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A -- COMPUTER ASSISTED NIMH DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN (C-DISC) SOL NIMH-97-DE-0003 DUE 051997 POC David J. Eskenazi, (301)443-2696 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to negotiate a five (5) year cost reimbursement type contract with the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene (RFMH), New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) for the development of the Computer Assitsed NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (C-DISC). The development of the C-DISC has been supported through contract with the RFMH, NYSPI. The current version, DISC-4 ascertains psychiatric diagnoses for timeframes of 1-month, 1-year, and ever in lifetime. The DISC-4 includes parallel versions for parent and child and provides diagnoses according to DSM-IV and ICD-10 diagnostic criteria. The DISC-4 is designed for administration by trained lay interviewers. Due to the coplexity of the inverview and the intricacy of the skip patterns, computer assisted interview techniques have been found to greatly enhance the accuracy of both the interview and data entry procedures. Developmental work on a computer assisted DISC (C-DISC) has been ca rried out by the C-DIS Management Group, Inc., Ottawa, Canada, under the direction of Author Blouin, Ph.D. and resulted in the CAPI DISC-4 in English and Spanish. The C-DISC program codes were developed and are owned by the C-DIS Management Group and are necessary for future development of the instrument. Demand for the C-DISC is increasing from DHHS research investigators making it essential the NIMH provide for the distribution of the instrument to grantees at reasonable prices. A primary objective of this contract is to conserve DHHS research funds by ensuring a reasonable price structure for a license and C-DISC disketts, distributuion, and technical support services. The contractor will also provide NIMH with copies of the C-DISC for intrumural research puroposes, at no charge, and a liscense to use the programming source codes. Since 23 funded research studies are waiting to use the C-DISC with more requests anticipated during the next three months, it is essential that contract activities begin immediately upon award, which is projected to be made on or about June 30, 1997. The contractor shall provide the following under this contract: 1a. the generic parent and child 12-month C-DISC in English and Spanish, a license for all programming source codes used in developing the C- DISC, and all documentation; 1b. the completed DSM-IIIR version of the C-DISC (NIMH DISC 2.3.) in English and French; and 1c. the Windows version of the generic C-DISC in English a nd Spanish and access to all source codes and documentation required for this development; 2. The contractor shall maintain and update the generic C-DISC and Windows version, and produce and distribute these to DHHS supported researchers reasonable fee; and 3. develop derivative versions of the C-DISC and manuals, update and maintain them, and distribute these derivative versions to DHHS supported researchers for a reasonable fee. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Note 22: t he proposed contract action is for supplies or servicesfor which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested parties may identify thier interest and capability to respond to the requirment or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this s ynopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is soley within the discretion of the government. Information recieved will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. (0090)

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