The vendor is required to provide behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) data collection contract.
- The selected vendor must, in collaboration with department, and in accordance with disease control and prevention (CDC) BRFSS specifications, conduct telephone interviews of non-institutionalized state residents aged 18 and older using a -and CDC-approved BRFSS questionnaire.
- The selected vendor must utilize telephone numbers provided by CDC to conduct the annual state BRFSS survey in accordance with CDC protocols for landline and cell phone data collection.
- The contractor will conduct interviews using the questionnaire provided by CDC for each calendar year.
- The contractor will assume responsibility for programming all questions and response categories in a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system by two weeks before the start of the interviewing period if a non-CATI/ci3 system is used.
- Programming for WinCATI and ci3will be provided by CDC.
- The contractor will dial numbers not answering or busy a maximum of 8 times over 5 calling occasions, including at least one attempt during a weekend, one attempt during a weekday, and one attempt during a weekday evening, or as currently recommended by CDC.
- Approximately 80% of calls should be made during evenings and weekends, with the remaining 20% conducted during weekdays and weekends.
- The data file must contain information about all telephone numbers called, including complete and incomplete interviews. computer programs for checking errors will be provided by CDC to assist in data editing.
- Data must be provided according to coding instructions (available from CDC) in ascii format and sent electronically via CDC or the internet.
- The contractor will implement procedures for assuring and documenting the interviewing process quality and the data management steps.
- The contractor will ensure that interviewers have experience in conducting telephone interviews, facilitate the training of interviewers in the administration of the BRFSS questionnaire (including practice interviews) and ensure that interviewers are briefed on the new questionnaire and have opportunities to conduct practice interviews using the questionnaire before its implementation.
- Such records shall, at a minimum, include personnel time records signed and approved by supervisory personnel and additional records supporting computer time and equipment rental, telephone lines, supplies, and other costs.