SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Health Information Technology Initiative
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-05R000121
- Response Due
- 7/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 7/23/2005
- Description
- SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES DATE: JUNE 24, 2005 REQUISITION NO: 05R000121 INTENDED SOURCE: HEALTH AFFAIRS PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: DATE OF AWARD THROUGH FOUR MONTHS PURPOSE: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AHRQ THROUGH THE PROGRAM SUPPORT CENTER, PLANS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION TO HEALTH AFFAIRS. CLOSING DATE IS JULY 8, 2005. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS: BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF WORK: AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FOCUS INCREASING ATTENTION ON HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) ADOPTION, OBSERVERS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD AGREE THAT A "WIRED" HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WOULD REAP MANY OF THE SAME ECONOMIES AND EFFICIENCIES THAT IT HAS BROUGHT TO OTHER INDUSTRIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. HEALTH AFFAIRS, A BIMONTHLY HEALTH POLICY JOURNAL THAT CIRCULATES WIDELY WITHIN THE HEALTH POLICY COMMUNITY, SHARES AHRQ'S VIEW THAT IT ADOPTION IS PART OF A LARGER GOAL OF MOVING THE HEALTHCARE FIELD TO A HIGHER PLATEAU OF QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY. TO STAY THE COURSE ON NURTURING IT ADOPTION, AND TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT HOW THE FIELD IS PURSUING THE QUALITY/IT AGENDA, POLICYMAKERS NEED CONCISE INFORMATION OF THIS BROADER CONTEXT. HEALTH AFFAIRS IS DEVOTING ITS' SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2005 ISSUE TO A NEW PACKAGE OF IT PAPERS. THE LIST OF PAPERS REFLECTS A CAREFUL EMPHASIS ON STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AREAS AND PARTICIPATION OF AUTHORS WHO ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED IT ANALYSTS AND RESEARCHERS. SOME OF THE TOPICS INCLUDE: BIG PICTURE VIEW OF HIT FINANCE VISION FOR CARE TRANSFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS HEALTH AFFAIRS HAS OBSERVED THAT THEME ISSUES HAVE A LARGER IMPACT THAN THOSE VOLUMES PUBLISHED THAT INCORPORATE A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS. IN ADDITION, HEALTH AFFAIRS NOTES THAT THE COMBINATION OF A CONFERENCE WITH THE PUBLICATION OF AN ISSUE GOES A LONG WAY IN MULTIPLYING THE USES OF WHICH A THEMATIC VOLUME IS PUT. HEALTH AFFAIRS WILL CONVENE ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE ON-GOING ADOPTION OF HEALTH IT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PURCHASE ORDER IS THAT AHRQ'S HIT TEAM WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE HEALTH AFFAIRS SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT AND A DISSEMINATION PLAN DESCRIBING THE LATEST POLICY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON HEALTH IT. TASKS: 1. PREPARE AND SUBMIT 2-PAGE PLAN DESCRIBING DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES 2. DELIVER 100 COPIES OF THE SUPPLEMENT FROM HEALTH AFFAIRS TO AHRQ 3. CONDUCT PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF THE HIT HEALTH AFFAIRS SPECIAL ISSUE 4. PREPARE AND SUBMIT A SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING: AS HIT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS INFORMATION BE RELAYED TO THE HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY, THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN ITS ADVANCEMENT. HEALTH AFFAIRS IS SINGULARLY QUALIFIED TO PRODUCE THE PROCEEDINGS SECONDARY TO THE ONE-OF-A-KIND NATURE OF THEIR JOURNAL EDITION AND THE TIMING OF THIS EVENT. THE HIT EVENT TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER AND THE HEALTH AFFAIRS ISSUE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WILL REACH AUDIENCES, CONSISTING OF CONGRESSIONAL HEALTH POLICY STAFF FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH, PRIVATE-SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS, ANALYSTS AND RESEARCHERS WHO COVER THE HEALTHCARE FIELD WHICH WILL AID IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE ADOPTION OF HIT. THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE WILL ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE AS A GUIDELINE FOR THE FUTURE. UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CONTRACTOR IS THE SOLE PRODUCER OF THE HEALTH AFFAIRS JOURNAL", THEY ARE THE ONLY PROVIDER ALL THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. THE PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION IS FOR SERVICES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE (FAR 6.302-1). A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO COMPETE THIS PROPOSED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. CONTRACTORS MAY FORWARD CAPABILITY STATEMENTS TO THE REFERENCED ADDRESS. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL NORMALLY BE CONSIDERED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT DARREN JANSEN, IN ROOM 5C-13, PARKLAWN BLDG., 5600 FISHERS LANE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20857 OR ON 301-443-1857.
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