Administration and Analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, School Health Profiles and Youth Tobacco Surveys Services

The Delaware government authority is seeking a vendor to administer and analyze the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, School Health Profiles, and Youth Tobacco Surveys. The agency is attempting to improve quality, performance management, accountability, transparency, and the overall ability to address public health needs. The project utilizes computerized surveys embedded with skip patterns to reduce completion times, increase participation, and improve comprehension among students with special needs. The scope of work covers two distinct survey groups, with the first group combining the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the School Health Profiles. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is an approximately 130-question, in-person survey administered to high school students in grades nine through twelve in a randomly selected sample during odd-numbered years. This survey monitors behaviors relating to injuries, violence, unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, alcohol and drug use, tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and lack of physical activity. The agency requires a minimum seventy percent response rate of sampled students to obtain weighted behavioral data for an estimated target sample size of 3,000 middle and high school students. The School Health Profiles survey is administered during even-numbered years to principals and health teachers, and the agency requires a minimum seventy percent response rate from this group. The second survey group is the Youth Tobacco Survey, which is conducted in even-numbered years to monitor tobacco use behaviors, second-hand smoke exposure, and tobacco-related attitudes and beliefs among youth. This state-level surveillance survey will be conducted two times within the five-year project period, specifically during the 2027-2028 and 2029-2030 school years. The agency will use this data to plan, implement, and evaluate programs aimed at preventing and eliminating youth tobacco use, as well as to identify demographic and geographic disparities in tobacco use risk among Delaware youth. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States. The performance of the contract work will take place offsite. The agency has not disclosed a specific budget and is looking for proposals to define the cost. All questions regarding this opportunity must be submitted to the agency no later than June 4, 2026.