SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- SAMHSA Vietnam Implementing - Presolicitation
- Notice Date
- 9/24/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 813319
— Other Social Advocacy Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, 7700 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- SAM227407
- Point of Contact
- Azeb Mengistu, Phone: 3014924888
- E-Mail Address
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azeb.mengistu@psc.hhs.gov
(azeb.mengistu@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SAMHSA Vietnam Implementing Intent to Sole Source: Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS), on behalf of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), intends to sole source to: Center for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI) 240 Mai Anh Tuan Street, Thanh Cong Ward Hanoi, Hanoi, 10000, VIETNAM SCDI is a part of the DRIVE (Drug Injection and Viral Infection in Vietnam) research project - jointly funded by HHS/NIH/NIDA and ANR, which has been demonstrating the feasibility of ending HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. In this study, none of the HIV-negative cohort participants have seroconverted after almost two years of follow-up. SCDI has managed to develop constructive and trustful relationships with various stakeholders at all levels - including the community of drug users, governmental agencies such as VAAC and Health Insurance Department at MOH, DSEP at MOLISA, People's Police Academy and other entities within Ministry of Public Security (MOPS), local authorities such as provincial people's committees and DOLISA, universities including ULSA, HMU, UMP and HPMU, National Assembly's Social Commission and Department of Social Affairs, as well as mass media and their supervisory authorities. At the regional and international level, SCDI is an accredited linking organization of International HIV/AIDS Alliance, a member of International Drug Policy Consortium, connected to ANPUD and INPUD (Asian and International Network of People who Use Drugs) as well as Harm Reduction International, International Harm Reduction and Development, and Vienna NGO Consortium. SCDI has established partnerships with organizations that provide harm reduction, recovery and addiction treatment services in the U.S., France, the Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia. SCDI works in a broad spectrum of drug user-related activities - from community organizational development and service delivery to policy advocacy and research, from harm reduction to recovery and addiction medicine. SCDI has been advocating for and supporting the government to continue the commitment in the Renovation Plan for Drug Treatment, engaging closely with DSEP in the process of developing a government decree on voluntary treatment, working with provinces to initiate and pilot community-based treatment model, promoting voluntary treatment including training for local judges in three provinces, supporting ULSA and DSEP to develop training framework and training package on drug counseling, working with three medical universities to encourage the development of addiction medicine as a discipline, developing partnership with the Police Academy to promote public health approach, providing training for police officials on harm reduction and addiction recovery and treatment, organizing workshops and consultations with National Assembly to raise awareness on alternative to compulsory rehabilitation. The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire support for policy development and capacity building efforts of PERFAR SAMHSA specific to drug abuse community treatment services, including recovery-oriented systems of care that promote meaningful peer engagement in the recovery process and clear linkages to HIV services. This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference SAM227407. All responses are due by September 26, 2018, at NOON EST and can be sent to Azeb Mengistu at azeb.mengistu@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
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