SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Development of a Comprehensive Method for Identifying Nursing Shortage Areas and Facilities Nationwide
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Procurement Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-19, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-HRSA-04-N230
- Response Due
- 12/30/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2003
- Point of Contact
- Mario Checchia, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-443-3098, Fax 301-443-6038,
- E-Mail Address
-
mchecchia@hrsa.gov
- Description
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is conducting a sources sought synopsis to locate capable organizations providing services to develop a comprehensive method for identifying nursing shortage areas and facilities with nursing shortages nationwide. The purpose of this contract is to research and develop a comprehensive method for identifying health care areas and facilities with a critical shortage of nurses. The goal is to identify key factors in defining facilities with critical nursing shortages. The tasks to be carried out under any resultant contract require not only expertise in the subject matters, but also experience in multifaceted issues related to survey design, sampling methodology, data collection, and technical reporting and the expertise and extensive experience necessary to conduct national studies and large scale complex surveys. The overall objective is to identify key quantifiable factors and develop a proposed methodology to define facilities with critical nursing shortages. This represents a major expansion of any previous methods, which were based solely on data from hospitals. The inclusion of many more practice settings, the lack of defined staffing standards for these facility types, and uncertainty over data availability, requires an entirely new approach. Therefore, the proposed contract would develop a methodology informed by analysis of population needs, practice settings, appropriate staffing levels, etc., based on expert opinion and evidence-based information. The process requires: I) identifying measures of nursing shortages in each of the various practice settings; 2) identifying key indicators that serve as proxies or predictors for such a shortages; 3) identification and preliminary use of existing data sources; 4) identifying existing models, if any, for identifying nursing shortages, and 5) developing analytical framework for the next phase of the development of the new methodology. A prospective contractor would convene up to four expert nationally representative panels from nursing homes, state and local public health departments, community health centers, home health agencies, hospices, hospitals, professional associations and other appropriate agencies. Due to the short period of performance of the proposed contract any contractor must have pre-established relationships with these types of organizations to draw the experts for the panels. Each panel will address the issues listed above under contract objectives. The convening of up to four smaller panels will result in a greater opportunity for active participation and discussion than would occur with only one larger panel, so this format assures broader input from interested constituencies on these critical issues. Panels must collectively address all types of facilities covered by the legislation. A potential contractor must have an understanding of the training and professional duties of the health profession of registered nurses, and licensed nurses. This understanding would be instrumental in thorough data assimilation and analysis. The contractor must have capability to calculate factors influencing the supply of, and demand for the nursing health profession which will be required to adequately characterize the nursing shortage designation areas and population characteristics and potential facilities with nursing shortages. Interested organizations should submit in sufficient detail, capability statements so that the Government may assess their abilities for the above work. Understanding and experience in studying the health care workforce and how the workforce impacts the health status of the population is critical. Interested organizations must demonstrate and document, in any capability statements submitted, extensive experience with, and the ability to perform, the above tasks. Organizations should demonstrate capability to administer and coordinate interrelated tasks in an effective and timely manner. Documentation may include, but not be limited to, both Government and commercial contracts, providing references (with Names, telephone numbers, and email address) and any other information serving to document the organization's capability. Your submission must be received in this office by 2:00 PM on December 30, 2003, by post office mail, email or fax at the following address: HHS/HRSA; Attn: Mario Checchia; 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A19; Rockville, MD 20857; Tel (301) 443-3098; Fax (301) 443-5462; mchecchia@hrsa.gov. The capability statements shall be not more than twenty-five (25) pages, on 8.5? x 11? paper, with 1? margins and a 12 point, commonly used font such as, Courier or Times Roman in length. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMMITTED TO AWARD A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. RESPONSES SHALL NOT INCLUDE COST OR PRICING INFORMATION.
- Record
- SN00492936-W 20031221/031219212001 (fbodaily.com)
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