Attachment 6 FBO Sources Sought and Synopsis notice_(Final).docx

Small Business Sources Sought

This is not a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought synopsis only. The purpose of the sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications (i.e., 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-owned, Veteran-Owned, and Small Disadvantaged Business) relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541990. Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate determinations about potential sources only. Only small business sources should respond to this sources sought synopsis.

Project Description: The purpose of the Behavioral Health Services Information System (BHSIS) is to help support the collection and reporting of substance abuse and mental health treatment services. BHSIS is the major national source of service and program administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ). The collection and reporting of service and program data depend upon the capability of providers and State agencies to collect and report such data, and on the uniformity and standardization of data content within and across data reporters. The BHSIS contract is comprised of six main components to help in the efforts to collect, manage and analyze the data. The components include; (1) the Inventory of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Facilities (I-TF) formerly known as Inventory of Behavioral Health Services (I-BHS)), (2) the National Survey on Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), (3) the National Mental Health Services Survey, (4) the Treatment Episode Dataset (TEDS), the Mental Health Treatment Episode Data Set (MH-TEDS) and Mental Health Client Level Data (MH-CLD), (5) the Uniform Reporting System (URS), and the (6) Treatment Locator. Additional information on the data collections described prior, can be found at https://www.samhsa.gov/data/ and https://datafiles.samhsa.gov/.

The contractor will be required to perform the following tasks:

1. Maintain and operate the Inventory of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Facilities (I-TF) formerly known as the I-BHS, an electronic national inventory of all substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment facilities known to SAMHSA, which currently lists over 130,000 listings;

2. Maintain, operate and improve the Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator system.

3. Annual data collection and analysis for the new National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS);

4. Finalize data collection and analysis for National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS);

5. Finalize data collection and analysis for National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS);

6. Annual data collection and analysis for Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS);

7. Annual data collection and analysis for the Mental Health Treatment Episode Data Set (MH-TEDS);

8. Annual data collection and analysis for Mental Health Client-Level Data (MH-CLD);

9. Annual data collection and analysis for Uniform Reporting System (URS);

10. Building and enhancements to all Behavioral Health Services Information Systems (BHSIS);

11. Update and communicate with States regarding State Agreements and payments on an Annual basis for substance use and quarterly basis for mental health and provide technical assistance throughout the years;

12. Tracking all BHSIS related task statuses and providing weekly, month, or annual (as required by COR) updates;

13. Submitting BHSIS invoices on a monthly basis to be processed by SAMHSA;

14. Develop and implement project management methods to coordinate all BHSIS work under this contract;

15. Produce and submit the Substance Abuse National Outcome Measures (NOM) data Files and Block Grant Application System (BGAS) Summary Tables; and

16. Produce special data analyses and feasibility studies as requested.

Response to this notice shall include company name, address, company DUNS number, point of contact, telephone number, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) and MUST respond to the following questions:

1. Is your business a small business under the NAICS code?

2. Does your firm qualify as a small disadvantaged business?

3. If disadvantages, specify if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act?

4. Are you considered a certified HUBZone firm?

5. Are you considered a woman-owned or operated business?

6. Are you a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned?

7. Describe your organization’s capability in performing tasks 1-16 above.

8. Please provide an example of related past experience, within the past three (3) years, demonstrating experience executing the following tasks:

a. Migrating large systems to AWS Cloud environments;

b. Managing tools and software for big data that have been successfully used by a multitude of people, and created iteratively with user testing and human centered design principles;

c. Working with large data (including mental health/substance use data) and experience with statistics and disclosure when developing products for public dissemination;

d. Survey design and implementation;

e. Determining best practices for data collection, including survey instrument, development of survey collection instrument, and collection methods;

This is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. All responses are to be submitted electronically, with Subject “Company Name, Sources Sought – “Behavioral Health Services Information System (BHSIS)” to the following email: SAMHSAContracts@samhsa.hhs.gov. Responses must be received in writing, by no later than April 29, 2020, 3:00 PM, local time.