SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Developing Resources to Assist in Reducing Alcohol-Impaired Driving
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- 2009-0030
- Archive Date
- 4/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Lloyd S. Blackwell,, Phone: 202-366-9564
- E-Mail Address
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lloyd.blackwell@nhtsa.dot.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. Background Research and data show that Latinos in the United States are at particular risk of death and injury from alcohol-impaired driving crashes. In 2006, 42,708 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those fatalities, 32 percent occurred in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes. During that same year, 5,405 Latinos were fatally injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the U.S. Of these fatalities, 36 percent were in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for Latinos ages 1-44 (as compared with ages 4-34 for the general population). Although the number of fatalities among Latinos in the U.S. in alcohol impaired driving crashes have decreased somewhat, impaired driving crashes, death and injury in Latino communities remain a serious problem. According to the U.S. Census, the Hispanic population has grown almost 60 percent since the 1990 census and is predicted to reach 59 million by 2030, making Hispanics the single largest minority group in the U.S. The Hispanic population is growing much faster than the U.S. population as a whole. A higher proportion of Hispanics are killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes than other racial and ethnic groups. In efforts to address alcohol-impaired driving in the general population in the U.S., NHTSA has focused on a variety of effective countermeasures including enforcement, support to the criminal justice system (prosecution and adjudication), screening and brief intervention and the use of emerging technologies, such as ignition interlocks. Specifically, NHTSA is focusing its efforts on high visibility enforcement programs, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, DWI/Drug Courts, establishing screening and brief intervention as a routine medical practice to identify individuals with alcohol misuse problems, and ignition interlocks for impaired driving offenders. In the area of high visibility enforcement, NHTSA continues to support the National Impaired Driving Law Enforcement Crackdown, “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit, Under Arrest,” as well as sustained enforcement throughout the year. NHTSA media campaign “Drunk Driving, “Over the Limit., Under Arrest” seeks to reduce impaired driving, especially among 21-34 year old males, who are at high risk in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, by increasing the level of high visibility enforcement during high risk times of the year, and publicizing the enforcement campaign using paid and earned media. Enforcement-oriented messages are used to support the campaign in both English and Spanish. NHTSA has worked in conjunction with a number of organizations at the Federal, State and local levels to develop and demonstrate program strategies and activities specifically designed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving crashes and related fatalities and injuries in Latino populations. With NHTSA support, in 2004, the Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT) developed and demonstrated the use of program strategies to reduce alcohol-related fatalities and injuries in three communities with sizable Latino populations: Albuquerque, NM; Durham, NC; and San Antonio, TX. These communities focused especially on law enforcement Crackdown events and public education to members of their communities. In 2005, the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and El Pueblo, NC were selected to demonstrate sustained enforcement efforts, combined with targeted paid and earned media, in communities with large Latino populations, in an effort to reduce impaired driving fatalities and injuries. In 2007, NHTSA worked with LCAT to host a one-day summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss the latest research and data concerning strategies to reduce impaired driving in the Latino populations. Participants at the summit included a broad cross-section of representatives of National, State and local organizations; Federal and State government agencies; and academia. NHTSA is publishing a report documenting the key recommendations from this meeting. The report will include data on the extent of the problem, summary of research, descriptions of successful programs and links to resources outside NHTSA. NHTSA is also developing a report on the “State of Knowledge” regarding Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Diverse Populations. We know that some programs and strategies addressing alcohol-impaired driving in Hispanic communities have been developed and implemented through other agencies at the Federal, State and local levels. One example is the California Highway Patrol’s “El Protector” Program. The program is directed at the Hispanic community with the goal of reducing disproportionate number of Hispanic surnamed drivers and victims involved in traffic related collisions and places special emphasis on educating through dialogue with the community, instead of focusing on enforcement measures. To date, however, there is no one resource tool or guide available to the States, communities or others who seek to address alcohol-impaired driving in the Hispanic communities. II. Purpose & Objectives The purpose of this contract is to (1) gather information about programs and strategies that have been shown, or appear to have the potential, to reduce alcohol-impaired driving crashes in Hispanic populations; (2) identify key elements of such programs and strategies; and (3) develop a resource tool that will assist States, communities or others in efforts to initiate and/or strengthen programs and strategies designed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving fatalities and injuries within communities with Hispanic populations. Format of Corporate Capabilities Statement: Any interested organizations should submit the Corporate Capability Statement which demonstrates the firm’s ability and interest in no more than 10 pages to perform the key requirements described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. All respondents are asked to indicate the type and size of their business organization, e.g., Large business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned-Business, 8(A), Historically Black College or University/Minority Institution (HBCU/MI), educational institution, profit/non-profit organization, in their response. Interested offerors shall respond to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 15 calendar days from date of posting. E-mail is the preferred method when receiving responses to this Notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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