SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- ACF P&A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-ACFTECHNICALASSISTANCE
- Response Due
- 6/17/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/2/2004
- Point of Contact
- Marisha Foreman, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-6762, Fax 301-443-2761,
- E-Mail Address
-
mforeman@psc.gov
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of potential small businesses (e.g., 8(a), veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses) with the capability to provide technical assistance to the 57 State Protection and Advocacy Agencies that protect the interests of individuals with mental and physical disabilities on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) administers the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program. ADD works in close cooperation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which administers the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) program and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) which administers the Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR) program. The required assistance includes, but is not limited to, legal and advocacy-based training, consultation, information dissemination, best practices, systems change and capacity building. Your capability statement must address the following: 1) Experience in providing legal and advocacy-based training to the Protection and Advocacy Systems; 2) Knowledge of organization structure and management of Protection and Advocacy Systems; 3) Knowledge of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-402), Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986 (P.L. 106-310) as amended by the Children's Health Act of 2000, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 USC 701 et seq.); 4) Experience in conducting workshops and in organizing and conducting conferences and conference calls; 5) Experience in development and dissemination of information packets; 6) Familiarity with Protection and Advocacy Systems measurement of outcomes and reporting process; 7) Electronic capability to correspond and receive responses from the Protection and Advocacy network in 24 hours; and 8) Ability to provide a staff that has: a) successful academic and professional work experiences in the field of developmental, emotional and other significant disabilities; b) experience in providing and coordinating training and technical assistance activities; c) the ability to direct and manage projects of this magnitude including accounting/bookkeeping activities, and d) successful experience in managing training and technical assistance contracts or programs as a project director. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 541611 with a size standard of $6million. This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation and in no way obligates the Government to award a contract. Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements may submit capability statements via e-mail to mforeman@psc.gov. All capability statements must provide supporting documentation along with the following: 1) company name; 2) address; 3) point of contact; 4) phone/fax/e-mail; 5) NAICS Codes; 6) business size and status; (e.g., small business, 8(a), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women owned small business) and 7) provide a listing of services your company provides related to technical assistance and advocacy. Responses are requested not later than June 17, 2004. Capability statements will not be accepted after the due date.
- Place of Performance
- Address: WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Record
- SN00599923-W 20040610/040608211813 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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