Department of Defense Education Activity, Hqs, Procurement Div, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203

U -- DRUG AND VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM DUE 070199 POC Ms. Dagmar Brown, 703-696-3844 x1415 Potential Requirements: Sources sought by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) for qualified personnel and a quality comprehensive drug and violence prevention education program for implementation in all DoDEA schools beginning in school year 2000-2001. DoDEA is considering obtaining these services for its students in as many as 227 schools located on United States military installations in 8 states, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and Guam, and 14 foreign countries. DoDEA request information from all interested parties who can provide the qualified personnel and a drug and violence prevention education program that includes the elements listed below. Information about the Program: DoDEA operates 227 schools serving the educational needs of school-age dependents of the Department of Defense military and civilian personnel. For more information about DoDEA, consult the DoDEA Website at http://www.odedodea.edu DoDEA seeks a drug and violence prevention education program, which includes the following elements. 1. The program provides developmentally appropriate material and activities that include the short and long term consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. 2. The program helps students to recognize the internal pressures, like stress, and the external pressures, like peer attitudes and advertisements, that influence alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. 3. The program helps students to develop the personal and social skills, i.e. conflict management and refusal skills, to avoid violence and resist pressure to act violently or use drugs. 4. The program teaches that alcohol, tobacco and other drug use is not the norm among teenagers. 5. The program uses interactive teaching strategies such as role-plays and cooperative learning. 6. The program covers the necessary prevention elements in at least five lessons a year at the elementary grades with a minimum of 10 lessons at the exit grade, Grade 5 or 6, a minimum of five booster lessons in two succeeding years, Grades 7 and Grade 8, and a minimum of 10 lessons during Grades 9-12. 7. The program actively involves school faculty and staff, parents, and community. It includes classroom teacher and parent training components. 8. The program is implemented by qualified drug and violence prevention educators who have been trained to implement the program materials with school age children in a school setting. 9. The program has an after-school alternatives component. 10. The program contains materials that represent the cultural diversity of the United States and its interdependence with global cultures. Information Needed: Any information submitted in response to this source sought request will not be returned. Interested parties should submit descriptions of their capabilities to meet all of the potential requirements. Parties should also submit the standard contractual terms, and conditions under which they supply services to other organizations, including local educational agencies, as well as past experience in providing these services, with references and basic pricing information. Large and small businesses including nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education are invited to respond to the request for information. Please include your business size and organizational type in your response. Please submit this information to: Dagmar Brown, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1635: Phone (703) 696-4386 ext.1415. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN340964). (0160)

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