2012 NATIONAL INHALANTS ABUSE AWARENESS INITIATIVE

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) through the Program Support Center, plan to award a sole source simplified, fixed price acquisition to Harvey Weiss & Associates Inc. dba Synergies, 318 Lindsay Street, Chattanooga, TN 37405. The purpose is for SAMHSA/CSAT to continue to provide support for an education campaign to alert the public about the dangers of inhalants. The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition will hold a press conference in Washington to kick-off National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week in March 2012 and to stimulate media coverage of the dangers of inhalant use and abuse. Task 1: Collect and highlight no less than five (5) new individual/family survival or Recovery stories linked to the treatment or prevention of inhalant abuse and feature them on the NIPC website. Task 2: Develop three (3) web-based UPDATES of educational materials targeting various potential consumer groups such as parents, youth and educators about the inhalant dangers and treatment. Task 3: Conduct a literature search and identify all new academic and NIH-sponsored research, new findings, materials and brochures and develop one (1) article that can be included in the NIPC web page to inform children, families and constituents who visit the NIPC website. Establish links to all new sites from the NIPC site. Task 4: Plan and complete all preparation and required logistics, in partnership with SAMHSA/CSAT, for the March 2012 press conference to kick off the eighteenth annual NIPAW events. Task 5: Provide SAMHSA/CSAT/Consumer Affairs with NIPC letter and no less than 1000 mailing labels to partner with the dissemination of Recovery Month materials. The letter and mailing labels need to be sent to SAMHSA/CSAT by March 31, 2012. A link to the SAMHSA/CSAT website through the Recovery Month banner and to www.recoverymonth.gov needs to be established as soon as the 2012 Recovery Month kit is posted on the site. Task 6: Prepare a final report, due April 30, 2012, including all program information such as planning, goals, activities, and materials developed. The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC) is a public-private effort to promote awareness and recognition of the under-publicized problem of inhalant use and its deadly consequences. NIPC is the only organization of its type with the contacts, know-how and dedication to combating inhalant abuse necessary to bring this project to fruition. The proposed Simplified Acquisition is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. Interested persons may identify their interest by responding to the requirement within 10 days after the date of publication of this notice. A determination by the government not to complete this proposed simplified acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation is available. For further information, please contact Julia Savoy in Room 5C-13, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or on 301-443-1386.