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B -- PARENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION POC Shelby Buford, Jr., Contracting Officer, (301)443-6761 WEB: Program Support Center, http://cbd-submit@gpo.gov. E-MAIL: PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER, sbuford@psc.dhhs.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) through the Program Support Center intends to negotiate with Joanne Nicholson, PH.D. of the University of Massachusetts, Center for Research on Mental Health Services on a sole source bases for the award of a comprehensive report on parents with psychiatric disorders and there affects on children. The period of performance shall be September 30, 1998 through September 29, 1999. The contractor shall be responsible for the following: (1) develop an education and skills training curriculum for parents with psychiatric disabilities; (2) review existing data about parents with psychiatric disorders and their families and systematically up-date policy and practice information from State mental health authorities and program providers; (3) solicit information about programs for parents with psychiatric disorders and their children in order to compile the "best practices." The Government intends to utilize simplified acquisition procedures in making award. Dr. Nicholson has a proven depth of knowledge and experience in the area of parenting issues among persons with psychiatric disabilities. The concerns of parents with psychiatric disabilities and their children has been the focus of her consumer-informed and consumer-based research program for the past eight years. Dr. Nicholson has put together and meets regularly with a statewide strategic planning group to ensure that her research efforts are always informed by and directly connected to the services needs of parents with psychiatric disabilities. Her unique combination of knowledge and experience makes her the only qualified person to provide the services under this procurement., Closing date for this synopsis is September 4, 1998. No solicitation is available. The proposed simplified acquisition action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.016-(b). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement within 15 days after date of publication of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed simplified acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238627). (0230)

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