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B -- ANALYTIC ASSISTANCE FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SOL 00M007255 POC Carol A. Wood, Contracting Officer, 301-443-2329 WEB: Program Support Center, Program Support Center. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, CWOOD@PSC.GOV. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applies Studies (OAS), through the General Acquisitions Branch, Program Support Center (PSC), intends to award an eighteen (18) month simplified acquisition. Work under this simplified acquisition will undertake a variety of analytic tasks associated with 1) the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) redesign, assessing the purpose, content, and expected utility of the DAWN and 2) the performance of analyses concerning estimation of future treatment need, service requirements and costs based upon calculation of the prevalence of substance abuse in older populations. Offerors must possess the following qualifications: Ph.D. in economics or a related health services research field; Peer-reviewed publications in health services research; Demonstrate prior experience working with DAWN, substance abuse among the aging, and knowledge of the OAS data systems. This acquisition will be made using simplified acquisition procedures and is 100% set-aside for small business. The required qualifications and statement of work are stated in Request for Quotation Number 00M007255. Anticipated release date is on or about March 3, 2000. Requests for copies of the RFQ must be in writing and may be faxed to (301)-443-3238. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 02/17/00 (W-SN426499). (0048)

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