CONTRACTOR TO PRODUCE SCREENING TOOLS TO ID CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. The Health Care Financing Administration(HCFA) intends to award on a sole source basis, a fixed-price contract to the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT), 520 SW 6 Ave., Suite 700, Portland, OR 97204. The contract will produce 1) screening tools for State Medicaid agencies and managed care organizations (MCOs) to use in identifying children and adults with special health needs and 2) a compendium and comparison of alternative screening instruments and approaches to identifying enrollees with special health needs. HCFA will be purchasing (1) a study to test the validity and reliability of a screening tool for identifying adults with special health care needs; (2) a review of research literature on alternative mechanisms for identifying children and adults with special health care needs to support a discussion of the strengths and limitations of different instruments/approaches; and (3) a compilation of alternative tools/approaches into a compendium appropriate for use by States and MCOs. This synopsisis for information purposes only, does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Specific qualifications needed to perform this work are: 1) experience in the development and testing of screening tools to identify children and adults with special health care needs; 2) experience in formally evaluating different approaches to identifying individuals with special health care needs, including diagnosis-based appoaches; 3) experience in developing screening tools that can be self-administered, e.g. by Medicaid beneficiaries or their parents; 4) experience in developing screening tools that can be used to compare managed care organizations, monitor public health, and improve health care quality; 5) recognized expertise in the development and testing of survey instruments for their reliability and validity; and 6) established, collegial relationships with recognized national leaders in the development and testing of tools for identifying individuals with special health care needs. Interested parties who believe they can meet these requirements should submit a written capability statement within fifteen (15) days of the publication date of this notice to: HCFA, Acquisition and Grants Group, Division of Quality Contracts, ATTN: Hugh Murdock, Mail Stop C2-21-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. No telephone, facsimile or telegraphic requests will be accepted. The name of a point of contact should be specified, include a telephone number and indicate your organization size status per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.102. It is anticipated that a Cost-Reimbursement contract will be awarded (but HCFA reserves the right to award other types of contract arrangements) with a one year period of performance to begin on or about September 30, 2000. Posted 07/27/00 (W-SN479267).

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