Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, OPS, Division of Contracts Management, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Attn: Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist

B -- SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, GENERAL HOSPITAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND MANAGED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS SOL 280-97-8000 DUE 120296 POC Point of Contact - Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, 301/443-0043, Contracting Officer - Beatrice L. Woods, 301/443-0043 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is soliciting proposals on a full and open competitive basis from qualified organizations to award a three year contract to conduct an inventory of Mental Health Organizations, General Hospital Mental Health Services and Managed Health Care Organizations. The purpose of the contract is threefold as follows: (1) to conduct a complete enumeration of all specialty mental health organizations and general hospitals using a short form (hereafter called the postcard form) that will obtain basic information on the size, location, ownership and other characteristics of these organizations; (2) to select a sample of specialty mental health organizations and non-Federal general hospitals with separate psychiatric services from the complete enumeration of all organizations included on the postcard from, who will receive a detailed form to complete (hereafter called the survey form); (3) to contact associations of managed health care companies, the purpose of which is to obtain information on the utilization of mental health services by their member organizations and to obtain lists of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of managed health care companies that will comprise the universe of future data collection efforts. With regard to the managed health care organizations, the contractor is expected to access data on mental health services that the associations routinely collect and to develop additional questions on mental health services in collaboration with the associations. The estimated issuance date of RFP No. 280-97-8000 is October 29, 1996 and proposals are due to be received in the Contracting Office 30 calendar days therafter. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulletin Board System (BBS) at 1 (800) 424-2294 or by mail. To download from the BBS, you should set your communications program at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and parity at none (8-1-none). SAMHSA,s modems will communicate at 1200 to 9600 BPS and can negotiate with higher speed modems. If your modem is slower than 1200 BPS, you will not be able to use this BBS. Our software can use several common transfer protocols. We recommend Amodem if it is available in your communications program; however any of those listed on the BBS should prove satisfactory. Large files will be posted as self extracting compressed files to save time during the transfer. Hardware compressions features in the modems will be relied upon to provide compression for smaller files. Upon reading the file electronically downloaded you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must either write the individual identified above that you wish copies of amendments to the RFP (if any) sent to you by mail or check the BBS regularly for amendments which will also be posted there and can be downloaded electronically. You may choose either method for obtaining amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the BBS for obtaining amendments, at this time we have no way to assure, and will therefore assume no responsibility for assuring, you have downloaded these amendments. Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing and will be honered if received within twenty calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. Requests received after this period will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted; however, there is no assurance that copies requested after the twentieth day will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of responses. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. No pickups will be permitted. (0292)

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