SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Sole Source- Special Issue on interventions to maintain Long-Term Behavior Change
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 511120
— Periodical Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- 09-221SB
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2009
- Point of Contact
- Sally Boakye, Phone: 301-496-6546
- E-Mail Address
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boakyes@mail.nih.gov
(boakyes@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In accordance with FAR Part 12 and 13, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine intends to procure professional services on a sole source basis from the American Journal of Health Behavior (AJHB). The AJHB is to produce a special issue which will advance knowledge of long –term maintenance of behavior change interventions. The period of performance shall be for a period of one year from the date of award with four additional one year options. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) furthers the mission of NIH by emphasizing the critical role that behavior and social factors play in health, health care, well-being. OBSSR serves as the focal point for coordination and development of policies, goals and objectives in the behavioral and social sciences at NIH. OBSSR is also a liaison between the NIH intramural and extramural communities, other Federal agencies, academic and scientific societies, national voluntary health agencies, the biomedical research community, the media, the general public on matters pertaining to behavioral and social sciences research. OBSSR’s vision is to bring together the biomedical, behavioral, and social science communities to work more collaboratively to solve pressing health challenges facing our nation. OBSSR’s plan includes facilitating: a) the next generation of basic behavioral and social sciences research: b) transdisciplinary “team science” that brings together the biomedical, behavioral, and social-ecological perspectives; c) research that integrates the systems and multiple levels of analysis; d) the translation, implementation, dissemination, and maintenance of best practices to strengthen the sciences of dissemination, put what is known into widespread practice, reduce the burden of chronic disease and help eliminate inequities in health and health care. OBSSR proposes to support and fund the development of a special issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior (AJHB). The overall goal of the special journal issue is to highlight cutting-edge research on the long-term maintenance of behavior change. This effort will promote the dissemination and translation of interventions research in keeping with the recommendations outlined in the NIH Roadmap of moving research from “bench to bedside.” Background In 2003 OBSSR led a funding initiative to support the study of interventions to sustain long-term change that will support public health, broadly defined (RFA OB-03-003). Although prior programs funded NIH efforts have been successful in achieving change during and immediately following the intervention phase, little empirical attention had been given to understanding factors that sustain and support behavior change after risk practices are identified, appropriate interventions implemented, and initial outcomes assessed. Indeed, other research indicates that relapse rates for addictive behaviors such as substance abuse and tobacco use are very high. For example, most individuals who stop smoking cigarettes relapse within six months. Adherence to exercise, diet and other health regimens is no better, despite the fact that initial success rates for various behavior change programs are very high. Thus long term maintenance of behavior change is as challenging, if not more so, than the initiation of behavior change. OBSSR and the NIH community believed that progress in this area would be accelerated by a more thorough examination of behavioral change processes that address factors influencing the initiation, maintenance, and resumption of behavior change at multiple levels. Statement of Work This Special Journal Issue will advance knowledge of long-term maintenance of behavior change interventions by drawing conceptual and theoretical work from leading scientists in the field. It will be organized into four major sections: 1) an introduction that will include NIH perspectives on the science of behavior change, an editor’s overview on themes in behavior change research as related to the Journal manuscripts, and a framework for understanding the different terminology for various maintenance concepts and methods; 2) original research article contributions that will reflect the natural history of behavior change maintenance as well as the successes and challenges in designing specific maintenance interventions; and 3) cross-cutting manuscripts that will address methodological issues, designing cultural adaptations, and planning for future dissemination and sustainability; and 4) research translation issues concerning the dissemination and sustainability of efficacious behavior maintenance strategies. Manuscripts in this special issue will focus on promoting healthy lifestyles (e.g., physical activity and dietary behaviors) as well as reducing or eliminating risky behaviors (e.g., smoking and illicit substance abuse). The articles reflect attention to different populations (e.g., adults with different health concerns), settings (e.g., clinic, home and workplace), and maintenance strategies at varying intensities (e.g., vouchers and telephone boosters). All of the empirical studies will report on at least 12 month maintenance outcomes, with some studies examining intervention effects for five years or more. Tentative Outline I. Foreword and Introduction a. Introduction to Behavior Change Maintenance (NIH) b. Themes in Behavior Maintenance Research and General Introduction c. “Commonalities and Differences in Measuring Maintenance of Behavior Change: Findings from the Health Maintenance Consortium” II. Manuscripts Exploring Natural History of Behavior Change Maintenance a. “Long-Term Fruit and Vegetable Change in Worksites: EAT 5 for LIFE Study” b. “The Natural History of Health Behavior Maintenance: 84 Month Results from the Mediterranean Lifestyle Program c. “Factors Associated with Drinking and Driving among Convicted Impaired Drivers: To What Extent Does Screening and Treatment Influence Behavior 15 Years After a Offense?” d. “Long-Term Effects of a Suicide Risk Prevention Program: Altering Trajectories of Risk from Adolescence to Early Adulthood” III. Manuscripts Examining Effectiveness of Behavioral Maintenance Strategies a. “Comparing Two Theory-Based Diet Interventions to Enhance the Maintenance of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption” b. “The Long and Winding Road to Physical Activity Maintenance: Theory-Driven Mediation in the Keep Active Minnesota Trial” c. “Fit and Strong!: Promoting Maintenance to Exercise Behavior Among Older Adults with Lower-Extremity Osteoarthritis ” d. “Long-Term Effects of Team-Based and Motivational Interviewing Health Promotion Interventions for Fire Fighters” e. “Predicting Smoking Cessation Treatment Response Through 52 Week Follow-up: An Application of Signal Detection Analysis” f. “The Role of Need of Support in Motivating 12 Month Abstinence from Tobacco” g. “Moderators of the Effectiveness of Extended Telephone Continuing Care for Alcohol Dependence” h. “Do Longer Durations of Voucher-Based Reinforcement Therapy Produce Self-Reported Long Term Drug Abstinence?” IV. Manuscripts of Cross-Cutting Maintenance Issues a. “Modeling Infrequent Repeated Health Behaviors” b. “Health Maintenance Consortium: Intervention Tailoring in Minority Behavioral Research” V. The Future Direction of Behavior Change Maintenance Research a. Research Translation Impact of the Maintenance of Behavior Change Issue There have been considerable advances in empirical knowledge of the factors associated with long-term behavior change. This special issue will consolidate a body of this research into a forum where it can reach a broad audience. The American Journal of Health Behavior “seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors. The Journal seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors” (AJHB, n.d., available online). Consistent with NIH’s goal of translating research into practice, this issue will allow the long-term behavior change work of the Health Maintenance Consortium to be broadly disseminated to an audience of researchers, as well as public health and medical professionals around the country. The use of the special issue will have the value of publishing these findings as a conceptual whole, where the synergies amongst findings are most apparent. Thus, this issue has the potential to have a greater effect than having each study published individually. Deliverables •Provide detailed information on the format and content of manuscripts to be submitted •Prepare and distribute requests for submission of original manuscripts •Coordinate the peer-reviewer process: reviewers are requested to submit their blind reviews and specific recommendations (three reviewers per manuscript) •Disseminate recommendations to authors concerning revisions to their manuscripts and requests for resubmission •Request from authors revised manuscript and transmittal letter •Collect and prepare all Special Issue materials for publication •Special issue published Successful execution of the contract will include the following deliverables: Coordination of submissions, organization of peer review, management of resubmissions, editorial work, and grammatical proofing for approximately 15 articles on the maintenance of behavior change in the special edition. In addition, the deliverables include publication and distribution of the journal (including free online access for the research community and general public from the initial date of publication) and 500 printed copies for OBSSR. Evaluation of the project will include assessment of each of the deliverables. Assessments will include data from the HMC Coordinating Center and AJHB. Successful execution of the contract will yield a complete special issue published by AJHB. AJHB will coordinate submissions, organize and conduct the peer review, manage resubmissions of revised articles, editing, and grammatical proofing for the issue. Included in the covered cost is free online access for the research community and general public from the initial date of publication. Sole Source Justification AJHB is uniquely positioned to present the work to a multi-disciplinary audience of researchers, policy-makers, academicians, public health and medical professionals. AJHB has been publishing cutting-edge research on health behavior for 33 years. AJHB is the official journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior, which is a multidisciplinary society of healthy behavior researchers and scholars. The editorial board of AJHB boasts an impressive list of health behavior researchers, including editorial staff on six continents. It is listed in all the major databases (e.g., Index Medicus, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Combined Health Information Database, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and has a five year impact factor of 1.69 making it a well-referenced journal within the scientific field. AJHB is able to produce the journal (including providing reviewers, editorial work and distribution) to reach a broad audience in a timely fashion. Period of Performance The period of performance will run approximately from September 30, 2009 to July 1, 2010. Timeline: Month 1: Journal to distribute additional detailed information on the format and content of manuscripts to be submitted Month 1: Recommendations for reviewers sought from NIH Month 2: Authors are requested to submit an original manuscript for consideration Month 3: Peer-reviewers are requested to submit their blind reviews and specific recommendations (three reviewers per manuscript) Month 4: AJHB will disseminate recommendations to authors concerning revisions to their manuscripts and requests for resubmission Month 6: Authors are requested to resubmit their fully revised manuscript and transmittal letter Month 8: All Special Issue materials will be completed for publication Month 9: Special issue published This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations nor is a request for quote available; however, all responses received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by NIH in accordance with the criteria identified below. The quoter shall include all information, which demonstrates, documents and/or supports the qualification of the Offeror to fulfill the above described requirement in one clearly marked section of its quotation. Evaluation Criteria Technical factors are of paramount consideration in the award of the task order; however, cost is also important to the overall award decision. All evaluation factors other than cost, when combined, are significantly more important than cost. The Government can make tradeoffs among cost and technical factors in determining which Quoter offers the best value by awarding to other than the lowest cost Quoter or other than the highest technically rated Quoter. Quoters are advised that award will be made to that Quoter whose quote provides the best overall value to the Government. Technical Evaluation Criteria In determining which quote represents the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative (considering price, special features, administrative costs, etc.) to meet the Government’s needs, the Government shall evaluate quotes using the following technical evaluation criteria, which are listed in the order of relative importance with weights assigned for evaluation purposes: 1. Understanding the Requirements/Technical Approach (30 Points) Quality, timeliness and clarity of the approaches to the editorial and publication process and all delineated tasks in the proposed task order. Timeliness of approach to get the information necessary to develop and implement the project. Understanding of the Government’s intent for this procurement. Understanding of the peer review process and potential barriers to the special issue. Evidence of ability to edit and publish special issues (Pub med search, reviewers and others) within the specified time frame. Soundness of approach to incorporate Government input on the project. Evidence of ability to accomplish the tasks within the specified timeframe. 2. Personnel/Staff Qualifications (40 Points) Qualifications, experience and availability of all proposed personnel, including reviewers, and evidence of substantial knowledge of the relevant literature (specifically, the literature on behavior change and health behavior). Evidence that proposed team can accomplish tasks in specified timeframe. 3. Organizational Capabilities, Experience and Commitment; Facilities and Resources (30 Points) Evidence of corporate capability to organize and manage resources and personnel effectively. Evidence of corporate experience and success in editing and publishing a respected biomedical journal. Adequacy of mechanisms in place to attract technically qualified reviewers on a quick turnaround basis, as needed, and to ensure that personnel assigned to a project are retained during the entire project. Adequacy of the information technology resources and editorial infrastructure proposed for this project. Assurances that the staff needed for the project are currently available or that they shall be available at the time of Contract award. Corporate commitment to quality of product and deployment of necessary resources to meet the project requirements. All interested parties shall submit electronic responses to Sally Boakye at boakyes@mail.nih.gov. Responses must be received no later than 5:00 PM EST on September 25, 2009. Please reference notice number 09-221/SB on all correspondence to this notice.
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