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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 19, 2006 FBO #1605
SOLICITATION NOTICE

B -- Assessing and Validating National Quality Forum Indicators for Cancer Care Using the National Cancer Data Base

Notice Date

4/17/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

813920 — Professional Organizations
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Suite 600, Rockville, MD, 20852
 

ZIP Code

20852
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NCI-60058-NE
 

Response Due

4/26/2006
 

Archive Date

5/11/2006
 

Description

In accordance with Simplified Acquisition procedures, The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), Applied Research Program (ARP), Outcomes Research Branch (ORB) plans to procure on a sole source basis, for ?Assessing and Validating National Quality Forum Indicators for Cancer Care Using the National Cancer Data Base? with American College of Surgeons (ACoS), 633 North Saint Clair Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3211. The North American Industry Classification System code is 813920 and the business size standard is $6M. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12, Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.5 to use simplified procedures for commercial acquisitions. The purpose of this request is to pilot test the reliability and validity of a subset of cancer care quality measures in colorectal cancer and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, submitted to the National Quality Forum (NFQ) by the American College of Surgeon?s Commission on Cancer. The American College of Surgeons through their subsidiary the Commission on Cancer (CoC) developed the quality of care measures used in this contract and submitted them to the NQF consensus process. Based on the intellectual property rights agreement with NQF, the American College of Surgeons hold ownership of these measure specifications during the measures testing process of this contract. Because the project requires the measures testing work be done on a nationally representative sample of hospital-based cancer programs, the ACoS Commission on Cancer?s National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) is the only known source of cancer registry-based information containing such a sample. To the NCI?s knowledge no other data system exists to collect the ACoS registry-based cancer measures with the same degree of scope (approximately 1,400 CoC-approved cancer programs), comprehensiveness (all the measure data elements are already coded in the system), and quality (these data elements have already been validated in pilot projects sponsored by the College). The National Cancer Data Base is privately co-owned by the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society and is unavailable for this work to other public or private organizations. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes it can provide the above service, and has the support of the above listed partners, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities and any other information must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 3:00 PM EST on April 26, 2006. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to (301) 402-4513 or sent via electronic mail to Karen Gardner at gardnerka@mail.nih.gov. It is the vendors? responsibility to call 301-402-4509 to insure all questions have been received. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA). NCI-60058-NE must be referenced on capability statements received in the contracting office.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Chicago, IL

Zip Code: 60611

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01029181-W 20060419/060417220316 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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