Waiting Room-Delivered Video to Enhance Antiretroviral Therapy Readiness, Adherence, and Retention in Care for HIV-Positive Minority Persons

This is Amendment 00001 for Solicitation #2013-N-15562. This amendment will provide the answers to questions received for this solicitation, add Attachment A as mentioned in Section C Description/Specification/Work Statement and add the Needle Exchange Clause and the Non-Personal Services Clause to Section H. The proposal due date for this Solicitation remains the same, August 5, 2013 at 2PM EST.

This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Procurements and Grants Office in Atlanta, Georgia to provide support to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) to develop, beta-test, and refine a brief, video-delivered, waiting room intervention that promotes early initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Readiness (ART) among treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients, adherence to ART and retention in care among HIV-positive patients currently on therapy, sexual risk reduction tailored to HIV-positive persons, and patient-initiated discussion of these topics with their providers for CDC-DHAP.

This solicitation has been set aside for small business and will be competed in accordance with FAR Part 15 procedures. The Government has selected North NAICS code 541990 as the most appropriate for this solicitation. The resultant award is expected to be a firm-fixed-price contract in accordance with FAR Part 16 procedures. The Period of Performance will be 28 months.

The solicitation response time will be 34 days. Interested parties must respond to the RFP in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. All responsible and qualified sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. No written solicitation document is available, telephone requests will not be honored and no offerors list will be maintained. Notifications will not be sent to the offerors regarding the issuance of the solicitation nor any of its amendments. It is the offerors' responsibility to check this website. Please note that all questions shall be received by July 16, 2013 in accordance with Section L in the solicitation. All proposals should be received by August 5, 2013 at 2 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST).