SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Mental Health Effect of Internet Mediated Violence on Children
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 00HCTCCB-2007-45864
- Response Due
- 8/27/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2007
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is seeking a qualified vendor with the required technical skills and resources to collect and analyze data related to youth 10-15 exposed to media violence. This data will support and further the understanding of the co-occurrence of exposure to media violence and engaging in serious criminal and /or aggressive behavior. In addition to supporting the general management of this project, the contractor will support conducting extensive and complex analyses on the longitudinal data from years 1 and 2. Since the 1950, researchers have been concerned about the effect media violence has on youth behavior and development. A 1972 US Surgeon General?s report voiced this concern to the scientific community. The 1980s and 1990s were marked with laboratory and field experiments attempting to parse out the role movies, television, and video games played in aggressive attitudes and behaviors. Findings contributed to the 2002 US Surgeon General report on Youth Violence. Today, there is general agreement in the scientific community that viewing violence, at least for some children, increases aggressive attitudes, values, and behaviors. Even with this prolific research activity, gaps in our understanding of the relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior remain. First, despite substantial evidence of short-term effects of media violence on arousal, thoughts, and emotions, little research has considered the link with seriously violent or criminal behavior. Second, effects of media violence on aggressive behavior seem to be particularly pronounced for younger children; little research has considered the link for older children and adolescents. Third, with increased use of the Internet among young people, little is known about how exposure to violence on the Internet fit into our growing understanding of the effect of violent mediums. The Internet is fast becoming the telephone of the 21st century, with an estimated 97% of young people between the ages of 12 and 18 using online communication. Because almost all youth are now online, this access may have increased opportunities for children and youth to be exposed to violence. Websites such as hate pages that encourage discrimination of specific types of people, and those reporting ?real? violence such as news websites have the potential to reinforce cognitive styles and orientations that support aggressive responding, thereby increasing the perpetration of seriously violent behavior. The contractor will be responsible for media violence exposure data collection, statistical analyses and dissemination of findings from Media Violence data. 1.) Clean and analyze Year 2 media violence data. 2.) Management and oversight of Year 3 Media Violence data collection. Period of performance will be 1 year. Deliverables 1. Media violence exposure data file for Year 2 of data collection by 1/31/08. 2. Summary report of Year 2 media violence exposure data by 4/30/08. 3. Raw data file of Year 3 data by 9/30/08. The following criteria will be used to evaluate technical proposals: technical Approach - 30 percent, staffing and management- 20 percent and similar experience-50 percent. This requirement is a small business set aside. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the services in this synopsis should submit a copy of your quotation. The quotation shall include the itemized price, prompt payment terms, Taxpayer Identification Number and the Dun & Bradstreet number. Quotations will due no later than noon on August 27, 2007. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, and if the offer is received in a timely manner, it shall be considered for possible award by the agency. Quotations may be mailed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Rd, Colgate Building, Atlanta, GA 30341, Attention: Thaddeus Rollins. Email quotations will only be accepted if received by deadline and signed by a company representative to tnr6@cdc.gov. Prior to awarding of this Simplified Acquisition the contractors will be required to have a valid Central Contractor Registration. Any organization doing business with the Federal government must be registered and validated in CCR.
- Place of Performance
- Address: NCIPC, 2939 Flowers Rd, Atlanta, GA
- Zip Code: 30341
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 30341
- Record
- SN01380804-W 20070824/070822220555 (fbodaily.com)
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