The California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program (CDPH/CTCP) is soliciting proposals from organizations and/or individuals that are able to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Priority Populations Initiative. The primary aims of the evaluation are to:

1. Understand the outcomes collectively achieved by the Initiative, including adoption and implementation of new policies and the role of community engagement in promoting tobacco control policy and systems change.
2. Evaluate how the award recipients’ scope of work (SOW) and implementation are related to the achievement of policy and systems change.
3. Identify major facilitators and barriers to tobacco control policy and systems change in the identified populations and the respective regions.
4. Describe the capacity of award recipients to address tobacco control policy and systems change.
5. Describe the quantity, strength, and diversity of partnerships and collaborations on tobacco control policy and systems change efforts.
6. Describe tobacco-related attitudes, behaviors, and environment in the identified populations and the respective regions.
7. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of a targeted priority population approach to reducing tobacco-related disparities in comparison to the more general, multi-cultural public health approach of the Local Lead Agencies (i.e., local health departments).

The evaluation services requested include the development of an evaluation plan; using and interpreting existing data; collecting and interpreting new information and data; conducting data analyses; reporting results; providing recommendations to CDPH/CTCP; data dissemination; and translation of findings.

CTCP intends to make a single contract award to the most responsive and responsible proposer earning the highest score.

• FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ALERT - RFA 18-10493 (PDF - 232.54 Kb)

Public and private organizations having the capacity and capability to conduct the evaluation to the extent identified in this Solicitation are eligible. Any proposer that accepts funding from a tobacco company or one of its subsidiaries or has an affiliation or contractual relationship with a tobacco company or one of its subsidiaries during the term of this contract is not eligible for these funds.  For colleges and universities, this requirement applies specifically to the Principal Investigator and any investigators associated with the funded project; this requirement applies during the term of the project and for a five-year period preceding the start date of the contract. Certification to this effect is required.  The above does not apply where an organization receives funds from a tobacco entity pursuant to a court order, a statutory directive, or a negotiated settlement between the California Attorney General’s Office and a tobacco company entity.

Each proposal that complies with the administrative requirements and completeness will be evaluated and scored according to the selection criteria by a review committee on a scale of 0 to 100 points. The review committee may include representatives of CDPH/CTCP, voluntary health organizations, government organizations, public and private non-profit organizations, and state colleges and universities. To be eligible for funding, a proposal must receive a score of 75 points or more.  However, scoring 75 points or more does not guarantee funding at the level requested. CTCP reserves the right to not fund any of the proposals received for this Solicitation.

• Eval_18-10493_Priority Populations Initiative Evaluation_Solicitation (PDF - 332.25 Kb)


• APPENDIX 1-Initiative to Reduce Tobacco-Related Disparities (PDF - 87.09 Kb)


• APPENDIX 2_MANDATORY LETTER OF INTENT (PDF - 40.46 Kb)


• APPENDIX 3_INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS USING TCFOR (PDF - 0.95 Mb)


• APPENDIX 4_ SCOPE OF WORK TEMPLATE (PDF - 25.08 Kb)


• APPENDIX 5_COST PROPOSAL (PDF - 51.63 Kb)


• APPENDIX 6_INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE OTIS APPLICANT TRAINING COURSE (PDF - 205.05 Kb)


• APPENDIX 7_SAMPLE NON-PROFIT STATUS LETTER (PDF - 26.89 Kb)


• APPENDIX 8_NON-SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTOR PREFERENCE INSTRUCTIONS (PDF - 105.09 Kb)


• APPENDIX 9_COMMERCIALLY USEFUL FUNCTION (CUF) CERTIFICATION (PDF - 174.26 Kb)


• APPENDIX 10_FOLLOW-ON CONSULTANT CONTRACT DISCLOSURE (PDF - 14.14 Kb)


• APPENDIX 11_CDPH TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT INFORMATION (PDF - 31.14 Kb)


• APPENDIX 12_CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATION (PDF - 18.80 Kb)

The California Department of Public Health intends to award a contract to the University of California, Los Angeles - Center for Health Policy Research in response to California Tobacco Control Program Solicitation 18-10493, Priority Populations Initiative Evaluation.

• Exhibit A_Scope of Work (PDF - 28.68 Kb)


• Exhibit B_Attachment I_Budget Proposal (PDF - 17.65 Kb)


• Exhibit C-General Terms and Conditions (PDF - 29.92 Kb)


• Exhibit D_Special Terms and Conditions (PDF - 48.46 Kb)


• Exhibit E_Additional Provisions (PDF - 51.03 Kb)


• Exhibit F_Contractors Release Form (PDF - 82.41 Kb)


• Standard Agreement STD213 (PDF - 96.59 Kb)

• Webinar Information Meeting - October 15, 2018, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time (PDF - 19.54 Kb)


• Priority Populations Initiative Evaluation 18-10493 Question and Answers Video


• Written Questions - Responses_ Solicitation 18-10493 Priority Populations Initiative Evaluation Solicitation (PDF - 99.06 Kb)

Up to $2,500,000 is available to fund the activities required in the Priority Populations Initiative Evaluation scope of work (See more information in Part I and II Scope of Work).  Proposals must be for the entire 60 months period and may not exceed $2,500,000. Actual expenditures may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year and any fraction of a fiscal year may not exceed the maximum amount as prorated to $500,000. 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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