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POSTED ON AUGUST 7, 1995

Request for Information (RFI)

Santa Clara County Health & Human Services Information Data Bank

from HEALTHY COMMUNITY-HEALTHY ECONOMY
(an initiative of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network)


Background:

The purpose of this RFI is to select an organization that will be responsible
for the development, implementation and on-going operation of a community -
wide data base of health and human services resource information to serve the
needs of the Santa Clara County community including health and human services
providers, employers, schools, libraries,  and government.  Our intent is to
select an operator to develop and operate the system in partnership with the
Healthy Community-Healthy Economy (HCHE) Initiative of Joint Venture: 
Silicon Valley (JVSV).   If, as a result of this RFI, we do not receive
responses which meet our needs or are unable to negotiate an agreement with
an operator, we reserve the right to explore other options.  JVSV HCHE will
not pay for costs of preparing the RFI response.

The Healthy Community Technology Project has prepared a report, "Information
& Referral Opportunities for Silicon Valley."  The report provides
considerable information on user needs including results of a survey of
potential users and focus groups.  It also details recommendations for the
technical and organizational aspects of a solution.  

We anticipate a period of up to three years to develop the pilot and expand
the system county-wide.  JVSV Healthy Community-Healthy Economy has raised a
small amount of initial seed money and will provide assistance in raising
needed start up funding for up to three years.  Our intent is for outside
funding to decrease and for the system to become self-sustaining.  After the
completion of the pilot, expansion, and evaluation, we plan to re-negotiate
the agreement with the operator so that the operator assumes greater
responsibility for policy direction, funding, system organization, staffing
and quality assurance.


To Order the RFI and Report:

You may order a copy of the RFI, The Report, or both by faxing or e-mailing
your name address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address to 
Healthy Community 
Fax: 408 984-5248.  
Internet E-mail: jvsvhealth@aol.com

Copies may also be picked up weekdays at our office at 1922 The Alameda (The
United Way Building), Suite 217 in San Jose, between 9:30 AM and noon.

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