R -- ENHANCED SERVICES FOR THE HARD-TO-EMPLOY DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION PROJECT

Notice Date

May 4, 2001

Contracting Office

DHHS, PSC, DAM, GAB, Room 5-101, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857

ZIP Code

20857

Solicitation Number

233-01-0012

Response Due

July 9, 2001

Point of Contact

Allison C. Ford, Contract Specialist (301) 443-0101, Janet H. Miller, Contracting Officer (301) 443-2475

E-Mail Address

Program Support Center (aford@psc.gov)

Description

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, through the Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Department of Health and Human Services, is seeking qualified sources to evaluate programs designed to enhance employment outcomes for current or former Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income parents who have demonstrated difficulty entering and sustaining employment. The Contractor will determine what types of program interventions are most effective in helping those who may need more or different assistance than most current programs provide. Work under this contract will identify and/or develop and evaluate such programs designed to enhance employment and family well-being outcomes for current or former TANF recipients or other low income parents who are hard to employ. The successful Contractor is to recruit and develop sites, help improve or expand models, and design and conduct a multi-site evaluation that studies the implementation issues, program designs, net impact, and the costs and benefits of selected programs. The goals of the multi-site evaluation are to increase the Department's knowledge about strategies designed to help hard-to-employ parents find and keep unsubsidized employment and to generate knowledge about the effects of such programs on family functioning and child well being. The proposed procurement is full and open. It is anticipated that a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee Contract will be award for a period of eight and a half (8.5) years. Solicitation 233-01-0012 will be available on or about May 18, 2001, with a tentative closing date of July 9, 2001. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) number is 541611, and the business size standard is 5 million. All requests for the solicitation package must be submitted in writing. Requests for the solicitation may be sent by fax to (301) 443-3849 or by e-mail to aford@psc.gov., and must reference the solicitation number. No telephone request for the solicitation package will be accepted.

Web Link

Program Support Center (Program Support Center)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010508/RSOL024.HTM (W-124 SN50L2U8)