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R -- ANALYSIS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR WELFARE AND CHILD WELFARE CLIENTS IN CALIFORNIA. POC Contact Point, Doris M. Pearson, (202)690-6549 The Department of Health and Human Services intends to negotiate with National Opinion Research Center, Dupont Circle Building, Suite 500, 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to award a contract for a secondary analysis of the California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment (CALDATA) data set, focusing on treatment outcomes for women, particularly those involved with the welfare system, and, if sample size permits, the child welfare system. It is believed that NORC is the only organization qualified to successfully undertake and complete this project. In addition to having considerable experience using this data and expertise in the field of alcohol and drug treatment outcomes research, NORC collected this data under contract with the state of California and, under that contract, they have sole access to the data until 1997. NORC designed and collected the database to be analyzed and have unique insights regarding its strengths and limitations and will be able to perform the requested analyses with little start up time. The purpose of this synopsis is to determine whether there may be other sources with requisite qualifications to perform the work described above. Any organization capable of performing a similar analysis without a costly and significant delay should submit a statement of capabilities with documentation supporting its ability to meet the Government's requirements as described above. 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. (0107)

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