This is a $98,179 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded on September 14, 2010 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Lantana Consulting Group, Inc., a small business contractor. The contract is for the analysis of Health Information Technology (IT) standards, including an assessment of HL7 Quality Reporting Data Architecture (QRDA) standards in terms of suitability, gaps, errors, testability, compatibility, implementability, and specificity. This contract supports the federal government's health IT modernization and public health data infrastructure initiatives. Lantana is an experienced provider of health IT, data analytics, and consulting services to federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and National Institutes of Health. The contract has a June 30, 2011 completion date and is designated as a small business set-aside.