Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS)
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of Small Businesses only that have the capability to provide services for the "Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS)." This Sources Sought Notice serves as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the program entitled "Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS)." This program promotes the quality of healthcare by emphasizing major strategies for evaluating and improving care. Under multiple task orders, the contractors shall assist CMS in developing, testing, refining, revising, maintaining, implementing, and publically reporting quality healthcare-specific measures.
The MIDS supports the development and use of clinical quality measures remains a critical healthcare priority and the tool of choice for improving quality of care at the national, community and facility levels. The MIDS contract provides a vehicle to objectively evaluate and promote quality of care within the Federal quality reporting programs by aligning with the Measures Management System (MMS) Blueprint, a comprehensive and structured process for developing and maintaining evidence-based clinical quality measures.
The nature of highly technical work requires the expertise and services of qualified personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies not otherwise provided by the government, as needed to perform quality measurement program support activities. Development, revision, and/or maintenance of assessment instrument data items, data collection vehicles, and quality measures (and their corresponding manuals, public outreach and coordination of data elements and measures with other MIDS contractors) comprise the fundamental activities under the IDIQ contract. The MIDS Contractor is required to gather and analyze data and information relating to activities specified in the Task Order Statement of Work (SOW) in the form of an environmental scan and empirical data analysis of all pertinent data/information sources.
Jonathan R. Chattler, Contract Specialist, Phone (410) 786-0352, Email Jonathan.Chattler@cms.hhs.gov - Scott Filipovits, Contracting Officer, Phone (410) 786-5779, Email scott.filipovits@cms.hhs.gov
