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R -- PILOT TEST A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED INTERVENTION PACKAGE WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -- "AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE HIV/AIDS BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SOL 1999Q00236 DUE 080699 POC Phillip Green, Contract Specialist, (770) 488-2638 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to enter into negotiation for a sole source purchase order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), Newton, MA to perform the following tasks: I. Title of Project: "Availability of Effective HIV/AIDS Behavioral Interventions for Departments of Public Health" II. Background: Making HIV/AIDS prevention interventions with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness available to departments of public health is a critical strategy in national HIV prevention. Typically, the end-product of an intervention study is one or more scientific publications on the study's results. HIV and STD Divisions in departments of public health who want to use effective interventions in their programs conduct literature searches but find only brief descriptions of the interventions within the research articles. These descriptions provide insufficient information for purposes of adopting the intervention. Very few researchers have translated their intervention protocols into layman's language and combined the protocols and supporting materials into transferable packages. Those few researchers with intervention packages have some experience in helping non-researchers replicate the intervention, but the non-researchers in departments of public health with whom they have interacted tend to be local to the researcher's area. The lack of available packaged materials targeting minority populations is particularly acute. Although minority populations are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, we know of very few effective interventions for these populations which are feasible for departments of public health to conduct. This project will complement the Behavioral Intervention Research Branch's (BIRB) work in technology transfer. III. Objective of the PO: The purpose of this purchase order is to pilot-test a previously developed intervention package with departments of public health who are not local to the researcher's community in order to determine if the package is pertinent outside of the researcher's local area and to refine training on how to implement the intervention, for wider applicability and availability. This project will add to BIRB's framework for the translation and transfer of HIV behavioral change technology under the replication of effective interventions component. IV. Scope of Work: The contractor shall collaborate with CDC in pilot-testing their intervention package by cooperating on the development of training protocols and participating in the training of prevention providers from departments of public health interested in replicating the intervention in their locales. V. Tasks to be Performed: In performance of this contract, the contractor shall: Task 1.Collaborate with CDC on the development of a training protocol on the intervention package. Collaboration will take place during weekly calls with the CDC Project Officer, monthly conference calls with additional CDC staff and/or consultants, and the provision of draft materials according to a schedule to be determined after award; Task 2. Travel to CDC at least four times for 1-day meetings and delivery of trainings; Task 3. Supply a minimum of 135 copies of the complete intervention package to be given to theprevention providers from departments of public health participating in the training and pilot-test. The packages are expected to contain all materials needed for implementing the contractor's intervention, such as but not limited to, preview guide, planning and implementation manual for staff, videos, reprints of journal articles reporting the effectiveness of the intervention, educational display materials, and sample risk reduction materials for distribution to clients. These intervention materials will be packaged in an easily portable container; Task 4. Prepare a final report that includes: a. results of follow-up with one trained representative from no more than nine different departments of public health on the utility of the package and training for intervention implementation, b. recommendations to improve the training sessions, c. recommendation to improve the generalizability or tailoring of the intervention for different public health department situations, and d. recommendations on the type, nature, and mode of delivery for technical assistance to participating departments of public health; Task 5. Submit four printed and bound copies of the final report and an electronic version of the report on a diskette using a software word processing program compatible with those at CDC. VI. Project Officer: To be Determiined VII. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be from date of award through July 19, 2000. Deliverables: The contractor shall provide to the Project Officer the following deliverables no later than as stated below: 1. Outline of project, due October 31, 1999 2. Final draft of report, due May 30, 2000 3. Copies of the final report, due July 19, 2000 X. Minimum Qualifications of Contractor: The contractor shall possess the following minimum qualifications to perform these tasks: 1. The contractor must have a doctoral degree in an academic field relating to behavioral science or instruction in health issues (i.e., Psychology, Health education, etc.). 2. The contractor must have experience conducting HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention studies. 3. The contractor must have experience working with HIV/AIDS prevention programs in departments of public health. 4. The contractor must have a complete, previously developed package of an intervention with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness (i.e., completed research evaluated using control or comparison groups with pre- and post-intervention behavioral or health outcome measures, evaluated by appropriate quantitative statistical methods, and found to have significant positive effects on risky or risk reduction behaviors or on disease incidence), which targets HIV prevention for minority populations and which is feasible for use by departments of public health. This purchase order will not support the development of a package. 5. The contractor must have experience in issues related to training, such as adult learning theory, interactive instruction, educational exercises, etc. as demonstrated by previously produced training protocols or curricula. 6. The contractor must have experience in training and assisting departments of public health in implementing the packaged intervention, beyond their experience with the original effectiveness study. The anticipated date of award of this procurement is August 10, 1999. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 8099. Small business size standard: Average annual receipts for each of the three preceding fiscal years do not exceed $5M. Interested parties should sumbmit a work and financial plan in sufficient detail to enable the Government to make a best value detrmination of technical capability, understanding of the project, and finacial reasonableness. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000.to perform the following tasks: I. Title of Project: "Availability of Effective HIV/AIDS Behavioral Interventions for Community-Based Organizations" II. Background: CDC funding announcements for community-based organizations (CBOs) serving persons at risk for HIV/AIDS call upon grantees to use prevention interventions with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness; therefore, making such interventions available to CBOs is a critical strategy in national HIV prevention. Typically, the end-product of an intervention study is one or more scientific publications on the study's results. HIV/AIDS prevention CBOs that want to use effective interventions in their programs conduct literature searches but find only brief descriptions of the interventions within the research articles. These descriptions do not provide enough information for purposes of adopting the intervention, so CBOs try to reconstruct the intervention from the description or adopt only an small portion of the intervention. Very few researchers have translated their intervention protocols into layman's language and combined the protocols and supporting materials into transferable packages. Those few researchers with intervention packages have some experience in helping non-researchers in CBOs replicate the interventions, but the CBOs with whom they have interacted tend to be local to the researcher's area. One of the leading populations affected by HIV/AIDS is adult men who have sex with men, especially those men in non-urban areas. We know of very few effective interventions for men who have sex with men which are feasible for CBOs in cities of any size, as well as in rural areas, to conduct. This project will complement the Behavioral Intervention Research Branch's (BIRB) work in technology transfer. III. Objective of the PO: The purpose of this purchase order is to pilot-test a previously developed intervention package with CBO prevention providers who are not local to the researcher's community in order to prepare the package for wider applicability and availability by determining how the package can be adapted to communities of different sizes and how best to train CBOs on how to implement the intervention. This project will add to BIRB's framework for the translation and transfer of HIV behavioral change technology under the replication of effective interventions component. IV. Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide nonpersonal professioanl services to CDC in pilot-testing their intervention package by cooperating on the development of training protocols and participating in the training of CBO prevention providers interested in replicating the intervention in their locales. V. Tasks to be Performed: In performance of this contract, the contractor shall: Task 1.Collaborate with CDC on the development of a training protocol on the intervention package. Collaboration will take place during weekly calls with the CDC Project Officer, monthly conference calls with additional CDC staff and/or consultants, and the provision of draft materials according to a schedule to be determined after award; Task 2. Travel to CDC at least four times for 1-day meetings and delivery of trainings; Task 3. Supply a minimum of 135 copies of the complete intervention package to be given to the CBO prevention providers participating in the training and pilot-test. The packages are expected to contain all materials needed for implementing the contractor's intervention, such as but not limited to, planning and implementation manual for staff, videos, reprints of journal articles reporting the effectiveness of the intervention, educational display materials, and sample materials for distribution to clients. These intervention materials will be packaged in an easily portable and storable container; Task 4. Prepare a final report that includes: a. results of follow-up with one trained representative from no more than nine different CBOs on the utility of the package and training for intervention implementation, b. recommendations to improve the training sessions, c. recommendation to improve the generalizability or tailoring of the intervention for different CBO situations, and d. recommendations on the type, nature, and mode of delivery for technical assistance to articipating CBOs; Task 5.Submit four printed and bound copies of the final report and an electronic version of the report on a diskette using a software word processing program compatible with those at CDC. VII. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall from date of aweard through July 19, 2000. IX. Deliverables: The contractor shall provide to the Project Officer the following deliverables no later than as stated below: 1. Outline of project, due October 31, 1999 2. Final draft of report, due May 30, 2000 3. Copies of the final report, due July 19, 2000 X. Minimum Qualifications of Contractor: The contractor shall possessthe following minimum qualifications to perform these tasks: 1. The contractor must have a Ph.D. in an academic field relating to behavioral or social science (i.e., Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc.). 2. The contractor must have experience conducting HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention studies. 3. The contractor must have experience working with HIV/AIDS prevention programs in CBOs. 4. The contractor must have a previously developed package of an intervention with demonstrated evidence of effectiveness (i.e., completed research evaluated using control or comparison groups with pre- and post-intervention behavioral or health outcome measures, evaluated by appropriate quantitative statistical methods, and found to have significant positive effects on risky or risk reduction behaviors or on disease incidence), which targets HIV prevention for adult men who have sex with men, whether or not they identify themselves as "gay," and which is feasible for use by CBOs in communities of any size. This purchase order will not support the development of a package. 5. The contractor must have a previously developed training curricula on their effective intervention for trainers and participants, which already has been used to train HIV/AIDS prevention providers from CBOs. 6. The contractor must have experience in issues related to training, such as adult learning theory, interactive instruction, educational exercises, etc. as demonstrated by previously produced training protocols, curricula, or conference workshops. The anticipated date of award of this procurement is August 10, 1999. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 8099. Small business size standard: Average annual receipts for each of the three preceding fiscal years do not exceed $5M. Interested parties should sumbmit a work and financial plan in sufficient detail to enable the Government to make a best value detrmination of technical capability, understanding of the project, and finacial reasonableness. This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000. Posted 07/23/99 (I-SN358455). (0204)

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