SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- A Waiting Room-Delivered Video to Enhance Antiretroviral Therapy Readiness, Adherence, and Retention in Care for HIV-Positive Minority Persons
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2013-N-15662
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sherrie N. Randall, Phone: 7704882866, Teri M Routh-Murphy, Phone: 770-488-2713
- E-Mail Address
-
iom2@cdc.gov, tnr3@cdc.gov
(iom2@cdc.gov, tnr3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Introduction: This is a Pre-solicitation Notice for a Small Business Set Aside Competitive Acquisition under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541990 " All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services". The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is contemplating a Research and Development, firm-fixed-price contract for 16 months. When released, the solicitation number will be 2013-N-15662. The solicitation, Request for Proposal (RFP) will be made available on the Internet at http://www.fbo.gov on or about June 22, 2013. Request for Proposals will not be provided to interested parties in hard copy form. Telephone requests will not be honored. Interested parties are responsible for checking the website regularly for the release of the RFP and for other procurement-related documents. The information provided in this pre-solicitation is for information purposes only. If there are any differences in the information provided here and the actual solicitation, the information provided in the actual solicitation shall govern. Purpose & Objectives: The purpose of this contract is to develop, beta-test, and refine a brief, video-delivered, waiting room intervention that promotes early initiation of ART among treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients, adherence to ART and retention in care among HIV-positive patients currently on therapy, sexual risk reduction tailored to HIV-positive persons, and patient-initiated discussion of these topics with their providers. Specific objectives of the contract include the following: 1. Develop a draft theory-based, brief, video-delivered waiting room intervention that promotes early initiation of ART among treatment-naïve clients, adherence to ART and retention in care among HIV-positive patients currently on therapy, and sexual risk reduction tailored to HIV-positive minority persons. 2. Develop "movie style" posters to enhance viewership and a User's Guide to improve the integration of the video into HIV/AIDS treatment facilities. 3. Conduct a beta-test of the draft video intervention in up to four HIV/AIDS treatment facilities meeting specific programmatic criteria. 4. Document the feasibility and use of this intervention during routine clinical care. 5. Collect observational data and supplemental patient-level medical record data from participating treatment facilities as part of the beta-test of the draft video intervention. 6. Refine the draft video intervention based on analysis of the patients' reactions. 7. Produce interim and final progress reports. 8. Create and deliver interim data sets and final data sets. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ADEQUATE RESPONSES TO A SOLICITATION.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/2013-N-15662/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: The Contractor's Facility, HIV/AIDS treatment facilities, United States
- Record
- SN03083664-W 20130609/130607235726-1d6a366c0c3a9e1c5951bb615aff7d6a (fbodaily.com)
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