Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Contracts Management Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, (Rockwall II 6Th Floor) Rockville, Maryland 20857

R -- TA AND TRAINING SERVICES TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE TREATMENT NETWORKS SOL CSAT 95-0024 POC Jacquelyn C. Carey, Contracting Officer, (301) 443-8805, James A. Brandon, Contract Specialist, (301) 443-0666 The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations having capability to provide technical assistance and training for a new Criminal Justice Treatment Network Program being developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). The program will consist of approximately 10 local demonstration projects involving local networks of criminal justice agencies, substance abuse treatment agencies, and allied health, mental health and social services agencies. The contractor shall provide both national level and site specific technical assistance and training relevant to the planning and implementation of the 10 demonstration projects. The contractor will be responsible for organizing semi-annual project ''cluster'' meetings of all projects and CSAT staff. The contractor is expected to be intimately familiar with relationships and operating procedures of criminal justice agencies, as well as substance abuse treatment, mental health, and social services agencies in metropolitan areas, and how these agencies would develop a network for comprehensive services for substance abusing offenders. The contractor will also coordinate with a separate CSAT Evaluation Contractor concerning a national evaluation effort. It is anticipated that a 36-month, incrementally funded contract, and two 12-month options will result from this solicitation. The estimated issuance date of RFP No. CSAT-95- 0024, is approximately 15 days from the date of this synopsis, and responses are due to be received in the Contracting Office approximately 45 calendar days thereafter. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulletin Board system (BBS) at 1 (800) 424-2294, or by mail. To download from the SAMHSA BBS, you should set your communications program at 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and parity at none (8-1-none). SAMHSA modems will communicate at 1,200 to 9.600 BPS and can negotiate with higher speed modems. If your modem is slower than 1,200 BPS, you will not be able to use this BBS. Our software can use several common transfer protocol. We recommend zmodem if it is available in your communications program; however, any of those listed on the BBS should prove satisfactory. Large files will be posted as self extracting compressed files to save time during the transfer. Hardware compression features in the modems will be relied upon to provide compression for smaller files. All reasonable sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. Requests for copies of the solicitation will be honored if received within 35 days following issuance of the solicitation. Requests after that period will be filled on a first come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted; however, there is no assurance that copies requested after the 35th day will reach the requester before the due date for receipt of responses. Please forward all requests for this RFP to the attention of Mr. James A. Brandon, Contract Specialist, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Rockwall II Building, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857 (Telefax number is 301 443-6468). (0165)

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