R -- INVESTIGATION OF LINK-TRACING DESIGNS FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEYS

Notice Date

August 9, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Buildi ng Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857

ZIP Code

20857

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-01c103130

Response Due

August 22, 2001

Point of Contact

Darren Jansen, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-1857, Fax 301-443-3238, Email djansen@psc.gov -- Joe Pirrone, Cont racting Officer, Phone 301-443-4852, Fax 301-443-3238, Email jpirrone@psc.gov

Description

PURPOSE: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS(NCHS) THROUGH THE GENERAL ACQUISITION BRANCH, PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER, PLANS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY. CLO SING DATE IS AUGUST 22, 2001. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS TO (1) identify and initiate investigations of link-tracing designs for dem ographic health surveys (like the NHIS) which are likely to be effective in producing subsamples for various ethnic and raci al subpopulations, subgroups of those subpopulations and hidden or hard-to-access populations; (2) formulate probability mod els for characterizing the effects of truncation, nonresponse and incomplete response at different phases in sampling; (3) o btain guidance for collecting data which can be used to create computer models to simulate link-tracing designs appropriate for surveys of human populations and which indicate the effects and extent of nonsampling errors. SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED UPON THE CONTRACTOR'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN LINK-TRACING DESIGNS. THE CONTRACTOR HAS WORKED WITH THE NATIO NAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN THE PAST AND IS FAMILIAR WITH THE METHODOLOGY REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL AGENCY TASKS. THE PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION IS FOR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENTS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT NO LATER THAN AUGUST 22, 2001. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETE THIS PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT DARREN JANSEN, IN ROOM 5C-13, PARKLAWN BLDG., 5600 FISHERS LANE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20857 OR ON 301-443-1857.

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Record

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