MODIFICATION
B -- White Paper: Suicide, Substance Abuse, and Intimate Partner Violence in Tribal Communities
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, 12501 Ardennes Avenue, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- SAM156322
- Archive Date
- 8/22/2015
- Point of Contact
- Khristine Agnello, Phone: 3014433924
- E-Mail Address
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khristine.agnello@psc.hhs.gov
(khristine.agnello@psc.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Amendment #0001 (issued 08/05/2015): THE RESPONSE DUE DATE IS EXTENDED TO 08/07/2015, 10:00 AM EST. This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The applicable NAICS code for respondents interested in this sources sought notice is 541720. Project background. Suicide, intimate partner violence, and substance abuse each cause substantial mortality and morbidity both across the U.S., with a disproportionate impact within many American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) communities. These behavioral issues also have shared risk factors in their development and require both focused and comprehensive prevention strategies, including the need for intensive crisis intervention strategies. Despite this, community and clinical approaches are often siloed rather than integrated, hampering their effectiveness. For many AI/AN communities, suicide has been an ongoing, tragic phenomenon with a pressing need for more effective prevention strategies. Suicide clusters in Indian Country continue to lead to many deaths, as well as tribal declarations of emergency. This tragic loss of life underscores not only the importance of more effective responses to emerging suicide clusters but also to the need for more effective, integrated, and comprehensive suicide prevention strategies across Indian Country. The intervention with the most evidence for effectiveness is the Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program,, which included focus on all these factors in a comprehensive and integrated way. Grantees within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Native Connections program, which enables AI/AN communities to identify unique behavioral health needs and address those needs in strategic and sustainable ways, are developing approaches that also fit the integrated approach of interest to SAMHSA for this project. Project synopsis. SAMHSA is interested in purchasing a white paper that identifies, reviews, and analyzes integrated approaches for preventing suicide, intimate partner violence, and substance abuse within AI/AN communities. Particular attention will be given to approaches that address all three behavioral outcomes; include integrated screening, risk assessment, and crisis intervention strategies; and integrate community and clinical prevention and intervention (universal, selected, and indicated) strategies. At least two drafts and a final white paper will be submitted, which examine the evidence for effectiveness and provide recommendations for integrated approaches to community and clinical prevention and interventions, including at minimum screening, risk assessment, and crisis intervention. Core tasks. The completion of this requirement will involve tasks for which capacity and prior experience are necessary. The tasks for which the contractor will be responsible include those listed below. Capability statement/information sought. Respondents must provide as part of their response a capability statement which demonstrates each of the following capabilities: • Task 1: Work Plan. Meet with the COR and other SAMHSA staff to determine the best approach to accomplish the tasks covered by this purchase order. The COR and SAMHSA staff will review the plan for consistency with SAMHSA's priorities and guidance. The work plan will be modified as needed in response to comments provided by the COR. • Task 2: Review and Analysis. Conduct a review and analysis of integrated approaches for preventing suicide, intimate partner violence, and substance abuse within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Give particular attention to approaches that address all three behavioral outcomes; include integrated screening, risk assessment, and crisis intervention strategies; and integrate community and clinical prevention and intervention (universal, selected, and indicated) strategies. This must include a review and analysis of the May, Serna, Hurt, & DeBruyn model as well as approaches used by SAMHSA's Native Connection grantees. • Task 3: White Paper Drafts. From the analysis in Task 2, develop and submit a draft white paper that examines the evidence for effectiveness and provides recommendations for integrated approaches to community and clinical prevention and interventions, including at minimum screening, risk assessment, and crisis intervention. Receive and incorporate the comments and revisions from SAMHSA staff and the COR; resubmit. If additional feedback is given, this process will be repeated. • Task 4: Final White Paper. Submit a final, edited white paper that incorporates all comments and revisions from the COR. Respondents must include their DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to applicable NAICS code 541720. Include technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Submissions should be sent electronically to Khristine Agnello at khristine.agnello@psc.hhs.gov. Responses must be double-spaced and single-sided on 8.5" x 11" plain white paper, with 1" margins on all side, using a standard font no smaller than 12 point. The response must be sequentially numbered, beginning on the first page after the table of contents. Responses are due by 10:00 AM EST on August 7, 2015. Responses will not be accepted after the due date. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
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