SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Cash and Counseling: Next Steps
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- 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, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-2007ASPE0001
- Response Due
- 7/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2007
- Description
- The Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate a contract modification to Contract HHSP23320054304EC with the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College Office of Sponsored Programs, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, on a sole source basis under the authority of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to assist in funding technical assistance to and oversight/monitoring of states that have received separate grant funding to implement Medicaid and/or Older Americans Act-funded program options based on the cash and counseling model of consumer-directed home and community-based services. The modification will extend the current contract period through September 30, 2008. The contract will enable ASPE to partner with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in funding a research and technical assistance center (RTAC) at Boston College whose principal purpose is to diffuse the specialized knowledge and expertise about innovative approaches to consumer-directed services gained through the implementation of the original Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE) co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and ASPE. In 2004, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Retirement Research Fund awarded grants to twelve new states to design and implement cash and counseling options within their Medicaid programs similar to those previously implemented in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida under the original Cash and Counseling Demonstration. Other states have since received or will receive grants from other sources (e.g. the Retirement Research Fund, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid, the Administration on Aging) to replicate cash and counseling programs with Medicaid or Older Americans Act funding for the benefits themselves. Therefore, a major requirement for the contractor is expertise and experience with regard to the planning and implementation of cash and counseling programs in a variety of state settings. Boston College has, on staff, the project director for the CCDE, who clearly possesses the relevant expertise and experience. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Retirement Research Fund have already awarded grants totaling $7.5 million for this initiative to the Boston College School of Social and the participating states. Any other contractor capable of providing this service would have to have 1) expertise and experience with respect to the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation sufficient to provide extensive technical assistance to states on replicating the cash and counseling innovation in their states and 2) provide a source of funds for approximately half the cost of supporting technical assistance to states around implementing cash and counseling replication programs. This sole source modification has been justified in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there may be other sources with the requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. Any organization capable of performing the work should submit a statement of capabilities with documentation supporting its ability to meet the Governments requirement as described above including a specific statement addressing the second factor listed above (source of additional funding). No solicitation document is available. Capability statements should be submitted within 45 days of the publication of this synopsis to the contact point and address given above. See Note 22.
- Record
- SN01309498-W 20070606/070604220220 (fbodaily.com)
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