Health IT Technical Assistance and Support 2009-2014

This Master IDIQ, awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), procured health information technology technical assistance and support services, with ordering authority that closed on September 28, 2017. The vehicle is no longer active; ordering ended eight years ago.

The IDIQ was established June 10, 2009, and issued 80 task orders through June 2014. Order velocity declined sharply after 2010, when 24 orders were placed; only 12 additional orders were issued across 2011–2014. The most recent award was June 18, 2014. Combined task-order potential value reached $84.7 million, with $83.4 million obligated (98 percent), indicating near-complete spend-down of the vehicle's capacity.

Task orders funded National Resource Center health IT initiatives spanning electronic health record design (including pediatric EHR formats), patient-centered medical home research and implementation support, clinical decision support evaluation and deployment, health information infrastructure and security, meaningful use education and tools, quality improvement evaluation among American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and CHIPRA quality demonstration program evaluation. Work included website and portal development and operations, project monitoring and reporting, and synthesis and dissemination support. Orders were predominantly Cost Plus Fixed Fee structures, with a minority on Firm Fixed Price or Cost No Fee terms.

Westat, Inc. led the prime contractor base with 13 orders valued at $19.1 million, followed by Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. and Mathematica Inc., each with approximately $14.6 million in combined potential value. Research Triangle Institute held 11 orders at $9 million. These five primes controlled 81 percent of combined potential value. Twenty distinct contractors received awards across the vehicle's lifecycle. All 80 task orders funded AHRQ headquarters directly; no other federal agencies placed orders. The vehicle carried no set-aside designations across all awards.

AHRQ Health IT Technical Assistance and Support (2009-2014)