National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC)

Amendment 0001 issued to replace page 41 in the Statement of Work.  Due Date of May 15, 2015  remains unchanged.

Interested parties are reminded to submit all questions related to this solicitation and Notice of Intents not later than April 24, 2015.

The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services contemplates awarding a one year cost reimbursement contract with four option years entitled "National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health" (NTTAC). This project is being issued as a Set-Aside for Non-Profit organizations under NAICS Code 541690.

The purpose of this contract is to serve as a training and technical assistance center to continue efforts to move systems of care towards wide scale adoption, and to increase the effectiveness of mental health services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances (SEDs) and their families in states, counties, Tribes and Territories. This contract will provide training and technical assistance (TA) on systems of care development, implementation, expansion, sustainability and related policy issues to states, Tribes, territories and communities with current Children's Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) grants and cooperative agreements as well as new CMHI cooperative agreements funded during the period of this contract.

This contract will also provide training and TA to states, Tribes, territories and communities that do not have any of the above grants or cooperative agreements. This is consistent with SAMHSA's Theory of Change efforts to move systems of care towards wide scale adoption, are interested in developing, expanding or enhancing their efforts to implement the system of care approach.

The first objective of this contract is to provide support to the field of children's mental health through researching, developing and disseminating critical information and documents, creating greater awareness of children's mental health issues critical to the success of the CMHI.

The second objective of this contract will be achieved through the development and implementation of a TA Center to support states, Tribes, territories and regions in CMHS's Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program in their efforts to successfully develop, implement and sustain expanded systems of care. This contract will provide training and TA to states, Tribes, territories and communities with cooperative agreements awarded under the following Requests for Applications:

1) Cooperative Agreements for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program (CMHI);
2) Implementation Cooperative Agreements for Expansion of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program (System of Care Expansion Implementation Cooperative Agreements) and,
3) Cooperative Agreements for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program (System of Care Expansion and Sustainability Cooperative Agreements).

The third objective of this contract will be achieved by providing training and TA to states, Tribes, territories and communities that do not have any of the above grants or cooperative agreements (including former grant recipients). Contingent upon the continuation of the FY15 Appropriations language, the revision of this statute will be done as part of SAMHSA's Theory of Change efforts to move systems of care towards wide scale adoption, in communities that are interested in developing, expanding, or enhancing their efforts to implement the system of care approach.

The fourth objective of this contract will be achieved through the provision of logistical support, which includes support to conduct meetings, TA and federal monitoring site visits and associated documents and materials.

The Contractor shall work with these audiences to disseminate evidence-based policies, programs and practices, and to assist them with designing and implementing activities and programs that promote the system of care approach to serving children and youth with SEDs. In addition, innovative approaches and projects will be recognized through NTTAC so that other communities, states, Tribes and territories might replicate them. Ultimately, the activities of this contract will ensure that children, youth and young adults with serious mental health disorders have greater access to effective services and supports to improve their lives.

The NTTAC will engage a Steering Committee to provide input and guidance to the contract activities. The Steering Committee will be comprised of representatives of the primary audiences of the project, including but not limited to current and former System of Care community leaders, providers, national experts from the field and recipients of services, representing the diversity of SAMHSA's stakeholders, and particularly youth and family members. The NTTAC will also compile and/or develop evidence-based TA materials and other resources for the audiences delineated above so that these can be made easily accessible to those seeking such information. The project will develop and deliver TA to the primary audiences, assisting them to design and deliver evidence-based programs. The TA will be provided telephonically, via electronic mail, through webinars and other electronic means. Site visits and meetings will also be used as directed and approved.

The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is April 15, 2015 with proposal responses due May 15, 2015. The anticipated period of performance is a base period of 12 months, plus four (4) 12-month option periods.

The solicitation, when issued, may be obtained through FedBizOpps website at www.FedBizOpps.gov. If you have difficulty downloading the document from FedBizOpps website, please send a fax request to Sheryl Sanders, Contract Specialist at 240-276-1510 in order to receive a copy via U.S. Mail. If a fax request for a copy of the RFP is submitted, please confirm with the Contract Specialist by phone that your fax request has been received. Requests will be filled as soon as possible; however, there is no assurance that copies requested after the twentieth (20th) day will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of proposals. Requests should be forwarded to the attention of: Sheryl Sanders, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts Management, OFR, SAMHSA, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1050, Rockville, Maryland, 20857. Electronic email (e-mail) and telephone requests will not be honored. Reference RFP No. 280-15-0451.