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R -- PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN RESPONDING TO TERRORISM FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS 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.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services through the Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, ADP Acquisitions Branch intends to negotiate an award utilizing simplified acquisitions procedures with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HMJF). The period of performance is twelve months. The purpose of this contract is to support a series of activities directed to understanding the ways in which state and local officials can effectively inform their communities about terrorist events and help their communities recover in a way that minimizes morbidity. The contractor shall provide the support necessary to carry out the following tasks: 1. Collect and review historical and recent literature addressing the ways in which public officials have communicated with the members of their communities following terrorist events and the public's response to those communications. 2. Conduct a series of telephone interviews with officials in multiple cities chosen to represent cultural and socioeconomic diversity to determine their perception of readiness for terrorist attacks and the behavioral consequences of such events. 3. Contact local leaders and officials involved in terrorist response planning and develop a questionnaire that will identify strengths and weakness in officials' knowledge of the psychosocial consequences of terrorism as well as their understanding of the effect their leadership responses may have on the course of the collective community response to these events and 4. Conduct a three day conference with approximately 40 participants in order to learn how public officials perceive the preparedness of their communities in wake of training, to develop recommendations on further research and educational needs and to provide recommendations on ways in which community leaders can be most efficiently informed about mental health consequences of terrorist attacks and their implications for communityfunctioning. Firms having the ability to satisfy this requirement must submit written notification that demonstrates their ability to do so. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion o the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within 15 days from the date of this synopsis, the contracting officer will proceed with the acquisition to HMJF. Posted 08/08/00 (W-SN483732). (0221)

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