What
is the Program Support Center (PSC)?
The PSC
is a fee-for-service contract vehicle through which all Federal agencies
and the District of Columbia can obtain various administrative, financial,
technical, and logistical services. Task orders awarded under PSC contracts
are on a cost reimbursement basis, and can have a dollar value as large
as $2 million and can last as long as two years.
What types
of services can be purchased through PSC?
The types
of activities that can be purchased under HSR's PSC technical assistance
contract include:
- Needs
assessments;
- Policy
analyses;
- Program
designs/reviews;
- Evaluation
studies;
- Literature
reviews;
- Best
practices analyses; and
- Performance
assessments.
What are
the benefits of using the PSC contract mechanism?
The PSC
contract vehicle is less time-consuming than issuing a full proposal,
allows agencies to have total control over project implementation and
performance monitoring, and provides easy access to HSR's highly experienced
conference planning and technical assistance professionals.
What is
the cost of using this contract vehicle?
PSC charges
agencies a minimal fee of 2.5% of the total contract award to use this
mechanism.
Which
agencies have awarded HSR contracts using the PSC mechanism?
Many agencies
have utilized HSR's services through the PSC vehicles. They include:
- Health
Resources and Services Administration
- Office
of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
within the Department of Health and Human Services
- Presidential
Task Force for Employment of Adults with Disabilities within the Department
of Labor
- Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
- Office
of the Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services
How can
I find out more about HSR's PSC contract?
The Program
Support Center operates a Web site providing useful information about
the services offered under the contract and how to do business with
PSC vendors at: http://procure.psc.gov/acquisition/taskorders/taskorders.html.
To speak
with HSR's PSC Contract Officer, please contact:
Patrick
Joy
Contracting Officer
HHS/Program Support Center
Division of Acquisition Management, AOS
Parklawn Building, Room 5-101
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-9265
E-mail: pjoy@psc.gov
To learn
more about doing business with HSR, please contact:
Lawrence
Bartlett, Director
Health Systems Research, Inc.
1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 828-5100
E-mail: lbartlett@hsrnet.com
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