Administration & Analysis of the YRBS, School Health Profiles, & YTS Surveys

The State of Delaware, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, is soliciting proposals for professional services to administer and analyze three youth health surveillance surveys: the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), School Health Profiles (SHP), and Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS). This procurement will result in two separate contracts based on distinct federal funding streams—one combining YRBS and SHP surveys and a second for YTS administration. The contractor must recruit and train qualified staff to complete approximately 3,000 YRBS student interviews from grades 9-12, administer SHP surveys to school principals and health education teachers, and conduct YTS surveys with approximately 4,600 students in grades 6-12, all while achieving minimum 70% response rates and adhering to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols and guidelines. Key deliverables include survey administration, data management, participant recruitment, and dissemination of results, with performance measured by achieving specified response rates by established deadlines and submitting monthly progress reports. The contractor must obtain a Delaware Business License prior to contract execution and maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence/$3,000,000 aggregate. The question deadline is June 4, 2026, with responses posted by June 25, 2026; proposals are due July 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT, estimated award notification is August 7, 2026, and the project start date is November 1, 2026, with an initial one-year term and four optional one-year extensions.

The RFP does not specify set-asides or restrictions limiting responses to particular enterprise types, though vendors must complete standardized submission forms including a Non-Collusion Statement, Exceptions Form, Confidentiality Form, and Business References form requiring a minimum of three similar-scope references; vendors may identify diverse vendor status certifications but these do not appear to be mandatory or set-aside requirements. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation materials. Subcontracting is explicitly prohibited for this project, and all materials and products developed under the contract become the sole property of the State of Delaware. First-year funding is approximately $100,000 for the YRBS/SHP contract and $62,000 for the YTS contract, derived from CDC federal grant funds, with pricing fixed through October 31, 2027 and indirect or administrative costs capped at 12% of direct costs. The contractor must submit three separate line-item budgets covering salary and fringe benefits, supplies, incentives, printing, postage, travel within Delaware, and other direct costs, with all communications occurring through the Euna Procurement Portal.