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R -- CSAT OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM ACCREDITATION PROJECT SOL 277-98-7043 DUE 041098 POC Mary Haines, Contract Specialist (301) 443-9135, Mary Anne Glitz, Contracting Officer (301)443-4980 The Office of Pharmacological and Alternative Therapies, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (OPAT/CSAT/SAMHSA) contemplates awarding up to two cost reimbursement contracts. The purpose of this contract is to establish a working laboratory program to: (1) develop accreditation materials, consistent with Federal accreditation guidelines; (2) identify and train site visit accreditation surveyors; (3) apply the accreditation materials at site visit surveys at Opioid treatment programs (OTP); and (4) collect data for evaluation purposes. A separate evaluation contractor will conduct the evaluation to assess the process and effects of accreditation. The anticipated period of performance is for three years with two one-year options. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is March 10, 1998, with responses due thirty days later. This solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; by mail or by downloading a file from the World Wide Web at http://www.samhsa.gov/contract. Files will not be made available on the World Wide Web until on or after the estimated issuance date. Download instructions are posted on the Web. Once downloaded, you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must either write the individual identified above that you wish copies of amendments to the RFP (if any) sent to you by mail or check the Web regularly for amendments which will also be posted there and can be downloaded electronically. You may choose any of the two methods for obtaining amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the Web for obtaining amendments, at this time we have no way to assure, and will therefore assume no responsibility for assuring, you have downloaded these amendments. Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Mary Haines, Contracting Officer, Division ofContracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CSAT. (0049)

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