99 -- HBCU'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP

Notice Date

July 10, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, formally known as the Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, 7500 Security Blvd. C2-21-15, Central Building, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850

ZIP Code

21244-1850

Description

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration intends to award on a sole source basis, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedure (Dollar Threshold of $100,000), a firm fixed price award to Bowie State University, Department of Nursing, Center for Learning and Technology, Suite 202, 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, Maryland 20715-9455. The acquisition is for a workshop initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Technical Assistance on Accessing, Utilizing, and Understanding CMS?s Medicare/Medicaid Data for African American Researchers. This workshop is a partnership between the CMS and Bowie State University, Department of Nursing. CMS is partnering with this HBCU to: 1) increase the number of under-represented African Americans investigators with the basic skills needed to begin collaborating in or conducting minority research that uses CMS data sets; 2) orient African American researchers in understanding CMSs Medicare and Medicaid data sets; 3) provide for the education of HBCU researchers in the proper acquisition and use of CMS files in data content including file layouts and data field definitions, and in manipulation and use of CMS data for research purposes; 4) provide hands on experience with using CMS data sets to answer research questions; 5)increase HBCU researchers technical skills and ability to conduct minority health services research; and 6) encourage cross-institutional collaboration focusing on using CMS data. HBCUs researchers from Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and U.S. Virgin Islands will attend the workshop. The contractor shall supply all the personnel, materials, and supplies needed to carry out this scope of work. The contractor shall have a thorough and demonstrable understanding of HBCUs, their needs and capabilities, and shall conduct communications with the appropriate HBCUs and their faculty members and researchers. The contractor will make contacts with the appropriate HBCUs about the "Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Technical Assistance Workshop on Accessing, Utilizing, and Understanding CMS?s Medicare/Medicaid Data for African American Researchers". It shall facilitate the development and implementation of this workshop. The project will involve the following major tasks: Task l. Make direct contact with African American faculty members and researchers at HBCUs informing them about the workshop. (Regular Activity) Task 2. Send out invitation letters and agenda to the participants for the workshop. (End of Month 2) Task 3. Carry out all logistics for the workshop, i.e., Confirmation list, program support, lodging and meal, conference registration, name tags, materials, A/V equipment, workshops, and others. (Regular Activity) Task 4. Provide for OSP project officer review and approval of materials produced by the contractor to be mailed to the HBCUs researchers. (Regular Activity)Task 5. Work directly with OSP project officer in coordinating the workshop activities. (Regular Activity) The Contractor shall: (1) Provide a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the contractors understanding of the issues and requirements discussed and accepted for this workshop. (Month 1) (2) Provide OSP project officer with the names, phone numbers, and mailing addresses of African American researchers in the workshop.(3) Provide progress report(s) to the OSP project officer keeping him apprised of the project activities, including tasks completed and planned project activities. (Regular Activity) (4) Produce a report for the workshop. (Two months after project activities) The Department of Nursing has a long history of focusing on health promotion and disease prevention with an emphasis on minority and underserved individuals. Efforts to decrease health disparities among African Americans have resulted in a number of partnerships and community based activities. A partnership with Strategic Consolidated Services (SCS), a nonprofit community based organization resulted in the first HIV/AIDS Testing Forum. This program focused on educating college students about HIV/AIDS and provided free testing and counseling. More than 30 students were tested, the largest number tested on campus to date. The project will be repeated in September at Bowie State and on HBCU campuses across the nation. The Department of Nursing has also partnered with Summit Health Institute for Research and Education (SHIRE) and other community groups to identify strategies for decreasing health disparities among African American Prince Georgians. A grant submitted to HUD in collaboration with SCS and SHIRE focuses on developing a nurse managed clinic in an inner beltway community in Prince George's County. During the summer months, it will be conducting a church based breast cancer education project. The Nursing Department has also partnered with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, CMS's HBCU Health Services Research Grant Program, to implement an HIV/AIDS Peer Education program on campus and with community groups and is actively involved in the Healthy People 2010 initiative in Prince George's County. An international program with nurses from Brazil resulted in an eight-week training session on campus for eight nurse faculty members to develop nurse practitioner skills that could be implemented to provide primary health care in the rural communities of Brazil. One of those faculty members is currently matriculating in the graduate program in the community health role. Faculty and students from the Department of Nursing are also actively involved with minority and underserved individuals from inner-beltway communities in Prince George's County. It is committed to reducing health disparities and welcome the opportunity to host conferences. The Workshop Director is also a member of the HBCU Health Services Research Network and is currently a member of the Executive Board. This HBCU has the necessary experience and unique capability to put on this type of conference. All responsible sources may submit capability statements in consideration to the Agency at the above address.

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