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

R -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CSAT DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO CRITICAL POPULATIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE NON-INCARCERATED, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS SOL CSAT-96-0001 POC Contact Point, Sharon Williams, Contract Specialist, 301- 443-0759 The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The SIC Code is 8742 and the size standard is $5 million. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is requesting proposals to deliver technical assistance to Federal grantees providing alcohol and drug treatment services to critical population groups, women and their children, rural and migrant workers, residents of public housing, racial/ethnic and minority populations, and adolescents. The technical assistance to be delivered under this approximately 13-month long contract (plus a 10-day optional transition period) will be: 1) to deliver programmatic technical assistance to grantees/subgrantees, 2) to develop a plan for and assist in the dissemination of knowledge, 3) contribute to the development of special reports, conduct or arrange for meeting and workshops, 4) provide information sharing, 5) share in and discuss procedures for documenting outcomes, 6) implement and maintain information systems for tracking project performance, 7) mainatain an updated mailing list, 8) provide special reports, publications and other graphic art support. The purpose of this requirement is to provide the technical assistance needs of the grantees and subgrantees. In order to accomplish this goal, the offeror must understand the needs of the grantees and subgrantees. Also, the offeror must maintain an updated list of technical experts to deliver the technical assistance requested. The overall goal is to document new approaches that are effective in treating these differenct population groups, thereby having a positive impact on treatment outcome. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days after issuance of the RFP. The solicitaiton will be ready for distribution approximately 15 days after publication of this synopsis. The solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulleting 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's modems will communicate at 1200 to 9600 BPS and can negotiate with higher speed modems. If your modem is slower than 1200 BPS, you will not be able to use this BBS. Our software can use several common transfer protocols. We recommend Zmodem if it is available in your communications program; however, any of those listed in the BBS should prove satisfactory. Large files will be posted as self-extricating 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 requests for the solicitation must be submitted in writing; no telephone requests will be honored. Telefax requests for the solicitation will be accepted at 301-443-6468. Award of this contract will be subject to the availability of FY 1996 funds. See Numbered Note 1. (0241)

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