Training & TA Contract for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living seeks comprehensive training and technical assistance services for all 56 State and Territory Councils on Developmental Disabilities, with proposals due August 28 and questions due August 18, both at 1:00 pm Eastern Time. The procurement is full and open, structured as a single hybrid Time and Materials/Firm-Fixed Price contract with a base year (September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027) and four option years through September 29, 2031.
Place of performance is Washington, DC. The incumbent contractor is the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities under contract number 75P00121C00067 (current term ends September 29, 2026). The NAICS code is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.
The contractor shall deliver comprehensive, coordinated, and performance-based technical assistance across four functional areas: Project Management and Evaluation; Knowledge Development and Performance; Collaboration; and Information Management. Key deliverables include a Five-Year Strategic Plan within 60 days of award, monthly progress reports, annual summative evaluations, a centralized T/TA website maintained at 99% uptime and Section 508 compliant, at least one national event annually, minimum 12 live webinars per year, monthly information digests, peer learning forums, evaluation capacity-building support, and responsive technical assistance with 15-day turnaround. All ICT deliverables must comply with Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards, with security and privacy requirements per HHS policies, FIPS 199, and NIST standards.
Performance metrics include participant satisfaction targets of 85%, learning application of 70%, and Federal reporting compliance with at least 85% of Councils meeting timelines. Contractors must establish baseline measures and performance indicators aligned to the Government's FY27-31 Logic Model. The contract specialist is Kaitlin White at Kaitlin.White@hhs.gov; quoters should contact only the issuing office prior to award.
7571MN26R00028 None 8/10/26, 12:59 PM Training & TA Contract for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
The Administration for Community Living awarded contract 7571MN26C00057 to the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities on September 28, 2026, for training and technical assistance to State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, with a contract value of $3,576,026.60.
The contract uses a hybrid structure combining Firm-Fixed-Price and Time-and-Materials elements. FFP pricing applies to recurring, measurable, and performance-based requirements with clearly defined deliverables and acceptance criteria. T&M pricing covers responsive, customized technical assistance and government-directed or demand-driven requirements where timing, frequency, duration, and complexity cannot be accurately quantified in advance. Services include training, targeted technical assistance, information dissemination, peer learning, evaluation support, and capacity-building activities to support State Councils in implementing their State Plans and responding to emerging needs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The award was made under unrestricted competition with no set-aside applied.
7571MN26C00057 None 9/29/26, 9:37 AM RFI: Training & TA Contract for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Administration on Disabilities (AoD), Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (OIDD) is conducting market research for a Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) contract to support State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (SCDDs) across all 56 State and Territory Councils. The contractor will deliver coordinated, comprehensive, and performance-based T/TA services at a national scale, including enterprise-level project management, foundational and specialized support, knowledge development and dissemination, leadership and governance support, evaluation and performance measurement, peer learning facilitation, stakeholder engagement, information management and technology support (including Section 508-compliant website and performance dashboard), communications and public awareness services, and transition-in and transition-out support. Key objectives include helping Councils maintain compliance with the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, implement Five-Year State Plans effectively, demonstrate measurable systems-change outcomes, and improve leadership, governance, and evaluation capacity. This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued for market research purposes only and does not constitute a formal solicitation; responses will be used for planning purposes and will not be returned or acknowledged. Interested vendors must submit responses by 9:00 AM ET on May 8, 2026, to Kaitlin.White@hhs.gov, referencing Notice ID Training_and_TA and including company information, CAGE code, business size classification, point of contact, and details on relevant experience and qualifications.
This acquisition has no set-aside designation and is being pursued as a single-award, performance-based contract with no current incumbent or contractor identified in the pre-solicitation materials. The anticipated contract duration is five years, consisting of one base year plus four option years, with the anticipated place of performance being primarily remote at the contractor's site. The requirement is classified under NAICS code 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services) with a size standard of $24.5 million, and the Product Service Code is R499 (Other Professional Services). While no specific award value or budget range is disclosed in this RFI, the $24.5 million NAICS size standard provides an indication of the potential contract magnitude. The Government has noted that this requirement is currently considered non-commercial but is requesting input from interested parties on whether commercial services, as defined in FAR Part 2.101, could fulfill this requirement, with detailed rationale required if commercial applicability is asserted.
Training_and_TA None 4/30/26, 11:55 AM