CCSQ-393-2022-0414 NASEM Forum SOW.docx

July 12, 2022 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Health and Medicine Division (HMD) Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (Forum)

Statement of Work

Background/Purpose

The purpose of this purchase order is to support the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s (NASEM) Health and Medicine Division’s (HMD) Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (Forum) with a particular focus on older adults and to acquire the scientific information, products and publications from that work including particularly the work addressing older adults.

The Forum is designed by the NASEM HMD to address the current issues (e.g. care delivery) with regard to policies, practices, systems and data for the detection, diagnosis and management of adults, including older adults, with mental disorders such as substance use disorders/opioid use disorder. The Forum provides a structured environment in a trusted venue for sustained attention to a range of high impact behavioral health issues.

Care delivery for those with chronic pain, mental health and/or substance use disorders can be challenging as individuals may be unable to seek care, access care, participate in/understand care, and/or pay for care. Further, behavioral health conditions/issues may be associated with increased risks of mortality, morbidity and disability.

Further, there are care delivery and health care system issues for this population that need to be addressed. The Forum addresses these issues with, for example, potential work related to: facilitating access to care across settings; detection of behavioral health issues; potential use of evidence-based tools to detect, assess risk and better manage, coordinate and integrate physical and mental health services; regulatory challenges in confidentiality of treatment information; financing of care; using technology, for example telemedicine; standardizing data; and developing benchmarks to improve quality of care.

The Forum activities/work focuses on adults, including older adults, and facilitates sustained dialogue, attention to, and potential opportunities for action for these high impact Forum issues. The Forum work includes: expert meetings, webinars, workshops and publications. For example, past work included an Early Interventions for Psychosis: First Episodes and High-Risk Populations meeting and Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities Virtual Workshops webinars.

CMS requires this work and the resulting information, products and publications, (as scientifically-informed independent analyses and objective science policy information) to address the national issues of care delivery for persons with mental disorders including substance use disorders. The work, unavailable in other venues/forums, is critical to CMS for the nation’s healthcare safety and quality within the current and changing/emerging areas of health care policy and delivery.

Requirements

This purchase order requests Forum-derived/produced scientific information, products and publications including particularly those addressing older adults. The information/products/publications may be in various forms including, but not limited to: discussion papers, presentations, materials, reports, models, other writings and within other media types. (e.g. electronic webinars).

This purchase order requests the Forum-derived/produced scientific information, products and publications via:

· An electronic copy of the listing of the completed information/products/publications with the specific link for each of these to their (as applicable) NASEM publication website (Deliverable #1)

· An electronic copy of each completed information/product/publication sent to the COR and designated others (Deliverable #2)

· A hard copy of completed information/products/publications as applicable (Deliverable #3).

· All electronic deliverables shall be submitted by contractors in compliance with the Department of Health and Human Services Section 508 compliance guidelines.

This purchase order also requests, at a minimum, as needed for contract administration:

· One (1) conference call (with Forum project lead or leads) within 30 days of contract award (Deliverable #4)

· One (1) conference call (with Forum project lead or leads) within 30 days before the end of the period of performance (Deliverable #5)

· Any sponsor report(s) as applicable (Deliverable #6).

See (separate) Schedule of Deliverables document.

All electronic deliverables shall be submitted by contractors in compliance with the Department of Health and Human Services Section 508 compliance guidelines.

SECTION 508 - ACCESSIBILITY OF ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION

(a) This SOW, PWS, or TO is subject to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) as amended by the workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220). Specifically, subsection 508(a)(1) requires that when the Federal Government procures Electronic and Information Technology (EIT), the EIT must allow Federal employees and individuals of the public with disabilities comparable access to and use of information and data that is provided to Federal employees and individuals of the public without disabilities.

(b) The EIT accessibility standards at 36 CFR Part 1194 were developed by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ("Access Board") and apply to contracts and task/delivery orders, awarded under indefinite quantity contracts on or after June 25, 2001.

(c) Each Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) product or service furnished under this contract shall comply with the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (36 CFR 1194), as specified in the contract, as a minimum. If the Contracting Officer determines any furnished product or service is not in compliance with the contract, the Contracting Officer will promptly inform the Contractor in writing. The Contractor shall, without charge to the Government, repair or replace the non- compliant products or services within the period of time to be specified by the Government in writing. If such repair or replacement is not completed within the time specified, the Government shall have the following recourses:

1. Cancellation of the contract, delivery or task order, purchase or line item without termination liabilities; or

2. In the case of custom Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) being developed by a contractor for the Government, the Government shall have the right to have any necessary changes made or repairs performed by itself or by another firm for the noncompliant EIT, with the contractor liable for reimbursement to the Government for any expenses incurred thereby.

(d) The contractor must ensure that all EIT products that are less than fully compliant with the accessibility standards are provided pursuant to extensive market research and are the most current compliant products or services available to satisfy the contract requirements.

(e) For every EIT product or service accepted under this contact by the Government that does not comply with 36 CFR 1194, the contractor shall, at the discretion of the Government, make every effort to replace or upgrade it with a compliant equivalent product or service, if commercially available and cost neutral, on either a contract specified refresh cycle for the product or service, or on a contract effective option/renewal date; whichever shall occur first.

A. Section 508 Compliance for Communications

The Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below. In the event of conflicts between the referenced documents and this SOW, PWS, or TO, the SOW, PWS, or TO shall take precedence. The Contractor shall ensure that all the documents to be shared with other CMS contractors are 508 compliant.

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 Accessibility Standards

1. 29 U.S.C. 794d (Rehabilitation Act as amended)

2. 36 CFR 1194 (508 Standards)

3. http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards

4. FAR 39.2 (Section 508)

5. CMS/HHS Standards, policies and procedures (Section 508)

In addition, all contract deliverables are subject to these 508 standards as applicable.

Regardless of format, all Web content or communications materials produced, including text, audio or video - must conform to applicable Section 508 standards to allow federal employees and members of the public with disabilities to access information that is comparable to information provided to persons without disabilities. All contractors (including subcontractors) or consultants responsible for preparing or posting content must comply with applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, and where applicable, those set forth in the referenced policy or standards documents above. Remediation of any materials that do not comply with the applicable provisions of 36 CFR Part 1194 as set forth in the SOW, PWS, or TO, shall be the responsibility of the contractor or consultant.

The following Section 508 provisions apply to the content or communications material identified in this SOW, PWS, or TO:

36 CFR Part 1194.21 a - l 36 CFR Part 1194.22 a - p 36 CFR Part 1194.31 a - f 36 CFR Part 1194.41 a – c

The contractor shall provide a completed Section 508 Product Assessment Template and the contractor shall state exactly how proposed EIT deliverable(s) meet or does not meet the applicable standards.

The following Section 508 provisions apply for software development material identified in this SOW, PWS, or TO:

For software development, the Contractor/Developer/Vendor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

(1) 29 U.S.C. 794d (Rehabilitation Act as amended)

(2) 36 CFR 1194 (508 Standards) 36 CFR Part 1194.21 (a – l) 36 CFR Part 1194.31 (a – f) 36 CFR Part 1194.41 (a – c)

(3) http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards

(4) FAR 39.2 (Section 508)

(5) CMS/HHS/HHS Standards, policies and procedures (Section 508)

a. Information Technology – General Information (http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/Section508/index.html) For web-based applications, the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

(1) 29 U.S.C. 794d (Rehabilitation Act as amended)

(2) 36 CFR 1194 (508 Standards) 36 CFR Part 1194.22 (a – p) 36 CFR Part 1194.41 (a – c)

(3) http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards (508 Standards)

(4) FAR 39.2 (Section 508)

(5) CMS/HHS Standards, policies and procedures (Section 508)

a. Information Technology – General Information (http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/Section508/index.html) [2]