Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Training and Consultation Contract (ATACC)

 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) entitled "Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Training and Consultation Contract (ATACC)".  The purpose of this proposed contract is to develop and implement a strategy to provide training and consultation to the 54 Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) programs and their 220 affiliated community-based centers so that they will be better positioned to respond to and satisfy their legislative mandates and address the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) performance measures and related data requests.  The training and consultation shall be provided to the 54 AHEC Program cooperative agreement grantees (medical schools, nursing schools) that are contracting with 220 affiliated, community-based AHEC centers serving 47 states and Palau.  The overall purpose of this contract, authorized by the Public Health Service Act, as amended, Title VII, Sections 750(b) and 751, is to provide technical assistance to ongoing AHEC programs and their affiliated centers with the objective of identifying and enhancing performance measures and data collection efforts of the individual grantees and the National AHEC Program.

The anticipated period of performance is a twelve (12) month base year and four (4) twelve (12) month option years not to exceed a five year period. This is a new requirement and is a full and open competitive acquisition which will result in award of a cost reimbursement type contract.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611 "Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services" and the small business size in dollars is $7.0m. The solicitation document will be available at:  www.fbo.gov - Main Menu, under Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Offices, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Locations, Division of Procurement Management.  Solicitation Number HRS11532 will be posted on or about August 12, 2009 with a projected closing date on or about September 11, 2009.  The contact person for this requirement is Dottie Watson, Contracting Officer, Contracts Operations Branch, DPM/OFM/HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 13A-19, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857-5600; phone number 301/443-2752; fax 301/443-5462; e-mail dwatson@hrsa.gov.