2010. The long-range purpose is to reduce morbidity and mortality and to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Collaborating disability-based national organizations across the country will link physically fit mentors (who may or may not have a disability) with children who are disabled. The mentors will provide training and guidance to help the children become physically active by accumulating minutes of physical activity daily to earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA), and, with continued encouragement, strive to earn a Presidential Champions Award by accumulating points for a bronze, silver or gold medal. The mentors will also provide the children with nutritional information and encouragement. National Initiative 2: Staff HHS? New Freedom Initiative Caregiver Subcommittee In 2001, President Bush announced the New Freedom Initiative as part of a nationwide effort to remove barriers to community living for people with disabilities. Today, a full 20 percent of the U.S. population?more than 54 million Americans--are living with a disability. Almost half of these individuals have a severe disability affecting their ability to see, hear, walk or perform other basic functions of life. In addition, there are more than 25 million family caregivers and millions more who provide aid and assistance to people with disabilities. The New Freedom Initiative is a comprehensive plan to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to learn and develop skills, engage in productive work, make choices about their daily lives and participate fully in community life. The Initiative's goals are to: increase access to assistive and universally designed technologies; expand educational opportunities; promote homeownership; integrate Americans with disabilities into the workforce; expand transportation options; and promote full access to community life. The New Freedom Initiative Caregiving Subcommittee, composed of all HHS agencies, was established to identify and coordinate existing caregiver support activities across agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The workgroup plays a leadership role in promoting HHS support of family caregivers of people with disabilities of all ages. Services are needed to oversee the coordination of the work of the subcommittee, including developing strategy for caregiving issues, forming workgroups, planning and facilitating meetings, performing analyses, and writing reports. Other Functions: The Office on Disability performs policy analysis, writes reports and makes important speeches. The OD promotes interaction with high- level Federal, State, community and private sector partners. It arranges for the performance of complex analyses of policies and programs under its jurisdiction. It issues reports on a variety of disability related issues. The Director and Deputy Director of the Office on Disability are often called upon to address address a number of different audiences covering a variety of topics focusing on programs for Americans living with disabilities. Provide technical and program management services to assist the Director, Office on Disability (OD), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contractor will provide for the leadership of national initiatives, program coordination between OD and government agencies and not-for-profit organizations, evaluation design, program analysis, report writing, and speech writing. The Contractor shall perform the following technical and management assistance services to successfully implement two national initiatives: Expansion and Evaluation of the Office on Disability?s (OD?s) Physical Fitness Initiative and facilitating HHS? New Freedom Initiative Caregiver Subcommittee: ? Provide technical assistance and management assistance in the development of plans of action. ? Ensure that the implementation of the plans of action is timely and meets the objectives of each priority. ? Communicate with the Director, Office on Disability, for preferred direction. ? Communicate with affected and interested parties and experts for input and action. ? Perform in-depth research into Administration policies on subject topic and prepare briefing papers and progress reports on the status of the implementation of the plans of action, address legal factors, and perform in-depth research to effectively communicate state-of-the art science and technology that affect each target audience. ? Ensure Federal interdepartmental and interagency coordination in conjunction with state authorities, academia, and national and local disability-based organizations. The work requires in-depth knowledge and experience with each of the two major Office on Disability priorities. Specifically, the contractor should be knowledgeable about ? Issues related to physical fitness (including physical activity and nutrition) in children and youth with disabilities ? Federal caregiving issues and programs ? Program development ? Program evaluation ? Policy analysis ? Facilitation of committees dealing with complex matters ? Speech writing The contractor should have employment experience in a variety of federal programs. To be most effective in performing policy analysis, work experience in both the executive and legislative branches of government is preferred. In addition, the contractor should have documented successful experience in implementing program proposals and policies related to improving the health and welfare of persons with disabilities. Finally, the contractor must have knowledge about the Office on Disability at HHS, its mission, scope, and working relationships. The offeror must designate the qualification and capabilities of the lead on this project and that person should demonstrate: a. Experience working with projects related to physical fitness for children with disabilities and interventional services for infants and young children. b. Some background in working with non-profit disability-related organizations, Federal agencies dedicated to programs and services children. It is anticipated that this acquisition will be awarded for a period of one year with four one year options. This acquisition is being awarded under NAICS code 541618. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there are small business sources with the requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. This is limited to any small businesses ( including : Service disabled Veteran owned, HUBZONE, 8A, Service disabled, Woman owned small business). Any small business capable of performing the work should submit a statement of capabilities with documentation supporting its ability to meet the Governments requirement as described above by 3:00 pm EST, December 29, 2006. Please limit size to ten pages. E-MAIL CAPABILITY STATEMENT TO: Christopher.Ganey@psc.hhs.gov No solicitation document is available at this time. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed 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. For further information, contact Chris Ganey at DHHS/PSC/SAS/DAM, Parklawn Building, Room 5-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or on 301-443-2475. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (18-DEC-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 18-JUN-2007, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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