SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Sichuan Regional Health Network and Services Strategy
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, Virginia, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2009-31049A
- Archive Date
- 1/27/2010
- Point of Contact
- John Kusnierek, Phone: (703) 875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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jkusnierek@ustda.gov
(jkusnierek@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC John Kusnierek, USTDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 Tel: (703) 875-4357 Fax: (703) 875-4009 ***Please do not contact contracts office*** Proposal Submission Place: Gan HuaPing, Director Sichuan Health Information Center 80 Wen Miao Street Chengdu, Sichuan 610041 P.R. China Phone: (011) 86 131 9850 1689 Fax: (011) 86 (28) 8613-8790 The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to provide strategic and technical advisory services to the Sichuan Health Information Center (SHIC) related to establishing a regional healthcare information network. The objective of the proposed feasibility study is to provide strategic and technical advisory services for the Sichuan Health Information Center (SHIC), the Provincial government body responsible for designing and operating a new generation of e-health facilities and services in Sichuan. The study will formulate a development and service strategy to achieve the goals of SHIC's "Healthy Sichuan" initiative, which are to build a province-wide Electronic Health Record filing system (EHR) by 2020 that will parallel the construction of a Regional Health Information Networks (RHIN). The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic record of patient health information which includes data related to patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR makes diagnoses more efficient by automating and streamlining the clinician's workflow. RHIN are intended to establish networks to share data and clinical services among geographically dispersed communities. Together the EHR/RHIN will be an enabler and catalyst for interconnecting the province's health management information systems, public health information systems, medical services information systems, medical insurance information systems, and drug monitoring information systems, to better facilitate the exchange of information. A well structured EHR system will improve the province's comprehensive health management, public health and the efficiency and quality of medical services. China's healthcare sector is entering a stage of significant growth. ICT platforms, software and professional services are a strategic enabler for the policy to succeed. The successful implementation of EHR/RHIN infrastructure in Sichuan will accelerate the investment of healthcare networks in other regions and encourage the adoption of a national standard. EHR/RHIN is vital, in part, because of pressures on social services created by increased personal mobility within China, as technical medical standards would ensure that healthcare data is portable. The Consultant, in cooperation with SHIC, shall prepare a detailed project plan, for applications, services and business sustainability for e-healthcare services in the Province. The Consultant shall complete and include the following: • Task 1: Project Kick off: Discussion of overall project strategy, objectives and deliverables, followed by an inception report detailing the project plan. • Task 2: Business Analysis and Strategic Plan: Provide a business analysis and long-term strategy for the implementation of e-healthcare services based on EHR in Sichuan Province. • Task 3: Technology and Operational Assessment: Analyze and assess regional EHR system and formulate the architecture and guidelines for the future of Sichuan health information system and applications. • Task 4: Reference Architecture: Evaluate reference architecture for EHR data center and RHIN to meet application services and investment expectations. • Task 5: Human Resources and Organization: Identify optimal organizational structure and human resource requirements to successfully implement EHR strategy in Sichuan • Task 6: Regulatory analysis: Prepare a review of regulatory issues and discuss any regulations in the host country that would impact the project's viability or prognosis to move forward. • Task 7: Environmental Analysis: Provide a review of the programs anticipated impact on the environment. • Task 8: Developmental impacts: Provide an analysis of development impacts on China related to infrastructure, market oriented reform, human capacity building, technology transfer and productivity improvement, etc • Task 10: Final Report and Workshop: A final report summarizing the Consultant's observations, recommendations, technical diagrams and other documentation related to program implementation. Conduct a final workshop presenting the results of the feasibility study as well as recommended future action plans. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $570,642 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English and in Chinese directly to the Grantee by 12:00 p.m. local time on January 12, 2010 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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