Telephone Counseling Services
The Louisiana Public Health Institutes The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco?Free Living
(LPHI/TFL) and Louisianas Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program
(DHH/LTCP) is pleased to announce the availability of funds to provide tobacco control in
Louisiana by operating a statewide tobacco use cessation telephone quitline.
Qualifications: Applicants must have no affiliation or contractual relationships with
tobacco companies or their affiliates, subsidiaries, or holding companies, and
proposals must contain an affirmation to this effect. Proposers must have current
contracts with and provide statewide telephone quitline services in at least two
states to qualify for this contract.
Funding and Terms of Contract
Approximately $300,000 of funding per year is anticipated for this award, subject to the
availability of funding and satisfactory performance. This will be set up as a 1?year contract
with automatic renewal for up to 3 years with each annual budget dependent on available
funding and approval of annual budget and narrative. Reimbursement on a fee for service
basis will be a part of the contract that is a result of this solicitation, in order to
accommodate any additional services and potential funding changes.
