283-23-0654-1A Sole_Source_Intent_Notice.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-

NAME).

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), Division of Contract Management (DCM) on behalf of the Office of Prevention Innovation intends award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to National Academy of Sciences located at 500 Fifth Street NW Washington, DC 20001, for logistical support services to develop a consensus study (Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure to Address Behavioral Health Disorder).

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541990, All Other Professional, Scientific, And Technical Services with a Size Standard of 19.5 million.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-04, effective 06/02/2023.

This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13— Simplified Acquisition and FAR subpart 12— Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. This requirement is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000.00.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY FAR 6.302-1

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Background Preventing substance use and other mental health disorders (i.e., behavioral health disorders) is essential to improving human and public health. Years of research on the epidemiology and etiology of behavioral health conditions has resulted in progress in our understanding of risk and protective factors.

While this foundational research has been translated into effective prevention strategies, not all strategies have been widely translated into effective practice. One of the biggest barriers to the wide-scale implementation of behavioral health prevention interventions is the lack of infrastructure at the national and state levels to support this work. Prevention programs are often embedded in broader societal systems or settings (e.g., schools, justice settings, social service settings, community behavioral health centers) and are, therefore, competing with other services for time and resources. There are also infrastructure barriers to program implementation, including limited financing and workforce to support the delivery of primary prevention. In addition, those on the ground doing the work may not always have access to or knowledge of information about evidence-based prevention programs. This may result in state agencies distributing the federal and state funds they receive for prevention to localities with varying guidance on how they can most effectively be used.

SAMHSA intends to collaborate with the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to commission a consensus study to provide a roadmap of steps needed to develop and finance a sustainable infrastructure at the national and/or state level for implementing evidence-based interventions for preventing behavioral disorders. The roadmap would outline the necessary supports and steps to bridge the gap between the development of evidence-based prevention interventions and their uptake and incorporation into clinical practice and community health settings. The overarching objectives of this consensus study include:

1. Identify best practices for creating a sustainable behavioral health prevention infrastructure.

2. Identify funding needs and strategies for behavioral health prevention.

3. Identify specific research gaps germane to the widespread adoption of evidence-based behavioral health prevention interventions

4. Make actionable recommendations

Through this acquisition, SAMHSA intends to provide logistical support to the development, execution, and dissemination of this report.

Objective The objective of this acquisition is to provide logistical support to the development of this Consensus Study. Support will fall into three categories:

1) Travel, including transportation, lodging, and per diem or honoraria as described in the Contracts Requirements section below.

2) Staff support for convenings, stakeholder engagements and dissemination meeting.

3) Materials and resources as described in the Contracts Requirements section below.

Scope Of Work This acquisition shall provide logistical support (travel support and other materials and resources) for the specific activities as follows:

Convene information-gathering meetings with local-level stakeholders. Conduct a series of information-gathering meetings with relevant stakeholders. Contractor shall convene a maximum of three (3) public meetings involving local community experts representing a range of voices and perspectives.

Host a Dissemination Event. To galvanize support and build a national consensus around report recommendations, within 3 months after the final report is released, contractor shall convene a dissemination event with the key stakeholders including payors, providers, research funders, and national and state policymakers to help ensure the recommendations are implemented rapidly and with fidelity.

Contract Requirements

The contractor shall provide the following:

• Travel (including transportation, lodging, and per diem or honoraria):

• Travel to an in-person meeting to be held at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Headquarters, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 or a similar venue at a date to be determined by the contractor in collaboration with the COR for up to eighteen (18) appointed consensus committee members.

• Travel for up to twelve (12) speakers to information-gathering meetings. Location and dates to be determined by the contractor in collaboration with the COR.

• Travel for up to three (3) consultants such as a science writer

• Travel for up to thirty (30) stakeholders to an in-person dissemination meeting to be held at the

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Headquarters, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 or a similar venue at a date to be determined by the contractor in collaboration with the COR.

• Travel by the Committee Chair and a subset of up to five (5) consensus committee members to associated meetings such as the dissemination meeting, sponsor briefings, and/or Congressional briefings. Times and locations to be determined by the contractor in collaboration with the COR.

2) Staff support for convenings, stakeholder engagements and dissemination meeting.

3) Materials and resources:

• Materials and resources needed for the convenings including briefing materials, agendas, webcasting, recording, and other meeting/office supplies.

Materials and resources needed for the dissemination of the report including print copies of the report (up to 50) and promotional materials.

REPORT(S)/DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

All written deliverable products shall be submitted in draft format for review, comment and approval by the COR. Final copies of approved drafts shall be delivered to the COR within five (5) business days after receipt of the Government’s comments.

All written draft and final deliverable products shall be submitted in electronic copy for review and comment. Other quantities and formats may be submitted after prior approval from the COR.

Electronic copies shall be submitted in Microsoft Office Word format or PDF.

All deliverables shall be sent electronically (email) per the following deliverable schedule:

DELIVERABLE DESCRIPTION / FORMAT

REQUIREMENTS DUE DATE

Convene information-gathering meetings with local-level stakeholders

No later than 5 Months post award

Host a dissemination event.

No later than 2 weeks prior to end of contract

Anticipated Period of Performance

Base Period: September 2023 – September 2024

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management

(SAM).

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses must be received by 09/12/2023 at 10:00 AM EST and must reference solicitation number 283-23-0654 on your electronic request.

Responses must be submitted electronically to arun.mathur@samhsa.hhs.gov.

mailto:arun.mathur@samhsa.hhs.gov