SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- MedDRA Content Services
- Notice Date
- 9/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NLM-RFQ-04-231-LMF
- Response Due
- 9/15/2004
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2004
- Point of Contact
- Lynn Furtaw, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
furtawl@mail.nih.gov, kr33v@nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to negotiate on a sole source basis under authority of FAR 6.302 with the MedDRA Maintenance and Support Services Organization (MedDRA MSSO), Northrop Grumman Federal Civil Systems, Inc. located in Reston, VA, for the development, review, and testing of mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT? as well as subject expertise relating to interpretation of MedDRA. The period of performance for this purchase order is one year with three successive one-year option periods. NLM previously contracted with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for a perpetual U.S.-wide license for its SNOMED CT vocabulary. With advice from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, the cross-agency Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) eGov initiative has designated SNOMED CT as one of a number of U.S. government-wide clinical data standards. It is a major Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) priority to promote the adoption and use of these standards throughout the U.S. To this end, HHS has given the NLM responsibility for funding, coordinating, and/or performing mappings between SNOMED CT and other important vocabularies (including those designated as administrative standards under the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)) and for working to align clinical vocabulary and messaging standards. The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) and HHS have assigned a particularly high priority to the creation of robust mappings between SNOMED CT and several other vocabularies, including CPT, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, MedDRA, and Medcin. Under this acquisition, MedDRA MSSO shall: (1) Assist the development, review, and testing of mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT. a) Identify, jointly with NLM, other vocabulary producers, and representative users of mappings, the business case(s) to be addressed and the basic mapping parameters for mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT. b) Work with the College of American Pathologists to prepare, as requested by NLM, initial mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT. c) Review and revise as appropriate mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT whether prepared by the Contractor or by another organization, to ensure that they accurately reflect the meaning and usage of MedDRA. d) Develop, jointly with NLM, other vocabulary producers, other relevant government agencies, and representative users, plans for testing, validation, revision, and ongoing maintenance of mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT. (2) Provide subject expertise relating to interpretation of MedDRA. MedDRA MSSO is uniquely qualified to offer the above services. The MedDRA MSSO was established by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA) to manage the MedDRA (the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) terminology. The MSSO serves as the official repository, maintainer and distributor of MedDRA. It is therefore the authority on the meaning and intended usage of MedDRA, on the current content and structure of this complex vocabulary, and on future plans for its development and extension. The MedDRA MSSO must be involved in any project that related MedDRA to other standards to ensure that the results are definitive and credible. Should the definition of relationships between MedDRA and other standards require alterations or adjustments in MedDRA content, the MedDRA MSSO is the only organization with the authority to make such changes. Due to its unique role as the official repository, maintainer, and distributor of MedDRA, the MedDRA MSSO is the only organization capable of providing the services required. This service will be solicited using FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) procedures and awarded using FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisitions). This is not a Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor is an RFQ available, however, all interested parties may submit a capabilities statement which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The capabilities statement should demonstrate that the interested party is able to provide the professional technical services as specified above. All capabilities statements received in response to this notice will be evaluated based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) Extensive and recent experience in creating and interpreting the content of MedDRA (2) The ability to effect changes in the content of MedDRA in response to requirements identified during the process of creating mappings between MedDRA and SNOMED CT. Responses are required within 15 (fifteen) calendar days from the publication date of this notice. NLM synopsis No. 04-231/LMF shall be noted on all correspondence to this announcement. Inquiries regarding this procurement may be made to Lynn Furtaw on 301-496-6546 or furtawl@mail.nih.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor site
- Record
- SN00662992-W 20040903/040901211911 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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