R -- TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Notice Date

March 23, 2001

Contracting Office

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19 Rockville, MD 20857

ZIP Code

20857

Solicitation Number

240-MCHB-19(1)

Point of Contact

Suzanne Stinson 301-443-5130

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contract specialist via (sstinson@hrsa.gov)

Description

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has a requirement to award a contract for providing "Training and technical assistance in the analytic/quantitative skills area and intuitive/people oriented skills area for States, local and county governments, national organizations, and other entities designated to develop local comprehensive systems of care for all mothers, infants, children and their families." The technical assistance activities in support of the development of local systems of care will be based on, but not limited to the following: Analytic/Quantitative Skills, including, but not limited to, needs assessment, quality assurance, planning and program evaluation; and Intuitive/People Oriented skills including, but not limited to marketing, coalition building, linkage building, government relations, and fund raising/sustainability. The purpose of this technical assistance initiative is to support the development of skills to be used by community organizations which are working to develop local systems of care. The contractor in providing technical assistance shall work closely with the Federal Government. central office and regional offices, as well as State and local and county health departments. The second major facet of this contract will be to train a cadre of individuals to assist State and county/local governments and other organizations to develop comprehensive health care delivery systems for all mothers, infants, children, and their families in local areas. This capacity building effort also shall include individuals in the States, HRSA Office of Field Operations and Field Offices, the Central Office of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), previous CISS demonstration grants, as well as individuals who have provided consultation successfully throughout the course of this contract. The solicitation will be issued on or about April 10, 2001. You may be able to access the solicitation electronically at the following location on the web: www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/contract.htm. If you are able to download the solicitation electronically, please submit your name, address and phone number to this office so that you can be included on our source list. (It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the above internet site for the release of this solicitation and amendments, if any). If you are NOT able to download the solicitation electronically, all requests for a hard copy must be in writing, to the attention of Suzanne Stinson and cite RFP No. HRSA 240-MCHB-19(1). You may FAX your request to the attention of Suzanne Stinson at 301-443-6038. If you choose to FAX your request, please also send the hard copy in the mail as the FAX copies are sometimes unreadable. You may also submit your request electronically. The electronic mailing address is: sstinson@hrsa.gov. If you e-mail a request, please also send a hard copy in the mail as sometimes e-mail is not accessible. Your written request for the solicitation should be mailed to the attention of Suzanne Stinson, HRSA, Room 13A-19, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857. All requests should include the name of the contact person, mailing address, telephone number, email address and FAX number in the body of the letter. Telephone requests for the solicitation cannot be honored.

Web Link

click here to download a copy of the RFP (www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/contract.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010327/RSOL011.HTM (W-082 SN50H1P5)