Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and = Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Division of Contracts = Management, Parklawn Building, Room 13C-06, 5600 Fishers Lane = Rockville, Maryland 20857

B -- EVALUATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH = SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PROGRAM SOL 280-99-8023 DUE 071599 POC Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, 301/443-5329, 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 continue = the national evaluation of the children's mental health services = programs. The objective of this contract is to evaluate up to 25 = additional program sites to fulfill the statutory requirements of PL = 102-321 to assess the effectiveness of the systems of care created by = the grant program. Under this authority, grants support a broad array = of community-based, family-focused, coordinated services for children = with a serious emotional disturbance that enable communities to develop = local systems of care which involve mental health, child welfare, = education, juvenile justice, and other agencies. The evaluation of the = Program includes the collection of longitudinal data to assess outcomes = for children and their families, and to study the effects of = system-of-care activities on the utilization of hospitals and other = institutional settings, the barriers to and achievements resulting from = interagency collaboration in providing community-based systems of care, = and assessments by parents of the effectiveness of systems of care. = This contract shall implement some of the protocols and methodologies = already developed by CMHS and approved by OMB. To qualify, = organizations must have the experience necessary to conduct multi-site = evaluations, experience with child mental health service programs and = state data systems, knowledge of computer programming necessary to = create and update data files, knowledge to perform statistical analyses = of the data, experience in writing reports and articles for multiple = audiences and scientific journals, and experience providing technical = assistance to sites on efficient procedures for evaluating children's = services programs. Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 280-98-8023 is = scheduled for issuance on or about 15 days after publication of this = notice and will close 30 calendar days thereafter. This solicitation = may be obtained two ways: electronically or by mail. Electronically: = The file may be downloaded from the SAMHSA Web Site at = http://www.samhsa.gov. Files will not be made available on the Web = Site until on or after the estimated issuance date. Once downloaded, = you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If = so, you must check the SAMHSA Web Site regularly for any amendments to = the RFP which will also be there and can be downloaded. We do not = assume responsibility for assuring that you have downloaded the = amendments. Therefore, you may wish to write to the Contract = Specialist listed below to request that copies of the amendments to the = RFP (if any) be sent to you by mail. By mail: Requests for copies of = the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing or by facsimile = (301/443-0019), and will be honored if received within twenty calendar = days after issuance of the solicitation. Requests receivedafter this = period will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the = supply is exhausted. There is no assurance that copies requested after = the twentieth day will reach the requestor before the due date for = receipt of responses. Send written requests to the attention of Mary = Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, = Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn = Building, Room 13C-06, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. = Telephone requests will not be honored. Pickups will not be permitted. Posted 05/24/99 (D-SN334820). (0144)

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