Periodic, on-going data on health IT adoption among hospitals and physicians.
Intent to Sole Source:
Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS) on behalf of PSC, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (OS-ONC) intends to sole source to:
HIMSS Analytics
33 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603-5616
This requirement will provide on-going direct measurement of health information technology (health IT) adoption among the census of non-federal acute care hospitals in the fifty states and the District of Columbia, on-going direct measurement of Meaningful Use Stage 2 achievement, and Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) scores among these hospitals. These data must be available on an ongoing basis be data already collected by the Contractor and not constitute a new information collection as defined under the Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511). There is no provision for the creation or initiation of a new data collection effort.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 set forth a plan for advancing the appropriate use of health information technology to improve quality of care and establish a foundation for health care reform. Central to the vision of a nationwide electronic health information network is the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). HITECH authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to administer incentives to eligible professionals (EPs) and hospitals for meaningful use of EHRs. These incentives are anticipated to drive the adoption of EHRs needed to reach the goal of all Americans benefiting from secure EHRs. The HITECH Act also authorizes the establishment of grant programs that will provide resources to facilitate the adoption and use of EHRs by providing technical assistance, the capacity to exchange health information, and the availability of trained professionals to support these activities. These priority grant programs are:
• Health Information Exchange Challenge Grant Program (State Health Information Exchange), authorized by Section 3013 of the PHSA as amended by ARRA - to promote health information exchange (HIE) that will advance mechanisms for information sharing across the health care system.
• Workforce Training to Educate Health Care Professionals in Health Information Technology (Workforce Program), authorized by Section 3016 of the PHSA as amended by ARRA - to fund the training and development of a workforce that will meet short-term HITECH Act programmatic needs.
• Community Health Peer Learning Program, authorized by Section 3011 of the PHSA as amended by ARRA - to address health challenges at the population level through a community-based collaborative approach.
Pursuant to FAR 13.106-1 (b) "Soliciting from a single source", ONC requests PSC negotiate and award a sole source contract to HIMSS Analytics for nationwide data (50 states and the District of Columbia) that reflects a census of health IT use in non-federal acute care hospitals and a representative sample of health IT use in affiliated physician practices. HIMSS Analytics is the only known source that offers the specific services using its pre-packaged product that is commercially available to general public and, as per FAR, is used by non-government agencies (physicians, pharmacies, payers, hospitals, electronic, technology vendors, educational institutions and others).
As a result, HIMSS Analytics is uniquely qualified to provide high quality data on current adoption of health IT, which as evidence shows, can facilitate quality improvement and cost savings in health care. Measuring current adoption levels and current achievement of meaningful use is critical to government efforts to accelerate the use of health information technology, and as a result, to realizing broader quality.
This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement addressing their specific abilities regarding this requirement. The email subject line must reference OS195804. All responses are due by May 8th, 2017, 8:00 AM Eastern Time and can be sent to Fredis Gomez at Fredis.Gomez@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.
Fredis A Gomez, Phone 3014924885, Email fredis.gomez@psc.hhs.gov
