EVAL 20-10026 Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco Project

The California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program intends to award a contract to University of California San Francisco in response to Solicitation EVAL 20-10026, Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco Project.

The purpose of this Solicitation is to request competitive proposals from eligible experienced agencies to understand, through online surveys and focus groups, youth tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions, emerging tobacco products, evolving terminology related to vape and other products and other tobacco-related trends in California. The selected Contractor will recruit 12-17 year old youth in California to participate in an online survey or focus group and submit the cleaned data to CDPH/CTCP on an established schedule.

This procurement is exempt from Part 2 of Division 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of the Public Contract Code. 

Goals and Objectives

CDPH/CTCP seeks to contract with an established and accomplished agency to understand youth knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions on tobacco use and other products that intersect with tobacco use, emerging tobacco products, evolving terminology related to vape and other tobacco or tobacco-related products, and other tobacco-related trends in California.

The objectives of this project are to:

1. Provide an evidence-based Survey Sampling and Recruiting Plan and Survey Administration, Data Management and Analysis Plan.
2. Consult with CDPH/CTCP on survey development, providing high-level social-behavioral or social-psychological survey expertise. Analyze and provide results and interpretations from cognitive, pilot, and validity tests.
3. Administer multiple waves of a survey online to a minimum of 4,000 youth per year. Promptly provide CDPH/CTCP with the cleaned dataset, with appropriate survey weights.
4. Provide an evidence-based Focus Group Plan.
5. Conduct and analyze a set of at least three focus groups per year, within a defined administrative-timeframe. Provide CDPH/CTCP with all methodology, transcripts, codebooks, data analysis methods, and summary of findings.
6. Provide CDPH/CTCP with consistent and effective communication by phone, in interim and annual reports, and during an annual teleconference to discuss the CDPH/CTCP youth tobacco surveillance program.

• Eval 20-10026 Teens N Tobacco Funding Opportunity Alert (PDF - 290.77 Kb)

• 20-10026_The Teens_Nicotine and Tobacco Project (PDF - 0.81 Mb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 1_Certification of Non-Acceptance of Tobacco Funds (PDF - 77.50 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 2_Sample Non-Profit Status Letter (PDF - 106.95 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 3_ Non-Mandatory Letter of Intent (PDF - 120.34 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 4_Tobacco Control Funding Opportunities and Resources -TCFOR (PDF - 1.73 Mb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 5_ Detailed Scope of Work (PDF - 151.26 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 6_Budget Proposal (PDF - 111.87 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 7_Cost Proposal and Narrative (PDF - 116.46 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 8_Instructions for Accessing the OTIS Applicant Training Course (PDF - 270.91 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 9_Non-Small Business Subcontractor Preference Instructions (PDF - 282.81 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 10_Commercially Useful Function-CUF-Certification (PDF - 263.04 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 11_Follow-on Consultant Contract Disclosure (PDF - 137.47 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 12_Contractor’s Confidentiality Statement (PDF - 118.66 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 13_Bidders Declaration-GSPD-05-105 (PDF - 195.44 Kb)
• 20-10026_APPENDIX 14_Darfur Contracting Act (PDF - 192.29 Kb)

• 20-10026_Exhibit_A (PDF - 139.27 Kb)


• 20-10026_Exhibit_B (PDF - 132.61 Kb)


• 20-10026_Exhibit_C (PDF - 164.04 Kb)


• 20-10026_Exhibit_D (PDF - 152.90 Kb)


• 20-10026_Exhibit_E (PDF - 159.78 Kb)


• 20-10026_Exhibit_F (PDF - 123.90 Kb)


• 20-10026_STD213 (PDF - 149.32 Kb)

• EVAL 20-10026 Teens, Nicotine, and Tobacco Project Webinar


• Eval 20-10026 -TNT Solicitation- Q&A (PDF - 136.85 Kb)

The following entities and organizations are invited to apply for this Solicitation:

1. Organizational Type and Conditions

a. Any public, private nonprofit, or for-profit organization that is currently operating a full-service office based in California.

         - Non-profit organizations must certify their eligibility to claim nonprofit status. For an example, see Appendix 2: Sample Non-Profit Status Letter.

b. Organizations able to certify that no conflict of interest with tobacco, e-cigarette, cannabis, or related industries exists (see Appendix 1: Certification of Non-Acceptance of Tobacco Funds). The form can also be downloaded from the Online Tobacco Information System (OTIS). See Part II. F, Additional Documents in this Solicitation for details.

c. Agencies must be able to provide Franchise Tax Board Entity Status Letter to certify that they are in good standing, fiscally stable, and qualified to conduct business with the State of California. See Part II., F.,10. In this Solicitation for more details.

By submitting a proposal, agencies acknowledge and agree to comply with all terms and conditions in the Solicitation

2. Required Experience.

The Proposer and/or Subcontractors or Consultants should have five or more years of experience in the following areas: 

a. Managing statewide projects with a budget of $1,500,000 or greater;

b. Recruiting survey participants and administering online surveys, including at least three (3) years of experience recruiting youth for online surveys;

c. Developing youth tobacco-use and behavior measures;

d. Providing high-level social-behavioral or social-psychological (or relevantly similar) qualitative and quantitative research expertise;

e. Developing, recruiting for, conducting, and analyzing focus groups, including at least three (3) years of experience conducting focus groups with youth.

KEY DATES:

Up to $1,500,000 is available to fund the activities required in this project. Proposals must be for the entire 36-month period and shall not exceed $1,500,000. CTCP reserves the right to require the contractor to modify the funding budgeted for each year in order to sustain necessary activities and costs during the term of the contract, including but not limited to staffing; travel; collaboration; data collection, analysis, reporting; and administrative functions. The state fiscal year begins July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year. Unexpended funds do not carry over from one state fiscal year to the next state fiscal year without prior approval and a contract amendment. Funding is contingent upon available revenues, appropriation by the Legislature and the Governor, multi-year spending authority, and CDPH/CTCP funding priorities, and/or legal or administrative limitations. Continued funding for the contract will be dependent upon successful Contractor performance. Performance will be evaluated based on required progress reports.

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