New Jersey START #26DPP01290

New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey telephone administration and research services

New Jersey is seeking a contractor to conduct its statewide Behavioral Risk Factor Survey and deliver reliable, bilingual health data. - Government buyer: State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property, procuring for the Department of Health, Office of Population Health. The security questionnaire also identifies review by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and its New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs, vendors, or named incumbent providers are identified. - Core service: Administer the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (NJBRFS) by telephone to a representative sample of non-institutionalized adults age 18 or older. Target at least 7,500 completed interviews annually, in English and Spanish, using landline and cell-phone interviewing. - Annual estimated interview volumes: 1,115 landline English, 10 landline Spanish, 5,740 cell-phone English, and 635 cell-phone Spanish completed interviews. The target is subject to available funding and is not guaranteed. - Additional annual price-sheet items: Integrate emerging-issues questions (1–5 questions) for 1,125 landline and 6,375 cell-phone respondents; reimburse partial interviews at no more than the applicable completed-interview rate. - Work included: Sampling and sample management, CATI survey programming, interviewer training, callback scheduling, interview administration, crisis-protocol procedures, disposition coding, data cleaning and validation, quality control, and monthly secure submission of coded data and reports to the New Jersey Department of Health and CDC. Typical interviews take about 27 minutes. - Notable requirements: Follow the latest CDC BRFSS protocol and use a State-approved CATI system. Emerging-issues questions may require translation and programming. Prices must be all-inclusive and firm-fixed. The solicitation includes subcontracting set-asides for New Jersey small businesses and disabled veterans businesses and requires a third-party information security questionnaire with supporting security documentation.

Description

The State of New Jersey is seeking a contractor for the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. Work includes administering the survey and conducting telephone interviews through landline and cell phone modes in English and Spanish, with associated data collection, programming, sample management, call-back scheduling, data coding and cleaning, quality control, training, and submission. The scope also includes integrating emerging-issues survey questions and reimbursing partial interviews in accordance with the solicitation. The contract period is listed as April 24, 2027 through April 24, 2031, and bidders must use the State-Supplied Price Sheet.

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