Technical and Management Support for Health Promotion Activities 2008

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (CoCHP), which consist of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and National Office of Public Health Genomics is soliciting proposals from qualified Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Program, to obtain essential services for the technical and support needs of NCCDPHP. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 541690. The technical and management support needed includes:

(1) Management Support: External Peer Reviews - tasks involves recruiting and retaining services of qualified reviewers, coordinating logistical arrangements, administrative support activities, and recommending continuous improvement opportunities to the external review process; Health Education Activities - managing the review of health education materials including, but not limited to conducting literature reviews and summarizing, retaining subject matter experts, as required to prepare, review and edit materials, and prepare for circulation.

(2) Research Support: Statistical Programming and Analysis - tasks may include, but not limited to: building and managing large complex databases, utilizing SAS or other analysis programs to perform statistical data calculations, and maintaining detailed documentation of meeting notes and summaries; Scientific Publication Support - providing statistical programming, data analysis, scientific content and other supporting services to facilitate preparation of scientific materials for publication by CDC staff; Conduct Literature Reviews - perform abstraction and entry of data from systematic review of literature including, but not limited to preparing and/or edit abstraction forms prior to literature review and data entry, research existing articles, data and other materials, recruit and train qualified abstractors, prepare findings, implement quality control processes and procedures.

(3) Strategic Planning: Conduct situation assessments, provide assessment summaries, facilitate workshops, monitor and evaluate tasks



This requirement will be issued as a full and open competition among the SBA 8a Program. Multiple awards (3 or more) are contemplated for cost-type, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts. Individual task orders for specific services will be competed among the multiple award contractors. This will be a performance based contract. The anticipated period of performance is one 12 month base year, with four 12 month option periods.



Evaluation criteria include: (1) Scientific and Technical Approach; (2) Management Plan and Personnel; and (3) Corporate Capability/ Experience.



This solicitation is a sub-set of the large business full and open competition, solicitation number 2008-N-09699.



The estimated release date of the RFP on the http://www.fedbizopps.gov website is on or about April 3, 2008. It is your responsibility to keep up with additional postings regarding this RFP on the FedBizOpps website.