SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- SNOMED-CT and Related Services
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20894, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Point of Contact
- Maxwell Kimpson, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-496-6546, Fax 301-402-0642, - Karen Riggs, Contracting Officer, Phone 301 496-6546, Fax 301 402-0642,
- E-Mail Address
-
kimpsonm@mail.nlm.nih.gov, kr33v@nih.gov
- Description
- It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate on a sole source basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a) and U.S.C. 253(c)(1) with the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization, Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark, for a multi-year contract as defined by FAR Part 17 Multi-Year Contracts (specifically, FAR Part 17.104, Part 17.105, & Part 17.106) . The contract will provide NLM with at least twice-yearly updates to the English and Spanish versions of SNOMED CT, originally developed by the College of American Pathologists, and a license to incorporate SNOMED-CT updates into the Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus (National Library of Medicine registered trademarks); to use SNOMED-CT within the UMLS Metathesaurus for research purposes within the NLM, in NLM?s production data creation systems, and in its publicly accessible retrieval systems; and to redistribute SNOMED-CT, within the UMLS Metathesaurus or otherwise, free-of-charge to U.S. entities for use within the U.S. for any health care, public health, research, educational, or statistical purposes. SNOMED-CT is a comprehensive, multi-axial, controlled terminology intended for use in patient, public health, and research data. SNOMED CT has been recommended as U.S. standard by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, has been adopted as a U.S.-government wide standard by the interagency Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative, and is part of several U.S. Interoperability Specifications recently released by the Health Information Technology Standards Panel under contract to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services. In June 2003, NLM entered into a 5-year contract with the College of American Pathologists to obtain updates to SNOMED CT under similar license terms. The College of American Pathologists has announced its intention to transfer their intellectual property in SNOMED-CT to the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization in early 2007 (reference FAR 52.217-2 Cancellation with respect to contract cancellation). Since SNOMED-CT will then become a proprietary product of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization, NLM has determined that the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization is the only source capable of providing the software and the ongoing software updates. Responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the National Library of Medicine. This notice of intent is not a Request for Proposals (RFP), nor is an RFP available. Capability statements and related materials must be received in this office by 4:00 p.m. EST on the closing date of this announcement. If you have any questions, please contact Maxwell Kimpson at (301) 496-6546 or by email at kimpsonm@mail.nlm.nih.gov. Collect calls will not be accepted. The determination to compete or not compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (05-JAN-2007). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 09-FEB-2007, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN01229929-F 20070211/070209224145 (fbodaily.com)
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