Specifications include, but are not limited to: The NDDHHS, Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, TPCP is soliciting proposals for an evaluation contractor capable of conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the Department’s statewide TPCP and providing 7-month follow-up surveys for NDQuits telephone services. The TPCP evaluation will focus on the CDC Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs components which includes State and Community Interventions; Mass-Reach Health Communication Interventions; Cessation Interventions; Surveillance and Evaluation; and Infrastructure, Administration, and Management. Comprehensive evaluation efforts specific to TPCP activities include: Tobacco and nicotine treatment efforts, including: NDQuits telephone and web-based counseling services NDQuits Cessation (NDQC) grant programs, including efforts specific to: Treating pregnant tobacco users (Maternal Tobacco Program (MTP)) Youth and young adult tobacco users Behavioral health populations TPCP media efforts Youth engagement efforts Community engagement/policy efforts Work with populations addressing health-equity issues The offeror should be skilled in and have experience in conducting 7-month follow-up surveys following the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) guidelines, using the 7-month minimal data set (MDS) follow-up questions for both telephone, web-based, and possibly texting programs. The offeror should be skilled in evaluation principles and techniques with the ability to develop reports and share results. In addition, the successful offeror will develop/modify, implement/maintain and monitor the evaluation plan for the statewide comprehensive tobacco prevention and control plan. Evaluation of the NDDHHS TPCP must include a summary of the program and activities that addresses the effectiveness of the program and any recommendations for improvement of the plan. NDDHHS TPCP references to tobacco do not apply to traditional tobacco used as part of a traditional American Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony. APPLICABLE DIRECTIVES
