How Are Troops Doing After Coming Home?

You've read about the "before" (How Mentally Ready Are Canadian Soldiers to Deploy?) here.

Now, the CF and its research arm are interested in finding out how troops are doing after they return from downrange - this, from MERX (highlights mine):

.... The Department of National Defence, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), Toronto, Ontario has a requirement for the conducting of interviews, in both English and French, on post-deployment reintegration experiences of Canadian Forces (CF) members, transcribe the recorded interview material, translate any French interview transcriptions into English, and write brief one to two page summaries of the major themes emerging from each of the interviews. The work for the first set of interviews, transcriptions, translations and summaries (first post-deployment cycle) is expected to commence in May 2010 while the work for the second and third set of interviews, transcriptions, translations and summaries (second and third post-deployment cycles) will commence approximately October/November 2010 and April/May 2011, respectively …. The funding for this project is limited to: $45,000.00 CAD (all applicable taxes excluded) for the firm requirement, and $45,000.00 CAD (all applicable taxes excluded) for the optional requirement….

The “optional requirement” involves follow-up interviews of either more people as needed, or interviews involving new questions that come up during the process.

Deadline for the bidding: 2pm EDT on April 23, 2010

A bit more (including Statement of Work from bid document) here.