SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Evaluation Studies for HRSA
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Acquisitions Management and Policy, 5600 Fisher Ln., Room 13A-19, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 11-250-SOL-00037-DLC
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2011
- Point of Contact
- Diane, Phone: 3014432583
- E-Mail Address
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dcoger@hrsa.gov
(dcoger@hrsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) which will solicit proposals to provide Assessment of Effectiveness and Efficiency of HRSA-Supported Programs, Program Components and Initiatives; Assessment of Environmental/Policy Issues which may Impact HRSA-supported Activities; and Strengthening Evaluation Capability. The overall purpose of the Evaluation IDIQ is to assist with assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of HRSA-supported programs, program components or initiatives activities; assessment of environmental/policy issues which may impact the effectiveness of HRSA-supported activities; and strengthening evaluation capability. Potential studies may focus on facilitating high-priority evaluation studies, evaluation and information syntheses, policy and environmental assessments, performance measurement tools and systems and strengthening evaluation capability. Assessment of Effectiveness and Efficiency of HRSA-Supported Programs, Program Components and Initiatives may include studies that focus on the effectiveness and efficiency of HRSA-supported programs - for example, operations (i.e., the best way to accomplish program goals); achievement of specified objectives and goals; and potential development of performance measures in light of the Agency's GPRA and PART requirements. Additional examples of potential studies include addressing such topics as: implementation of planned program models or designs; program functioning, including assessment of the efficiency of program management; quality improvement approaches and results; client perception of program availability and accessibility; accomplishment of operational targets, meeting standards, and following national guidelines; and identification of "best practices" among a number of similar program sites Assessment of Environmental/Policy Issues which may impact HRSA-supported Activities includes those studies that will primarily focus on either 1) the external context of programs and how forces in the larger society affect HRSA programs and their progress toward achieving goals and objectives (e.g., health and human service system changes, such as the increase in managed care or the changes in the welfare system; social, economic and political changes, such as the increase in population without health insurance, etc.) or 2) the development and assessment of various policy alternatives related to HRSA programs or interests (i.e., how actual, planned, or potential changes in current public and private policies and implementation strategies would affect attainment of program goals and objectives. Examples of studies may include 1) interaction of local, state, and Federal policies with HRSA-supported activities; 2) impact of changes in financial policy by Federal payers on the recipients of HRSA funds and their clients or patients. Strengthening Evaluation Capability includes those studies that will focus primarily on either 1) determination and strengthening of the capacity for health-related evaluation both within HRSA and among its grantees; or 2) design, development, and assessment of health-related evaluation data systems. Studies related to the determination and strengthening of capacity for health-related evaluation could focus on the following types of activities: identifying current needs and recommendations for programs both within HRSA and among its grantees to conduct effective evaluation; providing technical assistance and training to help build evaluation capacity among HRSA grantees; support of activities that strengthen local health-related evaluation efforts. Studies related to the design, development, and assessment of health-related evaluation data systems will focus on health-related evaluation data and data systems issues including such studies as: the design of data systems that could be used for program monitoring and to measure the performance and impact of HRSA-supported activities; the development and testing of these data systems; the evaluation, modification, or refinement of existing HRSA data systems to make them more useful for monitoring and evaluation purposes; exploration, development and implementation of methodologies for linking national data sets; linking national data sets with State data; and linking data across states. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. Contractors are encouraged to sign-up, on the fedbizopps.gov website, for email notification of all actions relevant to this solicitation, and on the interested vendors list, also listed at the bottom of this announcement. The anticipated period of performance is five years. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611. The solicitation document will be available at www.fedbizopps.gov on or about February 2, 2011 with a projected closing date on or about March 2, 2011. The contact person for this requirement is Diane Coger, Contract Specialist, Contract Administration Division (CAD), HRSA/OAMP, Parklawn Building, Room 13A-19, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857-5600; phone number (301)443-2583. All interested parties may send an email to dcoger@hrsa.gov and reference the solicitation number.
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