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Expressions of Interest sought for TenderGeneral Population Survey on Drug Prevalence Use in Republic of Ireland in 2010-2011

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Background

The National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) was established in July 2000 to advise the Government in relation to the prevalence, prevention, treatment/ rehabilitation and consequences of problem drug use in Ireland, based on the analysis of research findings and information. The Committee oversees the delivery of a work programme on the extent, nature, causes and effects of drug use in Ireland. The Committee comprises representatives nominated from relevant agencies and sectors, both statutory and non-statutory. The Committee operates under the aegis of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and reports to the Minister of State responsible for the National Drugs Strategy. Further information can be obtained from the NACD website www.nacd.ie.

Commission

The NACD commissioned Drug Prevalence Surveys to establish population prevalence of drug use in Ireland in 2002/2003 and in 2006/2007. (Further information on these surveys can be obtained from www.nacd.ie). The NACD now wishes to commission a repeat of the 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence Survey. The survey to be carried out in 2010/2011 will be broadly similar to the survey carried out in 2006/2007, but will contain additional questions designed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis dependence in the general population.

It is intended that the Drug Prevalence Study fieldwork will be carried out from September 2010 to April 2011. The data will then be cleaned and validated with a view to submission to the NACD by 30th of June 2011. Preliminary analysis will be undertaken in the months following, culminating in the publication of the first Bulletin on national prevalence figures and trends in December 2011.

The contractor will be required to follow the relevant guidelines published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (www.emcdda.org) and to achieve a minimum population sample of 5,000 in the Republic of Ireland. The primary sampling frame will be the An Post/Ordnance Survey Ireland Geo-directory. The survey questionnaire will be provided to the successful contractor(s).

Contracts awarded will give complete ownership of all data (including electronic and manual files) to the NACD and provide for the return of the data by electronic form in SPSS “.sav” format to the NACD. Contractors will be expected to comply with the DATA Protection Act 1988 (as amended) and with the European Communities (Data Protection) Regulations 2001. The contract will be governed by the laws of Ireland. Under the terms of appointment, subcontracting of the services will not be permitted.

Expressions of Interest

In accordance with the EU Directive 2004/18/EC, Article 28 and 29 expressions of interest are invited for the undertaking of the Drug Prevalence Study fieldwork (September 2010 to April 2011) and analysis, subject to receipt by the NACD of ethical approval for the Study. Persons wishing to tender for this contract should submit an expression of interest to the address below.

Potential contractors should demonstrate in their expression of interest that they have:

• Capacity to carry out Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
• Capacity to prepare CAPI interview programme immediately on award of contract
• Ability to prepare, clean and validate very large SPSS data files
• Sufficient intellectual capacity with adequate and suitably qualified staff to successfully undertake the project
• Have a track record in this field (large scale social CAPI based research projects).
• Have high level of quality control and quality assurance to research standards, including stringent fieldwork management procedures (please enclose a description), and
• Have adequate financial standing.

Based on short-listing against the above criteria, the NACD intend to invite five to seven contractors to submit a tender at the next stage.

Expressions of interest should be sent to the NACD offices together with 2 copies of recent financial accounts, example of previous relevant work (2 copies), track record, and evidence of capacity (human and technical) to undertake the work, no later than 15.00, Wednesday 20th, January 2010.

Please mark your envelope Ten/popsurvey10/11.

Invitations to tender will be dispatched to selected candidates on Wednesday, 27th January 2010.

Note that applicants must provide information regarding the experience, qualifications, capacity etc of all those they propose to be involved in the carrying out of the services.

The Secretary
NACD
1st Floor
Dún Aimhirgin
43-49 Mespil Road
Dublin 4
Ireland

Tel: 00 353 1 647 3240;
Fax 00 353 1 647 3150;

Email: info@nacd.ie; Web: www.nacd.ie