Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills (BTIS) Certification Guidebooks

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE Project Title: Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills (BTIS) Certification Guidebooks Announcement #: 75H70419Q00060 The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award sole source contract to the University of Arizona (UA), Health Care Partnership. This is a non-personnel services contract for 30 copies of the Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills (BTIS) Certification Guidebooks for Native Communities. This sole source contracting action is being pursued under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Substantial health disparities exist between the U.S. general population and American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN). The leading causes of death among AI/AN are heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Cigarette smoking is a significant risk factor for these diseases. Cigarette smoking among AI/AN adults (18 years and older) is 24 percent compared to 14 percent among non-Hispanic whites. To address commercial tobacco use and exposure, the Indian Health Service (IHS), Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HP/DP) program is providing Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills trainings using the 5As model (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange) to encourage patients to quit and to refer to cessation services. The Area HP/DP Coordinators are certified trainers and can deliver the trainings in IHS, Tribal, and Urban (I/T/Us) healthcare facilities. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for proposal/quotation. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the Indian Health Service. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contract Specialist, Natasha Royal, at [email protected] via e-mail only. Questions submitted through phone calls/voice mail messages will not be accepted and will not receive a response. Please indicate in the following subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission - 75H70419Q00060.