SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- State and Community Resource Development to Prevent, Assess and Provide Interventions Addressing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Perinatal Depression (PPD)
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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
- HRS38370A
- Archive Date
- 7/23/2010
- Point of Contact
- Joseph Kozar, Phone: 301-443-3098, Francis R Murphy, Phone: (301) 443-5165
- E-Mail Address
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jkozar@hrsa.gov, fmurphy@hrsa.gov
(jkozar@hrsa.gov, fmurphy@hrsa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and capability of small businesses (including certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged, and HUBZone firms; veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and women-owned small businesses) to provide a new, cost-effective, sustainable activity between HRSA/MCHB programs and leading State, local entities and professional healthcare provider organizations to improve screening and intervention rates of both perinatal depression and intimate partner violence. Perinatal depression is defined as depression occurring during pregnancy and up to 12 months after birth. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is defined as a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors by an intimate partner that includes the threat or infliction of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse that is used by perpetrators for the purpose of intimidation and control over the victim. Evidence indicates two public health co-morbidities, perinatal depression (PPD) and intimate partner violence (IPV), pose significant health risk for maternal, infant and child morbidity and mortality as well as risks to the nation's estimated six million pregnancies that occur each year. Homicide is the leading cause of injury deaths among pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S. IPV is a major risk factor for psychopathology, including depression amongst survivors (Institute of Medicine 09 ). Yet combined PPD/IPV screening and intervention (SI) rates by MCHB-funded providers are unacceptably low despite our efforts to increase screening and intervention rates (SI-rates). Therefore information is needed on how State and local perinatal, and other health care providers for women and children are currently screening for both PPD and IPV, how women are being referred for intervention and what services and resources are available to them. In addition, resource materials are needed that provide practical steps to addressing the gaps and barriers that exist for health care providers and perinatal women's health when screening, detecting and referring women for PPD and IPV. This activity joins PPD and IPV experts, health professional organizations, HRSA's MCHB grantees (Healthy Start, State Title V Maternal and Child Health Directors), other State and local public/private stakeholders and consumer advocates to define, develop, implement and assess the effectiveness and ability to generalize select IPV,PPD SI and prevention strategies to targeted communities. Professional organizations include but are not limited to: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP); Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF); National Healthy Start (HS) Association; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG); Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Dental Association; Emergency Nurses Association; Association of Family Physicians; and, National Mental Health Association; American Association of Psychiatrists, American Association of Psychologists, American Association of License Clinical Social Workers, American Association of Family Therapists and Psychotherapists and, National Mental Health Association. Since incarceration, adjudication, alcohol and other substance abuse are part of the cycle of IPV and PPD these organizations and others are also critical; the Department of Justice; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration; Agency for Children and Families and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. This activity builds upon recent CDC-supported work completed by AMCHP and FVPF. It also builds on previous HS activities including but not limited to; recommendations for PPD screening and intervention; previously funded selected HS grants; the current HS Learning Collaborative addressing depression; the HRSA and SAMSHA supported IOM study on Depression previously cited. MCHB resources available in English and Spanish: Depression During and After Pregnancy; A Resource for Women, Their Families and Friends; Taking Care of Mom; Nurturing Self as Well as Baby; Bright Futures; A Women's Guide to Emotional Wellness; and ACOG studies addressing the cofactors of IPV and PPD. The proposed contract the contractor will engage HRSA's MCHB (title V Block Grants) state and community based grantees, other related stakeholders and consumer advocates and is responsible for: (1) development of new multicultural, multilingual appropriate literacy level resources, including webcasts, to guide State/local/public/private entities to address the co-factors of PPD and IPV for perinatal women and their children, baseline year. (2) complete a report on existing peer-reviewed literature on the programmatic, policy, and educational State and community-based efforts to improve screening and intervention rates for the co-factors PPD/IPV (year 1) (3) complete a needs assessment of what MCHB State Title V and HS programs to identify their current capacity to address IPV and PPD; and the need for programmatic, policy, and educational resources (new resources) to concurrently assess, diagnose and refer women in MCHB-funded settings for PPD and IPV intervention; baseline year. (4) identify candidates for and convene a PPD/IPV expert workgroup (EWG) to develop the resources by tapping the unique insights of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of perinatal women's and pediatric health care providers (i.e. Dentists, physicians (obstetricians, pediatricians, family practitioners, psychiatrists), nurses (nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, behavioral health providers) in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, license clinical social workers) family planning, emergency department, crisis response, child care providers), Maternal Child Health (MCH)and HS Directors to collaboratively address IPV/PPD SI-rates; baseline year. (5) manage all logistical tasks associated with conducting nine contractor-facilitated webinars with PPD/IPV EWG members (6 webinars) and MCH and HS programs (3 webinars) to review findings of Year 1 activities; draft new programmatic, policy, and educational resources to guide State/local/public/private entities to address the co-factors of PPD and IPV; and obtain consensus by the PPD/IPV workgroup members and MCH and HS programs as well as HHS-clearance of the new resources; option year 1; (6) work intensively with six to eight State MCH grantees and their Healthy Start communities to pilot and evaluate the new resource materials and their strategies to overcome their respective barriers and gaps in eliminating PPD/IPV-associated poor maternal and child health outcomes; (7) facilitate replication of these strategies in other MCHB-funded State/local areas by producing 3 webcasts and by disseminating the newly developed resources for effectively and concurrently addressing PPD and IPV at the State and community-based levels; option year 2. Contractor will be required to produce the following deliverables: (1) Produce a report of existing peer-reviewed, other published literature and evaluations on programmatic, policy, and educational State and community-based efforts to improve screening and intervention rates for co-factors PPD/IPV; (2) Conduct a needs assessment and produce a report to ascertain the current capacity of MCHB-funded State Title V MCH and HS programs to address PPD and IPV; and their need for programmatic, policy, and/or educational resources (new resources) to concurrently assess, diagnose and refer women in MCHB funded settings for PPD and IPV intervention; (3) Convene a meeting of expert consultants (Expert Work Group (EWG) on IPV and PPD; (4)Work with the EWG to write an article for submission to a peer reviewed journal of the recommendations of the EWG on the cofactors of IPV and PPD; (5)Webinars and other new resources to address the cofactors of IPV and PPD to guide State/local public/private entities that address the co-factors of PPD and IPV in perinatal women and their children. These resource must be produced in hard copy, 508-compliant web version, and compact disc formats; (6)Nine facilitated webinars with MCH and HS Directors and other stakeholders and advocates to gather relevant insights and information during the resource development phase on the cofactors of IPV and PPD; (7)Technical assistance to six to eight States and their HS communities to pilot new resource materials; (8)Development and implementation of a dissemination and replication plan for the new resource materials that includes three webcasts; (9)Hold monthly update meetings with the HRSA project officer and other HRSA staff; (10)Quarterly progress reports containing information on services provided under the contract. Qualified contractors must satisfy the following minimum requirements. Provide a detailed description of your company's experience and demonstrated abilities to deliver each and every one (address each one separately) of the following requirements: (1) Demonstrated experience in initiating, supervising, designing, producing, implementing, disseminating, assessing, and revising multicultural, multilingual and low literacy women's and children's risk-reduction resource materials and technical assistance for State and local women's and children's healthcare providers; (2)Evidence of active collaborations with State Title V MCH Directors, national Healthy Start programs, AMCHP, FVPF and other State and local public/private stakeholders and consumer advocate entities; (3)Experience in the field of public health, maternal and child healthcare delivery, and perinatal depression and intimate partner violence screening, intervention, and training programs; (4)Demonstrated experience with cultural, racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity and health disparities with respect to perinatal depression, intimate partner violence, and maternal and child health outcomes; and, (5)Demonstrated experience with supervising, designing, producing, facilitating and implementing webinars involving public/private providers and administrators from diverse public health settings and professional backgrounds. A severable contract is anticipated, for three years with a base year and two optional years. Interested small business potential offerors are encouraged to respond to this notice. However, be advised that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of respondents' capacity and capability to perform the specific work as required. Responses must directly demonstrate the company's capability, experience, and/or ability to marshal resources to effectively and efficiently perform each of the tasks described above at a sufficient level of detail to allow definitive numerical evaluation; and evidence that the contractor can satisfy the minimum requirements listed above while in compliance with FAR 52.219-14 ("Limitations on Subcontracting"). Failure to definitively address each of these factors will result in a finding that respondent lacks capability to perform the work. Responses to this notice shall be limited to 20 pages, and must include: 1. Company name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and FAX numbers, website address (if available), and the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives. 2. Name, title, telephone number, and e-mail addresses of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses. 3. Business size for NAICS 541990 (size standard $ or number of employees) and status, if qualified as an 8(a) firm (must be certified by SBA), Small Disadvantaged Business (must be certified by SBA), Woman-Owned Small Business, HUBZone firm (must be certified by SBA), and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (must be listed in the VetBiz Vendor Information Pages). 4. DUNS number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number, and company structure (Corporation, LLC, partnership, joint venture, etc.). Companies also must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR, at www.ccr.gov) to be considered as potential sources. 5. Identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and contract number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. 6. If the company has a Government approved accounting system, please identify the agency that approved the system. Please submit copies of any documentation such as letters or certificates to indicate the firm's status (see item #3, above). Teaming arrangements are acceptable, and the information required above on the company responding to this announcement, should also be provided for each entity expected to be teammates of the respondent for performance of this work. To the maximum extent possible, please submit non-proprietary information. Any proprietary information submitted should be identified as such and will be properly protected from disclosure. This notice is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, a Solicitation, a Request for Quotes, or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained in this announcement. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this announcement. Responses to this notice must be received by the Contract Specialist [and/or Contracting Officer, if applicable] named below not later than 4:00 PM Eastern Standard time on July 8, 2010 by delivery, surface mail or fax ONLY at the following address: HHS/HRSA/OAMP, attn: Joseph Kozar, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (301) 443.3098;Fax (301) 443-6038. Responses to this announcement will not be returned, nor will there be any ensuing discussions or debriefings of any responses. However, information obtained as a result of this announcement may be reflected in the subsequent solicitation, and HRSA may contact one or more respondents for clarifications and to enhance the Government's understanding. This announcement is Government market research, and may result in revisions in both its requirements and its acquisition strategy based on industry responses.
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