U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5416, Washington, DC 20210

R -- MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING OF THE WORKING PARTNERS OUTREACH AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INITIATIVE. POC Leonard L. Bednar, Contract Negotiator, (202) 219-6445, Phyllis R. McMeekin, Contracting Officer, (202) 219-6445 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), under the direction of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP), has established the Working Partners for an Alcohol-and Drug-Free Workplace Program (Working Partners). The goals of Working Partners are to: 1)raise awareness about the impact of substance abuse on small businesses; 2) provide information to businesses on how to establish an alcohol-and drug-free workplace; 3)encourage employers to implement drug-free workplace programs that protect worker safety and health, and respect worker rights; and 4) gather facts and figures about workplace alcohol and drug abuse. To accomplish these goals OASP conducts an ongoing educational outreach campaign which currently includes five major components: 1) the Small Business Initiative (SBI), 2) the Substance Abuse Information Database (SAID), 3) the Drug-Free Workplace Advisor, 4) the Working Partners Web site, and 5) Creating Partnerships to address special issues. Working Partners develops tailored educational materials for various industries and partners with various trade associations, business groups, labor unions, and others, to distribute these materials to individual work organizations. Working Partners conducts research to identify current, useful documents that are stored in SAID. Working Partners also provides support to individual DOL agencies in addressing substance abuse issues affecting the workplace and/or the workforce by providing consultation, information, technical assistance, and/or training on workplace substance abuse issues. The purpose of the proposed contract is to assist DOL in maintaining and enhancing the Working Partners outreach and information dissemination initiative. Under OASP's direction, the contractor will 1) develop, manage, promote and evaluate the Working Partners initiative, 2) research, develop, produce and collect relevant materials, and 3) travel to promote the initiative at conferences and other meetings. In addition, the contractor will support other DOL agency projects related to workplace substance abuse as determined by OASP. The DOL intends to enter into a sole source contract with Concepts, Inc., 18200 Wickham Road, Olney, MD 20832 to perform the work. Concepts, Inc. is a subcontractor to Soza, Inc., the incumbent contractor. As a result of the current contract, Concepts, Inc. has laid a substantial foundation that has resulted in the success of DOL's Working Partners for an Alcohol-and-Drug Free Workplace Program and has tailored its approach to ensure program success. Duplication of such an effort in the short time needed for program continuation would be disprutive to the program and cost prohibitive. In addition, the DOL's Procurement Review Board feels that Concepts' unsolicited proposal is unique in that it utilizes existing partnerships established by entities currently involved in this effort throughout the country. It would be impractical, unnecessarily duplicative, and cost prohibitive to try to recreate such a network of stakeholders. This notice is for informational purposes only. No solicitation document is available. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 06/29/99 (I-SN348281). (0180)

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