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D -- DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE INFORMATION SOL 97M031302 POC Jo-Lynn Davis, Contracting Officer (301) 443-7076 DHHS/PSC/DAM has a requirement to continue and enhance the capability of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to rapidly develop, process, and disseminate critical information to the substance abuse treatment field through the CSAT by FAX program. The requirement has been justified in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 to award to the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) in College Park, MD, on a sole source basis. The Office of Evaluation, Scientific Analysis, and Synthesis (OESAS) requires access to highly specialized scientific and professional technology transfer and dissemination routes for a variety of evaluation products on several topics: evaluation design, instrumentation, analytic methods and tools, and analytic results from national studies or local studies of particular importance. The office requires the capability for rapid dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in a variety of areas, e.g., treatment delivery, health care, case management, substance abuse, econometrics, medical sociology and anthropology, psychology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, etc. Furthermore, the intricate and complicated nature of the broad-scale nationwide evaluation projects undertaken by the agency (e.g., NTIES, NEDTAC, Job Corps, etc.) often necessitates technology transfer in highly specialized knowledge areas to experts in the AOD treatment field to accomplish tasks with short lead times (presentations at professional conferences, responding to needs of expert panels, etc.). Ready access to a pool of dissemination targets already developed by a scientific and professional search vendor with immediately accessible technology transfer and dissemination capability such as the CESAR will significantly enhance the ability of the agency to perform assigned tasks in a timely and state-of-the-art manner. Interested firms must submit clear and convincing data substantiating their capability to furnish this requirement including technical and pricing data, within 15 days after thepublication of this notice. No solicitation package is available. Any requests for solicitation packages will be considered nonresponsive. If no affirmative responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed to issue a purchase order to CESAR. Responses must be in writing and refer to 97M031302 to the attention of Jo-Lynn Davis. (0023)

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