Pre-bid meeting 05/17/2010.
The State is seeking proposals for evaluation services for the initiative and three of its component programs. Services will be used to evaluate and monitor principal programmatic activities, assess key components of the initiative in order to determine effectiveness, and gain necessary feedback to improve the initiative and provide quality control. Evaluation services are intended to cover both activities at the state level as well as activities at community intervention sites for both the initiative and component programs. It is anticipated that one award will be awarded for the contract period, July 1, 2010 June 30, 2011 with anticipated contract renewals for three additional years.